Public Appointments Service - contract awards
Public Appointments Service has awarded 31 contracts totalling €3.2M between 2015 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Version1 Software Limited (3 awards).
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31
Awards
€3.2M
Disclosed value
€356k
Average per award
14
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Version1 Software Limited3 · €950k
- 2.Odgers Berndtson1 · €480k
- 3.Signium Ireland1 · €150k
- 4.Sova Assessment1 · €140k
- 5.SHL Group Ltd1 · €80k
- 6.Grosvenor Services1 · Not disclosed
- 7.Organisation Development and Research Ltd1 · Not disclosed
- 8.Qualtrics LLC1 · Not disclosed
- 9.Real Nation1 · Not disclosed
- 10.Opes Business Partners Ltd1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2015 | 1 | - |
| 2016 | 3 | €200k |
| 2017 | 3 | €250k |
| 2020 | 4 | €650k |
| 2021 | 5 | - |
| 2022 | 4 | €400k |
| 2023 | 6 | - |
| 2024 | 1 | €80k |
| 2025 | 3 | €620k |
| 2026 | 1 | €1.0M |
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By value band
- €50k-€144k2 · €220k
- €144k-€360k3 · €600k
- €360k-€1M3 · €1.4M
- €1M-€5M1 · €1.0M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 29
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 4
- Most contested award
- Provision of Executive Search Services to the Public Appointments Service for appointments to the Boards of State Agencies
- 13 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Consultancy Support in the Enhancement of the In-house Recruitment Application (2 bids)
By procedure
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 1
- Open Procedure: 29
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 49.4% of €3.2M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Version1 Software Limited | 29.7% | Normal | also won €393.9M across 19 other Irish bodies → |
| Odgers Berndtson | 15% | — | also won €120k across 3 other Irish bodies → |
| Signium Ireland | 4.7% | — | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
| Sova Assessment | 4.4% | Normal | — |
| SHL Group Ltd | 2.5% | Ceased IRL | also won Not disclosed across 1 other Irish body → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Public Appointments Service in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Version1 Software Limited | 3 | 2016, 2017, 2020 |
Notices published in the last 90 days
| Published | Title | Winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2026 | Provision of Software Support Services | undisclosed | €1.0M |
Award history (31 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 17 August 2026 | Provision of Software Support Services | undisclosed | — | €1.0M | |
| 14 August 2025 | Provision of Commercial Cleaning Services to publicjobs | Grosvenor Services | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 20 February 2025 | Online Psychometric Tests with Remote Proctoring, for Recruitment and Selection | Sova Assessment | 2 | Open Procedure | €140k |
| 19 February 2025 | Executive Search Services for Appointments to the Boards of State Agencies | Odgers Berndtson | 11 | Open Procedure | €480k |
| 13 March 2024 | The provision of an Online Occupational Personality Assessment Questionnaire | SHL Group Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | €80k |
| 25 August 2023 | The provision of Senior in-depth Assessment for Appointments to the Civil and Public Service | Organisation Development and Research Ltd | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 August 2023 | Cloud (SaaS) Surveying Platform with Training and Customer Support - The provision of a fully GDPR-compliant cloud (SaaS) surveying platform for the Public Appointments Service | Qualtrics LLC | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 12 May 2023 | The provision of co-designed reasonable accommodation process (Assignment & On-boarding) | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 April 2023 | Provider - Managed Learning Management System | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 January 2023 | Supplier for Online Psychometric Tests at all levels with Remote Proctoring’ | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 January 2023 | Provision of a Supplier for hosting Online Tests with Remote Proctoring | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 July 2022 | Online Psychometric Tests & Hosting of Multi-method SJT with Remote Proctoring -Graduate Recruitment & Selection | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 June 2022 | Hosting of One-Way Video Interviews / a self-managed one-way video interview platform | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 February 2022 | Online tests with remote proctoring for Mid-Managers and Graduate Recruitment | undisclosed | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 January 2022 | Provision of Audio Visual Equipment and Support for the Public Appointments Service | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | €400k |
| 5 November 2021 | An ED&I diagnostic review of both internal culture and policies and external operational recruitment processes for the Public Appointments Service | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 October 2021 | School Engagement Support and Competition Management | Real Nation | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 August 2021 | Provision of graduate tests and hosting of SJT and remote proctoring | undisclosed | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 April 2021 | Senior In Depth Assessment | Opes Business Partners Ltd | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 April 2021 | Work Sample/Job Simulation Assessment Exercises | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 December 2020 | Provision of Executive Search Services to the Public Appointments Service for appointments to the Boards of State Agencies | Signium Ireland | 13 | Open Procedure | €150k |
| 17 November 2020 | Online Analysis Exercise/Work Sample/etray Exercise at First Line Manager/Middle Manager Level | undisclosed | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 1 October 2020 | IT System Maintenance, Support and Development | Version1 Software Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 12 February 2020 | Provision of Video Interview Provider for Public Appointments Service | undisclosed | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 6 December 2017 | Business Process Improvement | undisclosed | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 August 2017 | Upgrade of the current PAS Oracle database environments | Version1 Software Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 25 July 2017 | Design and web development services for the Public Appointments Service | Brand X | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 December 2016 | Consultancy Support in the Enhancement of the In-house Recruitment Application | TEKenable | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 October 2016 | RFT for Provision of IT Systems Maintenance, Support and Development | Version1 Software Limited | 1 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 22 July 2016 | Job Analysis of the role of Garda | undisclosed | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 October 2015 | Procurement of online psychometric tests for recruitment. Response deadline 5th November 2015 | undisclosed | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 3 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2015-10-20. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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