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National Gallery of Ireland

National Gallery of Ireland has published 34 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 36 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 20 August 2026.

Name in source
National Gallery of Ireland
Distinct suppliers
36
34
Awards
30 awards with a single named supplier
€17,899,596
Sole-supplier value
€1,000,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
4
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

National Gallery of Ireland published 34 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (26% of awards), then managed services (23%).

By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (68% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 75% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 179 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €11.9M in one-off contracts across 31 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Facilities management and maintenance€8.2M · 68%4 awards · 13% of awards
  2. Managed Services€2.7M · 23%7 awards · 23% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€515.9K · 4%8 awards · 26% of awards
  4. Travel and HR Services€250K · 2%4 awards · 13% of awards
  5. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€180.9K · 2%2 awards · 6% of awards
  6. Marketing, Print and Stationery€85K · 1%2 awards · 6% of awards
  7. Professional Services€0 · 0%2 awards · 6% of awards · all through frameworks
  8. Minor Building Works and Civils€0 · 0%1 award · 3% of awards · all through frameworks

Also: Medical Professional Services (1 award)

Services 81%Supplies 19%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 5 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 61%
  • Framework agreement 17%
  • Direct invitation 11%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 8%
  • Call-off from a framework 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 283
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 2818%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 2875%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 3281%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 28179 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 2832 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 648%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 130%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
36
Won by the top five
23%
of 30 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
6
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
58%
of one-off contract value: Aramark (€7.5M)
Typical contract
€168.9K
median of 20 one-off awards with a value
All 36 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €12,840,101 in awarded value; the largest single award is 58% of that. 6 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • RFT for the supply of artwork racking for National Gallery of IrelandStorage Systems Ltd
    €74.8K
  • Specialised cleaning services for the National Gallery of IrelandMOORE CLEANING SERVICES LIMITEDFramework
    No value
  • MC for Security Services for the National Gallery of Ireland - Lot 7 - FSU061F - 75Top Security
    €1.5M

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

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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

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