The Heritage Council has published 74 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 57 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Abarta Heritage, on 5 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 20 May 2026.
Name in source
The Heritage Council
Distinct suppliers
57
74
Awards
73 awards with a single named supplier
€5,274,778
Sole-supplier value
€0 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
1
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
The Heritage Council published 74 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (30% of awards), then managed services (27%).
By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (37% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2.5 bids, and 89% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 156 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: €2.7M in one-off contracts across 63 awards with a category recorded.
Facilities management and maintenance€1M · 37%1 award · 2% of awards
ICT and office equipment€966K · 36%12 awards · 19% of awards
Professional Services€419.9K · 16%19 awards · 30% of awards
Managed Services€259.4K · 10%17 awards · 27% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€42.8K · 2%5 awards · 8% of awards
Travel and HR Services€0 · 0%3 awards · 5% of awards · all through frameworks
Veterinary & Farming€0 · 0%2 awards · 3% of awards · all through frameworks
Marketing, Print and Stationery€0 · 0%2 awards · 3% of awards · all through frameworks
Also: Fleet and plant (1 award), Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment (1 award)
Services 97%Works 3%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 17 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 83%
Simplified procedure 13%
Call-off from a framework 3%
Dynamic purchasing system 1%
Direct invitation 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 64
2.5
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 64
20%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 64
89%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 72
89%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 66
156 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 64
28 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 90
2%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 16
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €5,274,778 in awarded value; the largest single award is 34% of that. 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.
Analysis of labour market demand for traditional craftspeople in the built heritage sector in IrelandCrowe
€42.8K
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.
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