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National Library of Ireland

National Library of Ireland has published 26 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 28 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Xpertdpo Limited, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 5 May 2026.

Name in source
National Library of Ireland
Distinct suppliers
28
26
Awards
24 awards with a single named supplier
€3,174,539
Sole-supplier value
€160,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
2
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

National Library of Ireland published 26 contract awards in these records between 2015 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (40% of awards), then travel and HR services (36%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 93% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 150 days from notice to award.

1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €1.5M in one-off contracts across 25 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€873.8K · 60%10 awards · 40% of awards
  2. Travel and HR Services€325.2K · 22%9 awards · 36% of awards
  3. Managed Services€120K · 8%2 awards · 8% of awards
  4. Professional Services€98.8K · 7%1 award · 4% of awards
  5. Facilities management and maintenance€44.1K · 3%1 award · 4% of awards
  6. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€0 · 0%1 award · 4% of awards · all through frameworks
  7. Marketing, Print and Stationery€0 · 0%1 award · 4% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 84%Supplies 16%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 10 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 54%
  • Framework agreement 17%
  • Direct invitation 17%
  • Call-off from a framework 11%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 213
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 2129%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 2193%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 2483%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 25150 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 2331 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 633%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 100%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
28
Won by the top five
33%
of 24 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
4
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
39%
of one-off contract value: GLENBEIGH RECORDS MANAGEMENT LIMITED (€1.2M)
Typical contract
€96.9K
median of 20 one-off awards with a value
All 28 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €3,174,539 in awarded value. 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

1 award whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later.

  • Provision of Chief Information Security Officer Function and Related Services, National Library of IrelandVISO CYBER SECURITY LIMITED
    €169.1K

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

File lobbying returns 2

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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