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Ombudsman for Children's Office

Ombudsman for Children's Office has published 24 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 21 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 4 November 2025.

Name in source
Ombudsman for Children's Office
Distinct suppliers
21
24
Awards
24 awards with a single named supplier
€3,284,088
Sole-supplier value
0
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

Ombudsman for Children's Office published 24 contract awards in these records between 2018 and 2025.

Where the category is recorded, it buys managed services most often (53% of awards), then ICT and office equipment (21%).

Its tenders drew a median of 6 bids, and 88% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 118 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: €1.4M in one-off contracts across 19 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Managed Services€505.7K · 36%10 awards · 53% of awards
  2. ICT and office equipment€483.3K · 34%4 awards · 21% of awards
  3. Fleet and plant€350K · 25%1 award · 5% of awards
  4. Travel and HR Services€80K · 6%2 awards · 11% of awards
  5. Marketing, Print and Stationery€0 · 0%1 award · 5% of awards · all through frameworks
  6. Professional Services€0 · 0%1 award · 5% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 89%Supplies 11%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 12 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 45%
  • Direct invitation 16%
  • Framework agreement 13%
  • Call-off from a framework 13%
  • Simplified procedure 10%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 3%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 136
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 130%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 1388%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 2181%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 18118 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 1324 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 555%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 1414%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
21
Won by the top five
33%
of 24 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
2
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
15%
of one-off contract value: AIRCONMECH LIMITED (€350K)
Typical contract
€80K
median of 20 one-off awards with a value
All 21 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €2,283,788 in awarded value. 4 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.

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

Value awarded by year

One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out

  1. €25.4K2018
  2. €270K2020
  3. €299.4K2021
  4. €190K2023
  5. €377.8K2024
  6. €1.1M2025

Latest awards

All 24 contracts