Research and development services and related consultancy services — tender awards
Public-procurement contracts awarded under CPV category 73 (Research and development services and related consultancy services) in the last 12 months, in aggregate — by council, competition type and threshold level. Individual awards are on the filtered search and browse page.
Supplier identity is never aggregated on this page — a winning bidder's name is often a person's name, not a company's, so it follows the same registered-access rule as the browse page's supplier search.
Last 12 months
Since October 2025: 110 awards worth €45,014,668 combined.
Framework agreements can dominate a year's total: A large share of awarded value comes from framework agreements, whose published value is often the framework's ceiling — the maximum that can be drawn down over its full, often multi-year, lifetime — rather than money spent in the year it was awarded. Checked directly against real data: a single council's own largest year can be dominated by framework agreements alone. A single large framework can make one year look far larger than its neighbours without that reflecting actual annual spend.
Top councils by value
| Council | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Clare County Council | €251,440 | 2 |
| Cork City Council | €207,307 | 7 |
| Laois County Council | €82,400 | 2 |
| Tipperary County Council | €32,500 | 1 |
| Wicklow County Council | €18,500 | 1 |
| Mayo County Council | €17,595 | 1 |
Based on the 13% of Research and development services and related consultancy services awards with a single council identified — the rest are not attributed to one council.
Competition type
| Competition type | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Framework | €25,643,525 | 6 |
| Bespoke | €15,288,470 | 75 |
| FW - Mini-Comp | €3,824,508 | 7 |
| Simplified | €154,317 | 6 |
| DPS Tender | €103,848 | 16 |
Threshold level
| Threshold level | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| OJEU | €34,740,051 | 25 |
| National | €6,191,944 | 56 |
| Direct Invite | €3,978,825 | 13 |
| Not recorded | €103,848 | 16 |
Contract type
| Contract type | Value | Contracts |
|---|---|---|
| Services | €41,035,843 | 97 |
| Not recorded | €3,978,825 | 13 |
Single-bid contracts
In the last 12 months, 9 of 78 contracts with a recorded bid count (12%) had only one bid. See these contracts → The single-bid-rate ranking shows a different figure for the same measure — it uses a fixed calendar year, not the trailing 12 months shown here.
Figures published by Office of Government Procurement (eTenders contract award notices). Accessed 2026-10-18.