Irish Sports Council - contract awards
Who wins Irish Sports Council contracts, and how hard it is to break in
Irish Sports Council has awarded 13 contracts totalling €2.1M between 2014 and 2015. Top supplier by disclosed value is Gary Keegan (1 award).
Its three largest suppliers hold 55% of the disclosed value. No company has yet won here in more than one year, so the field is more open than most. 13 of the 13 awards with a published bid count drew a single bidder.
Concentration like this is where a newcomer reads its odds. Thin fields and single-bidder contracts are the openings.
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13
Awards
€2.1M
Disclosed value
€343k
Average per award
12
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Gary Keegan1 · €401k
- 2.Biomed Diagnostics1 · €375k
- 3.Ipsos Limited1 · €350k
- 4.Eamonn Flanagan1 · €335k
- 5.NotApp1 · €313k
- 6.Nutrition Services1 · €284k
- 7.Athletic Preparation LTD1 · Not disclosed
- 8.Alto Sport Science Solutions Ltd1 · Not disclosed
- 9.n/a1 · Not disclosed
- 10.Doug Corrie1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 4 | €350k |
| 2015 | 9 | €1.7M |
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By value band
- €144k-€360k4 · €1.3M
- €360k-€1M2 · €776k
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 13
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 13
- Most contested award
- Strength and Conditioning Senior Consultant
- 1 bids received
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 13
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 54.7% of €2.1M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Gary Keegan | 19.5% | — | — |
| Biomed Diagnostics | 18.2% | Normal | — |
| Ipsos Limited | 17% | Normal | also won €630k across 3 other Irish bodies → |
| Eamonn Flanagan | 16.3% | — | — |
| NotApp | 15.2% | — | — |
Award history (13 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 21 September 2015 | Strength and Conditioning Senior Consultant | Athletic Preparation LTD | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 September 2015 | Performance Analysis Lead Consultant | Alto Sport Science Solutions Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 14 July 2015 | Sport Rehabilitation Lead Consultant | NotApp | 1 | Open Procedure | €313k |
| 23 June 2015 | IT Environment Build | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 June 2015 | Lead Strength & Conditioning Consultant | Eamonn Flanagan | 1 | Open Procedure | €335k |
| 30 April 2015 | Sports Nutrition Lead Consultant | Nutrition Services | 1 | Open Procedure | €284k |
| 30 January 2015 | Management Services for the Irish Institute of Sport | Gary Keegan | 1 | Open Procedure | €401k |
| 23 January 2015 | Phlebotomy Service to the Irish Sports Council | Biomed Diagnostics | 1 | Open Procedure | €375k |
| 16 January 2015 | Contract for Operational Services Consultant | n/a | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 17 December 2014 | An external research organisation to deliver a system to monitor sports participation among adults in Ireland | Ipsos Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €350k |
| 21 November 2014 | Provision of Project Management and Technical Advisory Services | Doug Corrie | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 August 2014 | Single Party Framework Agreement for Executive Coaching | Odyssi Consulting | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 8 August 2014 | Framework for Organisational Capability Advisory Services | Centre for Competitiveness | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 9 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-08-08. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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