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The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment

The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment has published 105 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 74 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants Limited, on 6 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 2 October 2026.

Name in source
The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment
Distinct suppliers
74
105
Awards
102 awards with a single named supplier
€21,192,478
Sole-supplier value
€490,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
3
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment published 105 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (64% of awards), then professional services (16%).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 70% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 113 days from notice to award.

10 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €24.4M in one-off contracts across 132 awards with a category recorded.

  1. ICT and office equipment€19.6M · 80%85 awards · 64% of awards
  2. Managed Services€3.2M · 13%20 awards · 15% of awards
  3. Professional Services€1.2M · 5%21 awards · 16% of awards
  4. Travel and HR Services€320K · 1%4 awards · 3% of awards
  5. Fleet and plant€0 · 0%1 award · 1% of awards · all through frameworks
  6. Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€0 · 0%1 award · 1% of awards · all through frameworks

Services 87%Supplies 13%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 10 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 91%
  • Call-off from a framework 6%
  • Dynamic purchasing system 1%
  • Framework agreement 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 1283
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 12816%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 12870%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 11670%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 131113 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 13134 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 2505%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 290%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
74
Won by the top five
23%
of 102 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
10
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
42%
of one-off contract value: MICROMAIL LIMITED (€9M)
Typical contract
€155.6K
median of 52 one-off awards with a value
All 74 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €21,192,478 in awarded value. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

10 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.

  • Understanding and Forecasting Digital Skills Needs in Ireland to 2030IDC UK LIMITED
    €107.5K
  • Forecasting Skills Needs for the Semiconductors Industry in Ireland out to 2030INDECON INTERNATIONAL ECONOMIC AND STRATEGIC CONSULTANTS LIMITED
    €79.5K
  • PBF123F-03-101 - PROJ000010864 SRFT for the provision of Audit Services - Department of Enterprise, Tourism and EmploymentRSM Ireland
    €120K
  • RFQ for the provision of Exhibition Space Organiser Services for The International AI Summit (14th October 2026)VERVE MARKETING LIMITED
    €189.7K
  • Website Development, Hosting and Related Services 2023-2028.PARALLEL INTERNET LIMITED
    €200K
  • Study on the economic and societal impacts of data centres in Ireland and the scenarios for developing the data centre landscape beyond 2030 with a view to optimising the future benefits to IrelandKPMG UNLIMITED COMPANY
    €99.9K
  • RFT from the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment to provide legal assistance in the form of legal research and legislative drafting services in the area of Irish commercial law8 suppliers
    €490K
  • Review and Evaluation of Local Enterprise Office SupportsAdditional Research
    €113.7K
All 10 ending in the next 12 months

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

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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

Latest awards

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