Ombudsman for Children's Office - contract awards
Ombudsman for Children's Office has awarded 25 contracts totalling €2.1M between 2021 and 2025. Top supplier by disclosed value is Computer Application Services Ltd. (1 award).
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25
Awards
€2.1M
Disclosed value
€176k
Average per award
15
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Computer Application Services Ltd.1 · €320k
- 2.Trojan IT Business Solutions Ltd1 · €220k
- 3.Fiona Keane HR1 · €192k
- 4.Codex Limited1 · €180k
- 5.XpertDPO1 · €135k
- 6.Avcom Audio Visual Communications Ltd2 · €80k
- 7.Prospectus2 · €60k
- 8.Forvis Mazars2 · Not disclosed
- 9.Moynalvey Building Services1 · Not disclosed
- 10.Tim Murphy Chartered Surveyors1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2021 | 2 | - |
| 2022 | 3 | - |
| 2023 | 2 | €135k |
| 2024 | 11 | €1.4M |
| 2025 | 7 | €542k |
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By value band
- €25k-€50k2 · €79k
- €50k-€144k4 · €415k
- €144k-€360k6 · €1.6M
- €360k-€1M1 · Not disclosed
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 13
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 0
- Most contested award
- Tender for the supply of merchandised goods to the Ombudsman for Children's Office
- 10 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: RFT for the provision of HR Services to the Office of the Children's Ombudsman (2 bids)
By procedure
- Simplified: 3
- Open Procedure: 17
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 4
- Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 37.5% of €2.5M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd. | 16% | Normal | also won €200k across 5 other Irish bodies → |
| Computer Application Services Ltd. | 12.8% | — | also won €500k across 1 other Irish body → |
| Trojan IT Business Solutions Ltd | 8.8% | Normal | also won €1.3M across 6 other Irish bodies → |
| Fiona Keane HR | 7.7% | — | — |
| Codex Limited | 7.2% | Normal | also won €95.3M across 25 other Irish bodies → |
Award history (25 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 October 2025 | Provision of painting services to the OCO | Moynalvey Building Services | — | Simplified | - |
| 14 July 2025 | RFT for the provision of HR Services to the Office of the Children's Ombudsman | Fiona Keane HR | 2 | Open Procedure | €192k |
| 2 June 2025 | RFT for the decommissioning and installation of a new HVAC system on behalf of the Ombudsman for Children's Office | undisclosed | — | Open Procedure | €350k |
| 20 May 2025 | RFQ for the supply of Client Representative Services to the Ombudsman for Children's Office | Tim Murphy Chartered Surveyors | — | Simplified | - |
| 20 January 2025 | Lot 3 - Tender for the provision of internal audit related services to the Ombudsman for Children's Office | Forvis Mazars | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 20 January 2025 | Mini competition for the provision of accounting and secretarial services to the Ombudsman for Children's Office | S and W Partners Accounting Tax and Advisory Service (Ireland) Limited | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 19 January 2025 | Mini-competition for the provision of payroll services | Forvis Mazars | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 20 December 2024 | Invitation to Quotation for Misinformation, Migration and Racism: development of a rights-based educational resource to tackle extremism among young people in Ireland | undisclosed | — | Open Procedure | €40k |
| 20 December 2024 | Invitation to Quotation for Misinformation, Migration and Racism: development of a rights-based educational resource to tackle extremism among young people in Ireland | undisclosed | — | Open Procedure | €40k |
| 19 December 2024 | Request for Tender for the provision of a Finance System | Trojan IT Business Solutions Ltd | 5 | Open Procedure | €220k |
| 6 November 2024 | Award for running child talk events | Avcom Audio Visual Communications Ltd | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 21 October 2024 | Tender for the supply of merchandised goods to the Ombudsman for Children's Office | Codex Limited | 10 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 18 September 2024 | Request for Tenders for Hosted - Cloud Case Management System | Computer Application Services Ltd. | 9 | Open Procedure | €320k |
| 13 August 2024 | Request for Tenders for the provision of media advertising/awareness Campaign to Promote Nationwide Awareness of the Ombudsman for Children’s Office | undisclosed | — | Open Procedure | €350k |
| 1 July 2024 | Creative campaigns | undisclosed | — | Negotiated Procedure Without Prior Publication | €140k |
| 23 May 2024 | RFT to facilitate and support the development of the Statement of Strategy 2025-2027 | Prospectus | — | Simplified | - |
| 17 April 2024 | Tender for AV support services for Child Talks Event | Avcom Audio Visual Communications Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | €80k |
| 29 February 2024 | RFT to facilitate and support the development of the Statement of Strategy 2025-2027 | Prospectus | 6 | Open Procedure | €60k |
| 15 December 2023 | Single party framework for the provision of recruitment and temporary agency staff support services | Sigmar Recruitment Consultants Ltd. | 9 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 28 July 2023 | Invitation to Tender for the provision of Data Protection Services to the Ombudsman for Children’s Office | XpertDPO | 7 | Open Procedure | €135k |
| 16 June 2022 | Investigation services in the Ombudsman for Children’s Office under Section 8 and Section 9 of the Ombudsman for Children’s Act – Part of a Panel | undisclosed | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 May 2022 | OCO HR Project Resourcing May 2022 | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 April 2022 | OCO Event Company Beyond Limits Event ITT April 2022 | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 July 2021 | OCO Strategic Planning July 2021 | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 June 2021 | OCO Translation Services June 2021 | undisclosed | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 3 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2021-06-21. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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