Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science Tenders & Contract Awards
What Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 22 June 2026. 2 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science has awarded 6 contracts totalling €3.0M between 2025 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Storm Technology Limited (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 86% of the disclosed value. No company has yet won here in more than one year, so the field is more open than most.
Public buyers rarely change supplier mid-contract. The opening is usually a new requirement, not a switch.
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Open now
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Tender notices tracked
6
Contract awards
€3.0M
Disclosed value
€590k
Average per award
6
With named winner
Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science
| Contracting Authority | Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Storm Technology Limited · Ernst and Young |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Orchard Brand Agency Limited · Marion Wilkinson · Rory Byrne Education Training |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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No open tenders from Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science right now
Last tender closed on 22 June 2026. New notices publish daily. Set up an alert below or check back tomorrow.
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Awarded in 2026
Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science has 3 published contract awards in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €2.4M across the 3 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2026
- Ernst and Young1 award
- Marion Wilkinson1 award
- Storm Technology Limited1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Storm Technology Limited1 · €1.4M
- 2.Ernst and Young1 · €750k
- 3.Orchard Brand Agency Limited1 · €400k
- 4.Marion Wilkinson1 · €200k
- 5.Rory Byrne Education Training1 · €200k
- 6.Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants1 · Not disclosed
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2025 | 3 | €600k |
| 2026 | 3 | €2.4M |
How Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 8 graded eTenders notices, Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science evaluates 87.5% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 12.5% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
87.5% MEAT
7 MEAT · 1 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP Professional Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
48 months
Median across 11 contracts (avg 41.8m)
Contracts Expiring in the Next 6 Months (180-Day Re-Tender Window)
View all 457 expiring Irish contracts ->No disclosed contracts over EUR 100,000 for Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science have an estimated end date in the next 180 days. Browse the full 180-day expiring contracts radar across all Irish authorities ->
By value band
- €144k-€360k2 · €400k
- €360k-€1M2 · €1.1M
- €1M-€5M1 · €1.4M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 4
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 0
- Most contested award
- Consultancy Service for As-Is Analysis and Report of Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education
- 9 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor (3 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 4
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 86.4% of €3.0M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Storm Technology Limited | 47.5% | Normal | also won €8.9M across 20 other Irish bodies → |
| Ernst and Young | 25.4% | - | also won €734.0M across 50 other Irish bodies → |
| Orchard Brand Agency Limited | 13.6% | Normal | - |
| Marion Wilkinson | 6.8% | - | - |
| Rory Byrne Education Training | 6.8% | - | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 6 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
Insufficient bid-count disclosures (n < 5)
Top Supplier Spend Share
47.5%
Top 3 suppliers: 86.4% across 5 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
3,174
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
Export 6 awarded contracts (CSV & JSON)
TenderWatch ProAward history (6 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 22 May 2026 | Consultancy Service for As-Is Analysis and Report of Transition from Secondary to Tertiary Education | Ernst and Young | 9 | Open Procedure | €750k |
| 15 April 2026 | Disability Policy Advisor Services | Marion Wilkinson | 3 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 3 April 2026 | CFT for the provision of CRM Support Services | Storm Technology Limited | - | €1.4M | |
| 3 November 2025 | Strategic Review of Ireland’s National Research and Innovation Strategy Impact 2030 | Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants | - | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 12 February 2025 | The provision of qualitative research services | Orchard Brand Agency Limited | 8 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 8 January 2025 | Public Service Apprenticeship Advisor | Rory Byrne Education Training | 3 | Open Procedure | €200k |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
Other major buyers
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Last updated 6 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2025-01-08. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.