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National College of Art and Design ( NCAD )

National College of Art and Design ( NCAD ) has published 18 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 18 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 5 December 2025.

Name in source
National College of Art and Design ( NCAD )
Distinct suppliers
18
18
Awards
18 awards with a single named supplier
€2,195,347
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

National College of Art and Design ( NCAD ) published 18 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2025.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (14% of awards), then managed services (14%).

Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 79% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 351 days from notice to award.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €135.4K in one-off contracts across 14 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€115.2K · 85%2 awards · 14% of awards
  2. Managed Services€20.2K · 15%2 awards · 14% of awards
  3. Professional Services€0 · 0%2 awards · 14% of awards · all through frameworks
  4. Fleet and plant€0 · 0%2 awards · 14% of awards · all through frameworks
  5. Minor Building Works and Civils€0 · 0%2 awards · 14% of awards · all through frameworks
  6. Marketing, Print and Stationery€0 · 0%1 award · 7% of awards · all through frameworks
  7. Medical Professional Services€0 · 0%1 award · 7% of awards · all through frameworks
  8. Travel and HR Services€0 · 0%1 award · 7% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Facilities management and maintenance (1 award)

Services 86%Supplies 7%Works 7%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 8 awards have none and are not counted. Values are awarded values, not money paid, and leave out framework agreements, which publish a ceiling rather than a contract value.

How they buy

How each award was competed.

  • One-off tender 55%
  • Direct invitation 36%
  • Framework agreement 9%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 144
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 1429%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 1479%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 1856%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 14351 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 1423 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 642%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
18
Won by the top five
28%
of 18 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
1
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
30%
of one-off contract value: Grosvenor Services (€650.8K)
Typical contract
€137.5K
median of 9 one-off awards with a value
All 18 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €2,140,347 in awarded value; the largest single award is 30% of that. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Sources: the OGP / eTenders open data file, published 7 Aug 2026, and TED contract award notices. Categories, bids, SME and timing figures come from eTenders only. About the sources

Value awarded by year

One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out

  1. €20.2K2014
  2. –2017
  3. €687.5K2019
  4. €795.8K2020
  5. €636.8K2021
  6. –2022
  7. –2025

Latest awards

All 18 contracts