University College Cork has published 502 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 501 distinct suppliers. The supplier named most often is Novogene (UK) Company Limited, on 11 awards with no other supplier. The latest award is dated 7 October 2026.
Name in source
University College Cork
Distinct suppliers
501
502
Awards
453 awards with a single named supplier
€245,394,951
Sole-supplier value
€246,450,514 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
49
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
University College Cork published 502 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys professional services most often (18% of awards), then laboratory, diagnostics and equipment (15%).
By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (30% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 2 bids, and 80% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 150 days from notice to award.
18 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €92.6M in one-off contracts across 509 awards with a category recorded.
Facilities management and maintenance€28M · 30%59 awards · 12% of awards
Professional Services€18M · 19%92 awards · 18% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€14.7M · 16%46 awards · 9% of awards
ICT and office equipment€9.8M · 11%68 awards · 13% of awards
Fleet and plant€7.6M · 8%50 awards · 10% of awards
Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies€6.5M · 7%39 awards · 8% of awards
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€3.5M · 4%78 awards · 15% of awards
Defence€1.5M · 2%7 awards · 1% of awards
Also: Marketing, Print and Stationery (€1.1M), Managed Services (€985.9K), Travel and HR Services (€775.4K), Medical Professional Services (€254K), Medical, Surgical and Pharmaceutical Supplies (4 awards), Veterinary & Farming (3 awards)
Supplies 48%Services 40%Works 10%Work Related Services 2%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 14 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%
Framework agreement 9%
Dynamic purchasing system 5%
Call-off from a framework 2%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 473
2
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 473
33%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 473
80%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 485
79%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 479
150 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 481
25 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 684
5%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 93
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €205,856,533 in awarded value; the largest single award is 54% of that. 74 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
18 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
Single Supplier Framework using the Open Procedure for provision of Carpentry Labour Services and General Operative Services at Tyndall National Institute, UCCGBL CONSTRUCTION LIMITEDFramework
€188.6K
Supply, Delivery and Validation of a Terahertz Spectrometer for Tyndall National Institute, University College Cork (UCC).TOPTICA Photonics SE
€66K
Supply, Delivery of Wafer Prober System for Tyndall National Institute, UCCInseto (UK) Limited
€75.4K
Establishment of a Multi Supplier Framework in 2 no Lots for Mechanical & Electrical Contractors at UCC & Mechanical & Electrical Installations to Laboratory G 14 in Kane Science Building at UCC10 suppliersFramework
€8M
Request-for-Tenders under Open National Procedure for the Supply, Delivery Validation Installation and training of a Live Cell Imaging System for University College Cork (UCC)VWR International LTD
€59.9K
Framework for Website, Mobile App, and Digital Design & Development Services3 suppliersFramework
€450K
Provision of Waste Reduction and Management Services to University College Cork and related sitesSTARRUS ECO HOLDINGS LIMITEDFramework
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