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Office of Government Procurement (3)

Office of Government Procurement (3) has published 48 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 32 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Alice Public Relations, on 8 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 26 February 2026.

Name in source
Office of Government Procurement (3)
Distinct suppliers
32
48
Awards
44 awards with a single named supplier
€8,517,266
Sole-supplier value
€1,050,000 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.

Office of Government Procurement (3) published 48 contract awards in these records between 2016 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys managed services most often (62% of awards), then ICT and office equipment (26%).

Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 86% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 114 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €5.2M in one-off contracts across 58 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Managed Services€2.2M · 42%36 awards · 62% of awards
  2. Minor Building Works and Civils€1.5M · 29%1 award · 2% of awards
  3. ICT and office equipment€968.9K · 19%15 awards · 26% of awards
  4. Professional Services€356K · 7%4 awards · 7% of awards
  5. Marketing, Print and Stationery€180K · 3%1 award · 2% of awards
  6. Facilities management and maintenance€0 · 0%1 award · 2% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 98%Works 2%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 6 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 81%
  • Framework agreement 9%
  • Call-off from a framework 9%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 514
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 5120%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 5186%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 5795%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 58114 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 5230 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 711%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 200%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
32
Won by the top five
41%
of 44 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
0
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
29%
of one-off contract value: Ernst and Young; Forvis Mazars (€2M)
Typical contract
€79.8K
median of 32 one-off awards with a value
All 32 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €6,917,266 in awarded value; the largest single award is 29% of that. 3 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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

  • Provision of Consultancy Services in respect of a review of the National Tertiary Office and the Tertiary Degree InitiativeINDECON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    €100K
  • The provision of Communications and Public Relations Services for Strategic Marketing of the Springboard+ Programme in 2026Fuzion Communications
    €140K
  • Tender for Customer Relationship Management System and Related ServicesEATON SQUARE LIMITEDFramework
    €750K
  • Tender for the provision of technical support and maintenance for the Springboard + online application systemVidatum Technologies
    €56.5K

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.

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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