Tender awards — category overview

What kinds of public-procurement contracts were awarded in the last 12 months, in aggregate — by category, competition type and threshold level. Individual awards are on the search and browse page; this page is the high-level shape, not the row-level detail.

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 (see below), by design, not by omission.

Last 12 months

Since October 2025: 5,276 awards worth €26,890,560,811 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.

Currently open right now

359 tender notice(s) are open for bids right now, separately from the completed awards above — these are still-open opportunities to bid on, not a record of what already happened. See currently-open tender opportunities →

Top categories by value

Ireland tender awards by CPV category, last 12 months
CPV category	Value	Contracts	Typical award
Construction work.	€7,900,690,000	270	€574,621
Architectural and related services.	€2,934,955,860	57	€280,720
Road bridge construction work.	€2,500,000,000	1	€2,500,000,000
Road transport services.	€1,487,190,000	4	€525,000
Heating equipment.	€1,216,000,000	1	€1,216,000,000
Engineering services.	€907,538,500	34	€258,090
Railway maintenance or service vehicles, and railway freight wagons.	€720,779,302	2	€360,389,651
Building construction work.	€540,324,727	39	€1,348,561
IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support.	€511,123,329	264	€460,350
Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services.	€478,149,870	111	€172,000

A hollow bar marks a category built from 2 or fewer tenders — its total can be almost entirely one large framework agreement, not a genuine spending pattern across many contracts.

Top 10 of 1,065 categories by value, accounting for 71% of €26,890,560,811 in categorised awards.

Competition type

Ireland tender awards by competition type, last 12 months
Competition type	Value	Contracts
Framework	€19,249,120,595	679
Bespoke	€5,687,033,849	3,297
FW - Mini-Comp	€962,123,870	551
DPS Tender	€919,981,008	552
Simplified	€72,301,489	197

Threshold level

Ireland tender awards by threshold level, last 12 months
Threshold level	Value	Contracts
OJEU	€23,922,731,744	1,566
Direct Invite	€1,034,425,359	748
National	€1,013,422,699	2,410
Not recorded	€919,981,008	552

Contract type

Ireland tender awards by contract type, last 12 months
Contract type	Value	Contracts
Works	€13,598,380,267	640
Services	€7,579,554,809	2,567
Work Related Services	€3,255,459,008	249
Supplies	€1,422,741,368	1,072
Not recorded	€1,034,425,359	748

Single-bid contracts

In the last 12 months, 818 of 3,893 contracts with a recorded bid count (21%) 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.

Browse by council

All-time totals, one page per council.

Based on the 21% of all award rows in the last 12 months with a single council identified — the rest (national frameworks and non-council awarding bodies) are not attributed to one council and so are not reflected in any single page below.

Browse by category

All-time totals, one page per CPV category actually awarded against.

See this broken down by local authority instead →

Figures published by Office of Government Procurement (eTenders contract award notices). Accessed 2026-10-13.

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