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Office of the Ombudsman has published 24 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 18 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Open Sky Data Systems Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 22 April 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Office of the Ombudsman published 24 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (83% of awards), then managed services (8%).
Its tenders drew a median of 4 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 124 days from notice to award.
Awarded value by spend category: €2.8M in one-off contracts across 24 awards with a category recorded.
Services 88%Supplies 13%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 9 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 each award was competed.
| Measure | This buyer |
|---|---|
| Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 24 | 4 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 24 | 21% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 24 | 80% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 24 | 75% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 24 | 124 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 24 | 31 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 45 | 0% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €7,654,105 in awarded value; the largest single award is 26% of that. Awarded value is not money paid.
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
One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out
sole supplier shared