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The Irish Air Navigation Service

The Irish Air Navigation Service has published 31 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 29 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Quest Systems Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 28 September 2026.

Name in source
The Irish Air Navigation Service
Distinct suppliers
29
31
Awards
29 awards with a single named supplier
€48,879,416
Sole-supplier value
€12,950,000 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
2
Shared awards

Buyer profile

Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.

The Irish Air Navigation Service published 31 contract awards in these records between 2024 and 2026.

Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (33% of awards), then managed services (19%).

By value, most goes on managed services (47% of one-off contract value).

Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 77% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.

Advertised tenders took a median of 189 days from notice to award.

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

What they buy

Awarded value by spend category: €51.8M in one-off contracts across 27 awards with a category recorded.

  1. Managed Services€24.4M · 47%5 awards · 19% of awards
  2. ICT and office equipment€21.2M · 41%9 awards · 33% of awards
  3. Utilities€2M · 4%1 award · 4% of awards
  4. Fleet and plant€1.8M · 3%2 awards · 7% of awards
  5. Facilities management and maintenance€920K · 2%4 awards · 15% of awards
  6. Professional Services€730K · 1%4 awards · 15% of awards
  7. Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€662K · 1%1 award · 4% of awards
  8. Minor Building Works and Civils€96K · under 1%1 award · 4% of awards

Services 48%Supplies 44%Works 7%

Categories are recorded by eTenders. 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 93%
  • Framework agreement 7%
Procurement figures for this buyer
MeasureThis buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 263
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 2615%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 2677%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 2584%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 27189 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 2736 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 4910%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 2741%

Who wins

Distinct suppliers
29
Won by the top five
31%
of 29 awards to a single supplier
New in the last year
20
suppliers with their first award here
Largest supplier
43%
of one-off contract value: Thales LAS France S.A.S (€20.8M)
Typical contract
€425K
median of 28 one-off awards with a value
All 29 suppliers

One-off contracts with a single supplier total €48,779,416 in awarded value; the largest single award is 43% of that. 2 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.

Contract terms ending in the next 12 months

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.

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

Value awarded by year

One-off contracts with a sole supplier; frameworks left out

  1. €758K2024
  2. €39.1M2025
  3. €8.9M2026

Awards by year

sole supplier shared

  1. 22024
  2. 152025
  3. 142026

Latest awards

All 31 contracts