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Office of Public Works (OPW)

Office of Public Works (OPW) has published 679 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 517 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is European Dynamics S.A., on 37 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 7 October 2026.

Name in source
Office of Public Works (OPW)
Distinct suppliers
517
679
Awards
635 awards with a single named supplier
€375,880,022
Sole-supplier value
€571,113,239 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
44
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Office of Public Works (OPW) published 679 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys minor building works and civils most often (29% of awards), then professional services (24%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 85% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 152 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €668.9M in one-off contracts across 643 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Minor Building Works and Civils€535.5M · 80%187 awards · 29% of awards
  2. Professional Services€44.9M · 7%157 awards · 24% of awards
  3. Fleet and plant€27.2M · 4%75 awards · 12% of awards
  4. Facilities management and maintenance€22.2M · 3%55 awards · 9% of awards
  5. ICT and office equipment€18.4M · 3%69 awards · 11% of awards
  6. Managed Services€7.7M · 1%19 awards · 3% of awards
  7. Veterinary & Farming€6.6M · 1%32 awards · 5% of awards
  8. Travel and HR Services€2.5M · under 1%19 awards · 3% of awards

Also: Utilities (€1.5M), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (€1.2M), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€529.3K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€517.3K), Defence (€283.1K), Plant Hire (1 award)

Services 44%Supplies 34%Works 17%Work Related Services 5%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 48 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 87%
  • Framework agreement 5%
  • Direct invitation 3%
  • Call-off from a framework 3%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1%
  • Simplified procedure <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 5913
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 59126%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 59185%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 49082%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 636152 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 63531 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1,3678%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 23933%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
517
Won by the top five
11%
of 635 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
115
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
18%
of one-off contract value: PJ Hegarty and Sons Building Contractor (Cork) (€61.3M)
Typical contract
€140K
median of 491 one-off awards with a value
All 517 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €332,974,217 in awarded value. 48 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

50 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.

All 50 ending in the next 12 months

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 679 contracts