Skillnet Ireland - contract awards
Skillnet Ireland has awarded 47 contracts totalling €8.0M between 2013 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is ActionCOACH (2 awards).
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47
Awards
€8.0M
Disclosed value
€347k
Average per award
45
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.ActionCOACH2 · €1.2M
- 2.CSCL2 · €440k
- 3.Qualcom1 · €440k
- 4.Ipsos Limited (trading as Ipsos B and A)1 · €380k
- 5.Ipsos B and A1 · €380k
- 6.Atlantic Technological University (EO)2 · €360k
- 7.it@cork Associatio Ltd3 · €239k
- 8.RI Skillnet1 · €210k
- 9.Idiro Analytics1 · €200k
- 10.Carr Communications Limited1 · €200k
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2013 | 2 | - |
| 2014 | 4 | €1.2M |
| 2016 | 1 | €1.0M |
| 2017 | 1 | €2.0M |
| 2019 | 4 | - |
| 2020 | 4 | - |
| 2021 | 4 | - |
| 2022 | 3 | - |
| 2023 | 6 | €540k |
| 2024 | 5 | €1.2M |
| 2025 | 8 | €1.2M |
| 2026 | 5 | €920k |
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By value band
- €25k-€50k3 · €110k
- €50k-€144k3 · €370k
- €144k-€360k11 · €2.1M
- €360k-€1M3 · €1.2M
- €1M-€5M3 · €4.2M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 42
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 6
- Most contested award
- Request for Tender for Graphic Design Services
- 31 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Internal Audit/Compliance Activities (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 42
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 26.1% of €8.0M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
| Supplier | Share | CRO status | Other bodies (join 4) |
|---|---|---|---|
| ActionCOACH | 15% | — | — |
| CSCL | 5.5% | — | — |
| Qualcom | 5.5% | — | also won €7.9M across 11 other Irish bodies → |
| Ipsos Limited (trading as Ipsos B and A) | 4.8% | — | also won €600k across 3 other Irish bodies → |
| Ipsos B and A | 4.8% | — | also won €22.0M across 17 other Irish bodies → |
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by Skillnet Ireland in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| it@cork Associatio Ltd | 3 | 2024, 2025, 2026 |
| ActionCOACH | 2 | 2013, 2014 |
| Atlantic Technological University (EO) | 2 | 2025, 2026 |
| Carmel Somers Consulting Limited | 2 | 2021, 2022 |
| CSCL | 2 | 2024, 2026 |
| Deloitte Ireland LLP | 2 | 2014, 2019 |
| Keystone Procurement Ltd | 2 | 2025, 2026 |
Notices published in the last 90 days
| Published | Title | Winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2026 | Request for tender for Public Procurement Support Services | Keystone Procurement Ltd | €100k |
| 5 June 2026 | RFT for the delivery of the Strategic Talent Development Programme | CSCL | €220k |
Award history (47 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 10 July 2026 | Request for tender for Public Procurement Support Services | Keystone Procurement Ltd | — | €100k | |
| 5 June 2026 | RFT for the delivery of the Strategic Talent Development Programme | CSCL | — | €220k | |
| 20 March 2026 | RFT for the Provision of Market Research and Survey Consultancy Services to Skillnet Ireland | Ipsos Limited (trading as Ipsos B and A) | — | €380k | |
| 25 February 2026 | Request for Tender to support Skillnet Ireland in the implementation of specific tasks under the EU Entire EDIH project: Call for Digitalisation Skills Expertise | it@cork Associatio Ltd | — | €40k | |
| 18 February 2026 | RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in delivering short courses under the EU DIGITAL4Security, - European Master's Programme in Cybersecurity Management and Data Sovereignty Project | Atlantic Technological University (EO) | — | €180k | |
| 10 December 2025 | Request for Tender to support Skillnet Ireland in the implementation of specific tasks under the EU Entire EDIH project: Call for Digitalisation Skills Expertise | it@cork Associatio Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | €40k |
| 10 December 2025 | Request for tender for Public Procurement Support Services | Keystone Procurement Ltd | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 September 2025 | RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in delivering short courses under the EU DIGITAL4Security, - European Master's Programme in Cybersecurity Management and Data Sovereignty Project | Atlantic Technological University (EO) | 5 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 22 September 2025 | T2508 RFT for the provision of AI Workforce Development Research Series - Equipping Ireland's Business Leaders for the future AI World | Idiro Analytics | 9 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 11 September 2025 | RFT for the Provision of Market Research and Survey Consultancy Services to Skillnet Ireland | Ipsos B and A | 3 | Open Procedure | €380k |
| 16 July 2025 | RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in the development of curricula, training delivery and specific tasks under the EU GreenSkills4H2 Project | IWEA CLG t/a Wind Energy Ireland | 1 | Open Procedure | €130k |
| 7 March 2025 | RFT for the Provision of Public Relations Services | Carr Communications Limited | 10 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 6 January 2025 | RFT for Provision of Independent Validation Services To Skillnet Ireland | Crowe | 7 | Open Procedure | €30k |
| 16 October 2024 | RFT to Call for Digitalisation Skills Expertise to support Skillnet Ireland in the implementation of specific tasks under the EU ENTIRE EDIH project. | it@cork Associatio Ltd | 1 | Open Procedure | €159k |
| 9 July 2024 | RFT for the delivery of the Strategic Talent Development Programme | CSCL | 9 | Open Procedure | €220k |
| 23 May 2024 | Skillnet ICT Support Services CfT | Qualcom | 2 | Open Procedure | €440k |
| 16 April 2024 | Request for Tender for Graphic Design Services | Image Now | 31 | Open Procedure | €200k |
| 9 February 2024 | Request for Tender (RFT) for the Provision of Evaluation Services of Skillnet Ireland’s Funded Initiatives 2021-2023 | Additional Research | 9 | Open Procedure | €140k |
| 28 November 2023 | Request for Tender for Media Buying Services | Happy Marketing and Media Ltd T/A Buymedia | 1 | Open Procedure | €180k |
| 26 October 2023 | RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in the implementation of specific tasks under the EU Skills4Retail project: Call for Green Skills Expertise | Central Solutions Ltd t/a 20FIFTY Partners | 1 | Open Procedure | €150k |
| 26 October 2023 | RFT to support Skillnet Ireland under the EU Skills4Retail Project call for retail sector expertise | RI Skillnet | 1 | Open Procedure | €210k |
| 24 April 2023 | Request for Tender (RFT) for the Provision of EU Bid Services to Skillnet Ireland | Schuman European Services | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 24 March 2023 | RFT for the Provision of a CRM and Funding Application Management Tool to Skillnet Ireland | Spanish Point Technologies Ltd | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 January 2023 | Request for Tender for Strategic Public Relations Services to Skillnet Ireland | Cicero Consulting Dublin Limited | 7 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 October 2022 | Request for Tender for the delivery of the Strategic Talent Development Programme | Carmel Somers Consulting Limited | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 August 2022 | Request for Tender for Website Design, Development, Maintenance Support Services to Skillnet Ireland | Kooba | 14 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 January 2022 | Research in Digitalisation and Job Design | CMurphy | 5 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 October 2021 | Request for Tender (RFT) for the Provision of Evaluation Services of Skillnet Ireland’s Funded Initiatives 2019-2020 | Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 October 2021 | Request for Tender for the development and delivery of Strategic Talent Development programmes with mentoring support | Carmel Somers Consulting Limited | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 16 March 2021 | Request for Tender for the provision of EU bid services to Skillnet Ireland | Schuman Associates SCRL | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 January 2021 | Request for Tender (RFT) for the Provision of Consulting Services to Support Organisational Change | Business Services for Businesses | 10 | Open Procedure | - |
| 20 August 2020 | RFT for the Provision of a Research Study and Report to Examine Digital and Technology Skills Needs to support Innovation in Ireland’s Low-Carbon Economy Transition. | Economic and Social Research Institute | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 4 March 2020 | Request for Tender for the Provision of Consulting Services in Support of a Climate Action Upskilling Scheme to Skillnet Ireland | Central Solutions | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 February 2020 | Request for Tender for Website Design, Development, Maintenance and Support Services to Skillnet Ireland | Bradley Digital | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 17 January 2020 | Request for Tender for Video Production Services to Skillnet Ireland | bigO | 29 | Open Procedure | - |
| 18 December 2019 | Request for Tender for the Provision of Strategic Brand and Graphic Design Services to Skillnet Ireland | Andrew Bradley | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 27 November 2019 | Request for Tender for PR and Corporate Communications Services | Drury | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 15 July 2019 | Internal Audit/Compliance Activities | Sumer Accountants NI Ltd | 2 | Open Procedure | - |
| 21 March 2019 | RFT for the Provision of Audit, Taxation and Company Secretarial Services to Skillnet Ireland | Deloitte Ireland LLP | 8 | Open Procedure | - |
| 28 May 2017 | The Provision of Training and Mentoring Services to the Skillnets Management Development Programme | undisclosed | 18 | Open Procedure | €2.0M |
| 10 October 2016 | The Provision of Training and Mentoring services to the ManagementWorks programme of Skillnets in 2017 | undisclosed | 13 | Open Procedure | €1.0M |
| 23 October 2014 | Request for Tenders (RFT) for Corporate PR Services for Skillnets Ltd. | DHR Communications | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 29 September 2014 | Request for Tenders (RFT) for Design and Print Services for Skillnets Ltd. | Hexhibit | 18 | Open Procedure | - |
| 23 September 2014 | Audit,Taxation & Secretarial services | Deloitte Ireland LLP | 3 | Open Procedure | - |
| 9 September 2014 | The Provision of Training and Mentoring Services to the ManagementWorks Programme 2015-16 | ActionCOACH | 24 | Open Procedure | €1.2M |
| 1 November 2013 | The Provision of Training and Mentoring Services to Build Financial Capability in SMEs for the ManagementWorks programme of Skillnets | Lar Burke and Associates Ltd | 20 | Open Procedure | - |
| 3 September 2013 | The Provision of Training and Mentoring Services to the ManagementWorks Programme | ActionCOACH | 16 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 3 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2013-09-03. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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