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Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland has published 25 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 29 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 8 June 2026.
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland published 25 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (41% of awards), then managed services (37%).
By value, most goes on managed services (43% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 66% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 98 days from notice to award.
2 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
Awarded value by spend category: €3.9M in one-off contracts across 27 awards with a category recorded.
Services 89%Supplies 11%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 2 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 · 27 | 2 |
| Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 27 | 37% |
| Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 27 | 66% |
| Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 25 | 64% |
| Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 27 | 98 days |
| Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 27 | 30 days |
| Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 78 | 5% |
Value of one-off contracts won alone · number of awards
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €4,859,202 in awarded value. 1 framework agreement is 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