University College Dublin ( UCD ) has published 208 contract awards on eTenders and TED, naming 303 distinct suppliers. The latest award is dated 5 October 2026.
Name in source
University College Dublin ( UCD )
Distinct suppliers
303
208
Awards
166 awards with a single named supplier
€158,657,715
Sole-supplier value
€229,241,884 in total across all named suppliers; each supplier's share is not published
42
Shared awards
Buyer profile
Calculated from published award records; nothing is estimated.
University College Dublin ( UCD ) published 208 contract awards in these records between 2013 and 2026.
Where the category is recorded, it buys ICT and office equipment most often (24% of awards), then facilities management and maintenance (12%).
By value, most goes on facilities management and maintenance (55% of one-off contract value).
Its tenders drew a median of 3 bids, and 78% of bids came from small and medium-sized firms.
Advertised tenders took a median of 122 days from notice to award.
12 published contract terms end in the 12 months from 12 October 2026.
What they buy
Awarded value by spend category: €111.6M in one-off contracts across 289 awards with a category recorded.
Facilities management and maintenance€60.9M · 55%34 awards · 12% of awards
Minor Building Works and Civils€19.9M · 18%26 awards · 9% of awards
Managed Services€10.2M · 9%23 awards · 8% of awards
ICT and office equipment€6.7M · 6%68 awards · 24% of awards
Fleet and plant€6M · 5%29 awards · 10% of awards
Laboratory, Diagnostics and Equipment€2.5M · 2%30 awards · 10% of awards
Medical Professional Services€2.5M · 2%7 awards · 2% of awards
Professional Services€2M · 2%26 awards · 9% of awards
Also: Travel and HR Services (€579.9K), Defence (€300K), Medical and Diagnostic Equipment and Supplies (€95.1K), Marketing, Print and Stationery (€72K), Veterinary & Farming (€1), Utilities (2 awards)
Services 57%Supplies 36%Works 7%Work Related Services <1%
Categories are recorded by eTenders. 36 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 76%
Framework agreement 14%
Direct invitation 8%
Call-off from a framework 2%
Dynamic purchasing system <1%
Procurement figures for this buyer
Measure
This buyer
Bids per tender (median)Awards that state how many bids were received · 283
3
Tenders with a single bidAwards that state how many bids were received · 283
22%
Bids from SMEsShare of bids that came from small and medium-sized firms; counted in tenders · 283
78%
Awards including an SMEAwards where at least one winner is recorded as an SME · 195
76%
Notice to award (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the published award · 286
122 days
Time to respond (median)Advertised tenders, from the notice to the submission deadline · 293
31 days
Notices cancelledNotices cancelled before any award, of all notices · 683
2%
Judged on price aloneTenders evaluated on lowest price rather than price and quality · 49
One-off contracts with a single supplier total €154,478,975 in awarded value. 44 framework agreements are not included, as they publish a ceiling. Awarded value is not money paid.
Contract terms ending in the next 12 months
12 awards whose published duration ends between 12 Oct 2026 and a year later; the first 8 are shown.
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