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National Council for Special Education

National Council for Special Education has published 39 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 34 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Ergo, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 11 June 2026.

Name in source
National Council for Special Education
Distinct suppliers
34
39
Awards
39 awards with a single named supplier
€12,621,608
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

National Council for Special Education published 39 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (33% of awards), then managed services (24%).

By value, most goes on travel and HR services (28% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 58% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 116 days from notice to award.

5 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €3.1M in one-off contracts across 21 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Travel and HR Services€849.8K · 28%3 awards · 14% of awards
  2. Managed Services€765K · 25%5 awards · 24% of awards
  3. Medical Professional Services€563.8K · 18%2 awards · 10% of awards
  4. Professional Services€473.4K · 15%7 awards · 33% of awards
  5. ICT and office equipment€277.6K · 9%2 awards · 10% of awards
  6. Facilities management and maintenance€140K · 5%2 awards · 10% of awards

Services 100%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 17 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%
  • Call-off from a framework 24%
  • Direct invitation 21%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 212
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 2133%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 2158%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 3453%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 21116 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 2128 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 686%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
34
Won by the top five
26%
of 39 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
4
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
36%
of one-off contract value: Atlantic Technological University (ATU St Angela’s) (€4.5M)
Typical contract
€140K
median of 31 one-off awards with a value
All 34 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €12,544,008 in awarded value; the largest single award is 36% of that. 1 framework agreement is not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

5 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • PBF123F-01-002 - PROJ000008999 - SRFT for Accounting Services for the National Council for Special EducationForvis Mazars
    €120K
  • Transformation Partner (Consultant Secondment/Partnership)Ernst and Young
    €140K
  • Evaluation of the NCSE Universal Design for Learning (UDL) Support Model PilotEdge Hill University
    €189.5K
  • Research: Exploring the factors behind the growth in demand for special school and special class placesHIBERNIA COLLEGE UNLIMITED COMPANY
    €90K
  • NCSE Strategic Review and Integration Planning for Future Special Education Support ServicesErnst and Young
    €140K

End dates add the published duration to the award date. Contracts can be extended, ended early or renewed without a new notice, so this is a guide to when work may come back to market, not a schedule.

Suppliers that appear in other public records

These suppliers are CRO companies that won at least one award from this buyer and also appear in the Register of Lobbying or a Register of Members’ Interests. Appearing in both does not mean an award was influenced. Open each company to see the records and how they were matched.

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

Latest awards

All 39 contracts