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Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) has published 27 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 54 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Forvis Mazars, on 3 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 24 September 2024.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Quality and Qualifications Ireland (QQI) published 27 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2024.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (35% of awards), then managed services (35%).
Its tenders drew a median of 6 bids, and 71% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 118 days from notice to award.
2 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €1.3M in one-off contracts across 20 awards with a category recorded.
Services 86%Supplies 10%Works 5%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 7 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 · 21 | 6 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 21 | 10% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 21 | 71% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 27 | 56% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 21 | 118 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 21 | 28 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 57 | 2% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €2,270,918 in awarded value; the largest single award is 44% of that. 4 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
2 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.
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