Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Tenders & Contract Awards
What Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 8 June 2026. 1 tender notice has come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has awarded 34 contracts totalling €11.0M between 2015 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Cpl Solutions Limited (3 awards).
Its three largest suppliers hold 54% of the disclosed value. 4 companies have won here in more than one year. 4 of the 32 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
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
34
Contract awards
€11.0M
Disclosed value
€646k
Average per award
31
With named winner
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman
| Contracting Authority | Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Cpl Solutions Limited · Ernst and Young |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Catherine Elizabeth Dunne Barrister-at-Law · Amy Walsh BL · Acrux Consulting Ltd |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Awarded in 2026
Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman has 2 published contract awards in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €2.6M across the 2 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2026
- Cpl Solutions Limited1 award
- Excellerate Services1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Cpl Solutions Limited3 · €3.9M
- 2.Ernst and Young1 · €3.0M
- 3.Amy Walsh BL1 · €1.2M
- 4.Atos IT Solutions and Services1 · €750k
- 5.Maeve Thornberry and Associates3 · €325k
- 6.Conscia Talent1 · €300k
- 7.XpertDPO1 · €200k
- 8.Southern Marketing Design and Media1 · €180k
- 9.Excellerate Services1 · €150k
- 10.Epiq Europe Ltd1 · €150k
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 3 | €250k |
| 2017 | 1 | - |
| 2018 | 1 | - |
| 2020 | 6 | €1.1M |
| 2021 | 7 | €1.2M |
| 2022 | 2 | €750k |
| 2023 | 2 | €175k |
| 2024 | 6 | €4.5M |
| 2025 | 4 | €400k |
| 2026 | 2 | €2.6M |
How Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 13 graded eTenders notices, Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman evaluates 100% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 0% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
100% MEAT
13 MEAT · 0 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP Professional Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
48 months
Median across 19 contracts (avg 41.7m)
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 Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman 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
- €50k-€144k3 · €320k
- €144k-€360k7 · €1.3M
- €360k-€1M5 · €2.6M
- €1M-€5M6 · €6.7M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 32
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 4
- Most contested award
- Provision of External Drafting Services
- 17 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Provision of Stenography Services (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 33
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 53.7% of €17.0M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cpl Solutions Limited | 22.9% | Normal | also won €71.2M across 30 other Irish bodies → |
| Ernst and Young | 17.6% | - | also won €731.8M across 50 other Irish bodies → |
| Catherine Elizabeth Dunne Barrister-at-Law | 13.2% | - | - |
| Amy Walsh BL | 7% | - | - |
| Acrux Consulting Ltd | 4.7% | Normal | also won €6.7M across 6 other Irish bodies → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Cpl Solutions Limited | 3 | 2020, 2024, 2026 |
| Maeve Thornberry and Associates | 3 | 2020, 2023, 2024 |
| Forvis Mazars | 2 | 2021, 2025 |
| Public Authority Pension Services Limited | 2 | 2021, 2024 |
Notices published in the last 90 days
| Published | Title | Winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9 October 2026 | Temporary Resources Support | Cpl Solutions Limited | €2.5M |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 34 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
12.5%
4 of 32 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
28.8%
Top 3 suppliers: 67.7% across 15 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
1,764
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
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TenderWatch ProAward history (34 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 9 October 2026 | Temporary Resources Support | Cpl Solutions Limited | - | €2.5M | |
| 2 April 2026 | Cleaning Services | Excellerate Services | 13 | Open Procedure | €150k |
| 27 October 2025 | Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the provision of External Drafting Services | Catherine Elizabeth Dunne Barrister-at-Law | 9 | Open Procedure | €2.3M |
| 2 May 2025 | External mediation Services - Multi-Party Framework Agreement | Acrux Consulting Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 6 March 2025 | Recruitment Services | Conscia Talent | 11 | Open Procedure | €300k |
| 29 January 2025 | Payroll and Pensions Administration Services | Forvis Mazars | 4 | Open Procedure | €100k |
| 29 October 2024 | Payroll and Pensions, Governance Support Services | Maeve Thornberry and Associates | 2 | Open Procedure | €150k |
| 17 October 2024 | Case Management System and Online Customer Web Portal | Ernst and Young | 13 | Open Procedure | €3.0M |
| 4 September 2024 | Data Protection Support Services | XpertDPO | 11 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 6 August 2024 | Graphic Design and Print Management Services | Southern Marketing Design and Media | 11 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 22 March 2024 | Pension Advisory Services | Public Authority Pension Services Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | €120k |
| 22 February 2024 | Temporary Administrative Resources | Cpl Solutions Limited | 10 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 24 May 2023 | Governance Advisory Services | Maeve Thornberry and Associates | 1 | Open Procedure | €175k |
| 5 March 2023 | Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for the provision of Legal Advisory Services and related Litigation Services | undisclosed | 6 | Open Procedure | €1.5M |
| 24 December 2022 | Establishment of a multi-party Framework Agreement for Legal advisory services and related litigation services | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €1.5M |
| 15 December 2022 | Supply of IT Managed Services | Atos IT Solutions and Services | 2 | Open Procedure | €750k |
| 24 September 2021 | Provision of External Drafting Services | Amy Walsh BL | 17 | Open Procedure | €1.2M |
| 23 July 2021 | Graphic Design and Print Management Services | Wonder Works | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 July 2021 | Drafting summaries of legally binding decisions and case studies | Philip Lee LLP | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 7 May 2021 | Provision of Cleaning and Janitorial Services | Neylons Facility Management Ltd | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 April 2021 | Facilities Management and Maintenance Services | Neylons Facility Management Ltd | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 March 2021 | Pension Advisory Services | Public Authority Pension Services Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 January 2021 | Payroll and Pensions Administration Services | Forvis Mazars | 9 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 December 2020 | Provision of temporary administrative support resources | Cpl Solutions Limited | 11 | Open Procedure | €600k |
| 11 December 2020 | Supply of IT Managed Services | undisclosed | 7 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 7 December 2020 | The FSPO invites tenders from suitably qualified individuals for the provision of drafting services to the Contracting Authority | Anthony McGrath | 12 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 November 2020 | Provision of Governance Advisory Services | Maeve Thornberry and Associates | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 February 2020 | Office Furniture and Fittings including Delivery and Installation | Milner Office Furniture | 14 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 February 2020 | Refurbishment Ground Floor Lincoin House | Commercial and Residential Management Ltd | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 8 October 2018 | TIME AND ATTENDENCE AND HRMS | Advance Systems International | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 24 July 2017 | Office Refurbishment to Third and Fourth Floor of Lincoln House, Lincoln Place, Dublin 2 for the Financial Services Ombudsman | Azure Contracting Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 July 2015 | Request for Tenders for the provision of cleaning services | Moore Cleaning Services | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 May 2015 | Request for tender for a joint strategic and operational review of the Financial Services Ombudsman Bureau and the Pensions Ombudsman's office | BearingPoint Ireland | 3 | Open Procedure | €100k |
| 8 May 2015 | Provision of Stenography Services | Epiq Europe Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | €150k |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
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The most recent Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman tenders subscribers were alerted to:
- Temporary Resources Support2026-05-05
Last updated 10 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2015-05-08. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.