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The Courts Service

The Courts Service has published 90 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 87 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 20 August 2026.

Name in source
The Courts Service
Distinct suppliers
87
90
Awards
82 awards with a single named supplier
€134,557,496
Sole-supplier value
€61,844,593 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
8
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

The Courts Service published 90 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (71% of awards), then managed services (13%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 71% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 137 days from notice to award.

1 published contract term ends in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €42.7M in one-off contracts across 52 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€40.5M · 95%37 awards · 71% of awards
  2. Travel and HR Services€1.5M · 4%5 awards · 10% of awards
  3. Managed Services€600K · 1%7 awards · 13% of awards
  4. Minor Building Works and Civils€0 · 0%2 awards · 4% of awards · all through frameworks
  5. Professional Services€0 · 0%1 award · 2% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 74%Supplies 21%Works 4%Work Related Services 2%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 43 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.

  • Direct invitation 37%
  • One-off tender 36%
  • Framework agreement 18%
  • Call-off from a framework 7%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 2%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 433
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 4323%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 4371%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 8351%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 51137 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 4833 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 1262%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 176%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
87
Won by the top five
23%
of 82 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
25
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
33%
of one-off contract value: Deloitte Ireland LLP (€26.7M)
Typical contract
€314.3K
median of 61 one-off awards with a value
All 87 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €81,490,392 in awarded value. 19 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

1 award 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

Latest awards

All 90 contracts