The Teaching Council - contract awards
Who wins The Teaching Council contracts, and how hard it is to break in
The Teaching Council has awarded 21 contracts totalling €6.6M between 2014 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Fieldfisher Ireland LLP (2 awards).
Its three largest suppliers hold 73% of the disclosed value. 2 companies have won here in more than one year. 5 of the 17 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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21
Awards
€6.6M
Disclosed value
€663k
Average per award
21
With named winner
Top suppliers awarded
- 1.Fieldfisher Ireland LLP2 · €3.0M
- 2.Three Ireland2 · €1.0M
- 3.Nostra Systems Ltd1 · €840k
- 4.Carron + Walsh Construction Consultants Ltd1 · €700k
- 5.Computer Application Services Ltd.1 · €500k
- 6.Grant Thornton1 · €250k
- 7.twist food services1 · €140k
- 8.Goodbody Wealth Management2 · €125k
- 9.TestReach1 · €75k
- 10.MKC Communications1 · Not disclosed
Year-by-year
| Year | Awards | Value |
|---|---|---|
| 2014 | 1 | - |
| 2016 | 1 | - |
| 2019 | 1 | - |
| 2021 | 6 | €3.0M |
| 2024 | 4 | €1.3M |
| 2025 | 7 | €1.8M |
| 2026 | 1 | €500k |
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By value band
- €50k-€144k3 · €340k
- €144k-€360k1 · €250k
- €360k-€1M5 · €3.0M
- €1M-€5M1 · €3.0M
Competition intensity
- Awards with bid data
- 17
- Sole bidder (no competition)
- 5
- Most contested award
- Provision of a Case Management System (CMS) to the Teaching Council
- 18 bids received
Least contested above 1 bid: Provision of Investment Management Servcies (2 bids)
By procedure
- Open Procedure: 16
- Direct Invite – Mini-Competition: 3
- Restricted Procedure: 1
Supplier intelligence
Top-3 suppliers account for 73% of €6.6M total disclosed value — a market-concentration signal.
Repeat winners
Suppliers awarded contracts by The Teaching Council in two or more separate years, from published award notices.
| Supplier | Awards | Active years |
|---|---|---|
| Fieldfisher Ireland LLP | 2 | 2021, 2025 |
| Goodbody Wealth Management | 2 | 2019, 2025 |
Award history (21 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 28 May 2026 | The Provision of Bulk Email and SMS Services | Three Ireland | — | €500k | |
| 26 November 2025 | The Provision of a System for Bulk eMail and SMS messaging | Three Ireland (Hutchison) Ltd | 6 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 3 October 2025 | The Provision of Public Relations Services to the Teaching Council | MKC Communications | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 1 October 2025 | The Provision of Legal Services to the Teaching Council | Fieldfisher Ireland LLP | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 22 September 2025 | The Provision of Contact Management and Related Administrative Services to the Teaching Council | Abtran | — | Direct Invite – Mini-Competition | - |
| 12 September 2025 | Provision of Project Management Services | Carron + Walsh Construction Consultants Ltd | 11 | Open Procedure | €700k |
| 14 July 2025 | Provision of a Case Management System (CMS) to the Teaching Council | Computer Application Services Ltd. | 18 | Open Procedure | €500k |
| 4 April 2025 | Provision of Investment Management Servcies | Goodbody Wealth Management | 2 | Open Procedure | €125k |
| 14 November 2024 | Provision of Online Exam Assessment Solution | TestReach | 5 | Open Procedure | €75k |
| 20 September 2024 | Provision of ICT Managed Services | Nostra Systems Ltd | 8 | Open Procedure | €840k |
| 23 April 2024 | The provision of Digitisation Project Management Services | Grant Thornton | 6 | Open Procedure | €250k |
| 15 March 2024 | PROVISION OF CATERING SERVICES | twist food services | 1 | Open Procedure | €140k |
| 3 November 2021 | The provision of Event Management for FÉILTE– the Festival of Education in Learning and Teaching Excellence | Real Nation | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 2 July 2021 | Provision, Implementation and ongoing maintenance and support for an Integrated Financial Management System | Exchequer Business Management Solutions | 4 | Open Procedure | - |
| 25 May 2021 | Multi Supplier Framework for Recruitment of Temporary & Fixed Term Contracts | Hays Specialist Recruitment (Ireland) Limited | 11 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 March 2021 | Video Production Services | SlackPress | 6 | Open Procedure | - |
| 22 February 2021 | Supply of penetration testing, vulnerability scanning and related ICT services | Secora Consulting | 11 | Restricted Procedure | - |
| 16 January 2021 | The Provision of Legal Services for the Teaching Council | Fieldfisher Ireland LLP | 5 | Open Procedure | €3.0M |
| 2 January 2019 | Investment Consultancy Services | Goodbody Wealth Management | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 13 January 2016 | Contract Cleaning Services | Ailesbury Services | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
| 11 September 2014 | The Teaching Council requires supply, installation, commissioning and maintenance of resilient LAN speed WAN connectivity between Maynooth and Government Networks | plannet21 | 1 | Open Procedure | - |
Last updated 24 September 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-09-11. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.
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