Office of the Ombudsman Tenders & Contract Awards
What Office of the Ombudsman buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
Office of the Ombudsman has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 31 July 2026. 1 tender notice has come from this buyer since monitoring began.
Office of the Ombudsman has awarded 24 contracts totalling €7.5M between 2014 and 2025. Top supplier by disclosed value is Open Sky Data Systems (4 awards).
Its three largest suppliers hold 28% of the disclosed value. 3 companies have won here in more than one year. 5 of the 24 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
24
Contract awards
€7.5M
Disclosed value
€755k
Average per award
15
With named winner
Office of the Ombudsman
| Contracting Authority | Office of the Ombudsman · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Open Sky Data Systems · Dovetail Technologies |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | An Post · Equiniti ICS Ltd. · System Dynamics |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Most recent awards: 2025
Office of the Ombudsman has 2 published contract awards in 2025 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €1.1M across the 2 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2025
- Open Sky Data Systems1 award
- Dovetail Technologies1 award
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Open Sky Data Systems4 · €1.8M
- 2.Dovetail Technologies2 · €340k
- 3.An Post1 · €250k
- 4.Equiniti ICS Ltd.1 · €125k
- 5.System Dynamics2 · Not disclosed
- 6.Flextime1 · Not disclosed
- 7.Deloitte Ireland LLP1 · Not disclosed
- 8.Educom1 · Not disclosed
- 9.eCom Solutions1 · Not disclosed
- 10.Viatel Ireland Limited1 · Not disclosed
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Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 5 | €200k |
| 2015 | 5 | €375k |
| 2016 | 3 | - |
| 2019 | 4 | - |
| 2020 | 2 | €600k |
| 2022 | 1 | €4.8M |
| 2024 | 2 | €430k |
| 2025 | 2 | €1.1M |
How Office of the Ombudsman Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 5 graded eTenders notices, Office of the Ombudsman evaluates 100% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 0% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
100% MEAT
5 MEAT · 0 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
30% Price / 70% Quality
OGP IT Services MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
48 months
Median across 10 contracts (avg 45.9m)
Contracts Expiring in the Next 6 Months (180-Day Re-Tender Window)
View all 457 expiring Irish contracts ->1 active Office of the Ombudsman contract over EUR 100,000 have an estimated end date within the next 180 days based on published OGP award terms.
| Contract & Incumbent | Value | Term | Est. End |
|---|---|---|---|
| Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services | €400k | 48m | 2 February 2027 |
By value band
- €50k-€144k3 · €395k
- €144k-€360k4 · €950k
- €360k-€1M1 · €400k
- €1M-€5M3 · €5.8M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 24
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 5
- Most contested award
- Provision of monitor arms
- 9 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Provision of LAN speed WAN connectivity to Government networks (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 23
- Restricted Procedure: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 27.7% of €8.7M total disclosed value, a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Open Sky Data Systems | 20.9% | Normal | also won €32.9M across 15 other Irish bodies → |
| Dovetail Technologies | 3.9% | Normal | also won Not disclosed across 3 other Irish bodies → |
| An Post | 2.9% | - | also won €338.6M across 9 other Irish bodies → |
| Equiniti ICS Ltd. | 1.4% | - | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
| System Dynamics | 0% | Dissolved | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Office of the Ombudsman in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Open Sky Data Systems | 4 | 2020, 2024, 2025 |
| Dovetail Technologies | 2 | 2014, 2025 |
| System Dynamics | 2 | 2014, 2015 |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 24 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
20.8%
5 of 24 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
71.9%
Top 3 suppliers: 95.1% across 4 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
5,470
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
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TenderWatch ProAward history (24 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 7 October 2025 | Cloud Migration Modernisation Support Development Services | Open Sky Data Systems | 4 | Open Procedure | €1.0M |
| 24 March 2025 | Provision of Regulation of Lobbying Online Register Development, Maintenance and Support Services | Dovetail Technologies | 1 | Open Procedure | €140k |
| 17 October 2024 | CRM Dynamics (On premise) Support and Development Services for the Office of the Ombudsman | Open Sky Data Systems | 7 | Open Procedure | €300k |
| 21 May 2024 | Provision of Sharepoint Support and Associated Services | Open Sky Data Systems | 3 | Open Procedure | €130k |
| 19 February 2022 | Media Strategy, Planning and Buying Services | undisclosed | 6 | Restricted Procedure | €4.8M |
| 9 October 2020 | Provision of CRM Dynamics Support and Development Services for the Office of the Ombudsman | Open Sky Data Systems | 4 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 15 March 2020 | Support and maintenance of Sharepoint environment | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 18 October 2019 | Provision of monitor arms | undisclosed | 9 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 October 2019 | RFT Audio Visual Equipment | undisclosed | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 August 2019 | The Office of the Ombudsman (“the Office”) has a requirement to replace its existing Mitel/Aastra MX-One/OneBox phone system | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 August 2019 | The Office of the Ombudsman has a requirement to replace its current time and attendance application | Flextime | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 May 2016 | Multi-Functional Print Devices | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 February 2016 | Provision of Web Content Management Platform and Intranet Solution | undisclosed | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 January 2016 | Provision of Lotus Notes Development and Support Services | Deloitte Ireland LLP | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 November 2015 | Document Management Solution | Equiniti ICS Ltd. | 9 | Open Procedure | €125k |
| 12 May 2015 | Network Infrastructure Cabling Upgrade RFT | Educom | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 May 2015 | Provision of LAN Switching Equipment Support Contract and Network Consultancy Services | eCom Solutions | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 26 March 2015 | Lotus Notes Development and Support Services 2015 | System Dynamics | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 January 2015 | Provision of postal delivery services to the Referendum Commission | An Post | 1 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 9 December 2014 | Single Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Marketing/project management/communications consultancy services | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | €1.2M |
| 2 December 2014 | Provision of Design of Annual and other Reports to the Office of the Ombudsman | undisclosed | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 5 September 2014 | Provision of Online Registration System of Lobbying | Dovetail Technologies | 6 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 3 February 2014 | Lotus Notes Development and Support Services | System Dynamics | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 February 2014 | Provision of LAN speed WAN connectivity to Government networks | Viatel Ireland Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
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Last updated 7 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-02-03. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.