The Teaching Council Tenders & Contract Awards
What The Teaching Council buys, who wins its contracts, and how suppliers get seen
The Teaching Council has nothing open for bidding today. Its last notice closed on 4 August 2026. 2 tender notices have come from this buyer since monitoring began.
The Teaching Council has awarded 22 contracts totalling €6.8M between 2014 and 2026. Top supplier by disclosed value is Fieldfisher Ireland LLP (2 awards).
Its three largest suppliers hold 71% 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.
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
22
Contract awards
€6.8M
Disclosed value
€621k
Average per award
21
With named winner
The Teaching Council
| Contracting Authority | The Teaching Council · Active Irish public buyer |
| Top Incumbent Winners | Fieldfisher Ireland LLP · Three Ireland |
| Extended Panel (#3+) | Nostra Systems Ltd · Carron + Walsh Construction Consultants Ltd · Computer Application Services Ltd. |
| CRO & Spend Radar | CRO B1/B10/C1 status, supplier concentration share, and >EUR 20k purchase-order spend |
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Awarded in 2026
The Teaching Council has 2 published contract awards in 2026 tracked on Tenderwatch, worth €700k across the 2 awards with published values.
Top winners in 2026
- Three Ireland1 award
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
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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 | 2 | €700k |
How The Teaching Council Evaluates Tenders (Price vs Quality Scorecard)
Across 13 graded eTenders notices, The Teaching Council evaluates 100% of competitions on Price & Quality (MEAT) and 0% on Lowest Price Only.
Primary Regime
100% MEAT
13 MEAT · 0 Price Only
Typical Weighting Split
40% Price / 60% Quality
OGP Other MEAT benchmark
Typical Contract Term
36 months
Median across 23 contracts (avg 46.2m)
Contracts Expiring in the Next 6 Months (180-Day Re-Tender Window)
View all 457 expiring Irish contracts ->1 active The Teaching Council 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| The provision of Digitisation Project Management Services Incumbent: Grant Thornton | €250k | 30m | 11 March 2027 |
By value band
- €50k-€144k3 · €340k
- €144k-€360k2 · €450k
- €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 70.9% of €6.8M 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 |
Notices published in the last 90 days
| Published | Title | Winner | Value |
|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 2026 | Provision of a Recruitment Agency to provide fixed-term and temporary staff to the Teaching Council | undisclosed | €200k |
Buyer Competition & Concentration Scorecard (Framework-Deduplicated)
Computed from 22 published OGP contract awards (CC-BY 4.0), deduplicating multi-lot framework ceiling repeats.
Single-Bidder Award Rate
29.4%
5 of 17 bid-disclosed awards received 1 tender
Top Supplier Spend Share
45.2%
Top 3 suppliers: 68.5% across 10 winners
Winner Concentration (HHI)
2,514
0 to 10,000 scale on deduplicated spend (<1,500 unconcentrated)
Export 22 awarded contracts (CSV & JSON)
TenderWatch ProAward history (22 records)
| Date | Title | Winner | Bids | Procedure | Value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 November 2026 | Provision of a Recruitment Agency to provide fixed-term and temporary staff to the Teaching Council | undisclosed | - | €200k | |
| 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 | - |
Open-market vs limited-competition mix · average bids · SME-access ratio
The Teaching Council market guides
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Last updated 10 November 2026. Award dataset coverage begins 2014-09-11. Sentinel TED values (€0, €1) are excluded from totals and averages.