Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin has published 320 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 424 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Hoban Management Consulting Limited, on 4 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 9 October 2026.
Name in source
Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin
Distinct suppliers
424
320
Awards
252 awards with a single named supplier
€185,543,799
Sole-supplier value
€146,889,925 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
68
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin published 320 contract awards in these records between 2014 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (17% of awards), then professional services (15%).
By value, most goes on minor building works and civils (67% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 151 days from notice to award.
19 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €206.6M in one-off contracts across 312 awards with a category recorded.
Minor Building Works and Civils€139.4M · 67%44 awards · 14% of awards
Facilities management and maintenance€21.2M · 10%39 awards · 13% of awards
Professional Services€15M · 7%47 awards · 15% of awards
ICT and office equipment€14.9M · 7%53 awards · 17% of awards
Managed Services€8.3M · 4%31 awards · 10% of awards
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€3.1M · 2%33 awards · 11% of awards
Fleet and plant€1.9M · 1%32 awards · 10% of awards
Travel and HR Services€1.2M · 1%7 awards · 2% of awards
Also: Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€771.6K), Utilities (€450K), Veterinary & Farming (€300K), Defence (3 awards), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (2 awards), Medical Professional Services (1 award)
Services 50%Supplies 30%Works 17%Work Related Services 3%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 31 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 69%
Framework agreement 22%
Direct invitation 7%
Dynamic purchasing system 2%
Call-off from a framework 1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 306
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 306
25%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 306
80%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 289
81%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 309
151 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 308
29 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 658
4%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 99
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €157,234,482 in awarded value; the largest single award is 30% of that. 85 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
19 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
Request for Tenders under Open National Procedure for the Modernisation of a 400kN Servo-Hydraulic Universal Testing Machine for Trinity College Dublin (TCD)ZwickRoell Ltd.
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