Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman Tenders & Contract Awards
What Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman has 1 open tender accepting bids right now, most of them in IT Services. 3 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman has awarded 30 contracts totalling €5.5M between 2013 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 75% of the disclosed value. 2 companies have won here in more than one year. 7 of the 27 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.
Follow the companies already winning Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman contracts
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Tender notices tracked
30
Contract awards
€5.5M
Disclosed value
€606k
Average per award
19
With named winner
Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman
| Contracting Authority | Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec · Holden Plant Rentals Ltd. |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Forensic Investigations and Training Solutions Ltd. (FITS LTD) · Parallel Internet t/a pTools Software · VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Open Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman tenders
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Most recent 2 of 2PMC for a Digital Evidence Management System for Fiosrú
Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman
Provision of a Case Management System and Reporting Solution for Fiosrú
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Awarded in 2026
Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman has 2 published contract awards in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €190k across the 2 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2026
- VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup1 award
- Holden Plant Rentals Ltd.1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec1 · €3.6M
- 2.Holden Plant Rentals Ltd.3 · €260k
- 4.Parallel Internet t/a pTools Software1 · €200k
- 5.VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup2 · €120k
- 6.Civic Integrated Solutions Ltd.1 · Not disclosed
- 7.Storm Technology Ltd1 · Not disclosed
- 8.R. A. S. Group1 · Not disclosed
- 9.Virgin Media Ireland Limited1 · Not disclosed
- 10.SoftwareONE1 · Not disclosed
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 3 | - |
| 2014 | 2 | - |
| 2015 | 3 | - |
| 2016 | 5 | - |
| 2017 | 3 | €800k |
| 2018 | 3 | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - |
| 2021 | 1 | - |
| 2023 | 4 | €4.0M |
| 2025 | 3 | €415k |
| 2026 | 2 | €190k |
How Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 7 graded eTenders notices, Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman evaluates 100% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 0% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
100% MEAT
7 MEAT · 0 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP IT Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
24 months
Median across 17 contracts (avg 28.7m)
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 Fiosrú - Office of the Police 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-€144k4 · €380k
- €144k-€360k3 · €675k
- €360k-€1M1 · €800k
- €1M-€5M1 · €3.6M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 27
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 7
- Most contested award
- Delivery of a new website for GSOC
- 15 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Quotation for the Provision of Water Treatment & Hygiene Services (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 25
- Restricted Procedure: 3
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 74.9% of €5.5M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Holden Plant Rentals Ltd. | 2 | 2025, 2026 |
| VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup | 2 | 2025, 2026 |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 30 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
25.9%
7 of 27 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
81.7%
Top 3 suppliers: 92.7% across 5 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
6,768
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
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TenderWatch ProAward history (30 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 3 June 2026 | android devices | VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup | - | €60k | |
| 12 February 2026 | Dublin Area | Holden Plant Rentals Ltd. | - | €130k | |
| 10 September 2025 | Forensic software | VMForensics Ltd t/a VMGroup | 2 | Open Procedure | €60k |
| 22 August 2025 | Request for Tender - Vehicle Maintenance and Repair Services | Holden Plant Rentals Ltd. | 1 | Open Procedure | €130k |
| 19 May 2025 | Request for Tender - Investigative Interviewing Training and Consulting Services | Forensic Investigations and Training Solutions Ltd. (FITS LTD) | 1 | Open Procedure | €225k |
| 30 November 2023 | PROCUREMENT OF WEBSITE DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT FOR THE OFFICE OF THE POLICE OMBUDSMAN | Parallel Internet t/a pTools Software | 12 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 2 July 2023 | Provision of an Enterprise Class On-Premise Case Management System (CMS) to the Garda Síochána Ombudsman Commission | Codec-dss Limited - T/A Codec | 6 | Restricted Procedure | €3.6M |
| 29 June 2023 | Procurement of new Corporate Identity and related Public Information/Awareness raising Campaign for the Office of the Police Ombudsman | undisclosed | - | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 18 January 2023 | Preventative Maintenance and Repair Service for GSOC Boilers and Air Conditioning Systems | undisclosed | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 March 2021 | Office Cleaning, Window and Industrial Cleaning | undisclosed | 13 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 March 2019 | Preventative Maintenance and Repair Service for GSOC Boilers and Air Conditioning Systems. | Civic Integrated Solutions Ltd. | 13 | Open Procedure | - |
| 30 August 2018 | Bank Statement Recognition Software | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 June 2018 | Vehicle Maintenace and Repair Services | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 January 2018 | Request for tender for media and communications services at the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 December 2017 | Provision of two Temporary Contract ICT Personnell | undisclosed | 8 | Open Procedure | €800k |
| 26 July 2017 | Investigative Interview Training | Forensic Investigations and Training Solutions | 5 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 3 May 2017 | Vehicle Recovery & Secure Storage | undisclosed | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 July 2016 | Delivery of a new website for GSOC | undisclosed | 15 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 3 June 2016 | Information Architecture, Developer and Infrastructure Administration Services for SharePoint 2013 | Storm Technology Ltd | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 19 April 2016 | Maintenance and Service of Alarm, Access Control and CCTV Systems | R. A. S. Group | 12 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 April 2016 | RFT for Support & Maintenance for Data Storage & Backup Systems (1) | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 March 2016 | RFT for Firewall & Remote Access Support and Maintenance | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 November 2015 | Provision of data connectivity to Government Networks | Virgin Media Ireland Limited | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 March 2015 | Supply of Microsoft Office 2013 Volume Licences | SoftwareONE | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 January 2015 | Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Vehicle Maintenance and Repairs for the Garda Siochana Ombudsman Commission | holden plant rentals | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 November 2014 | Two Month Contract for Data Analyst Role | Red Snapper Recruitment Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 September 2014 | Quotation for the Provision of Water Treatment & Hygiene Services | HBE | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 February 2013 | RFT for the provision of support & maintenance for LAN hardware | eircom Limited (t/a eir business) | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 8 February 2013 | Firewall and Remote Access Hardware Maintenance Contract | IPOptions Limited | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 January 2013 | RFT for the provision of support & maintenance for data storage and backup systems | Comsys | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
Other major buyers
1 new Fiosrú - Office of the Police Ombudsman tender published in the last 14 days. Subscribers receive these in the weekly Monday digest.
Last updated 6 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2013-01-21. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.