Buyer Index

Buyer Competitiveness & SME-Access Index

Name: Buyer Competitiveness & SME-Access Index
Creator: TenderWatch
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How Irish public bodies actually buy, computed from 21,651 OGP award records. This league covers the 258 contracting authorities with at least 8 recorded awards. For each authority it reports the share of awards placed through open-market routes (Open, Restricted, Simplified, Competitive Dialogue and Competitive-with-Negotiation procedures) versus limited-competition routes (mini-competitions and quick quotes) and single-tender routes, plus the average number of bids per award and the SME-access ratio where the underlying bid counts are published.

The procedure mix is computed over every award (procedure type is recorded for 100% of awards). Average bids per award rests on the 38.6% of awards that carry a published bid count, and the SME-access ratio on the 37.0% that carry the full bid / SME-bid / SME-award triple — so those two columns are shown only for authorities with at least 5 qualifying awards, and each authority page renders its own N-of-M denominator.

Irish contracting authorities ranked by value-weighted open-market procurement share.
#	Authority	Open-market (value)	Open-market (count)	Avg bids	SME access	Awards
1	an-taisce-environmental-education-unit	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	10
2	ards-and-north-down-borough-council	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	20
3	Ballina Convent Regeneration CLG	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	12
4	ballina-stephenites-gaa-club	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
5	Beaumont Hospital	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	54
6	biopharmachem-skillnet	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
7	boherbue-comprehensive-school	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
8	Bord Bia (Irish Food Board)	100.0%	100.0%	4.5	0.24	127
9	bord-na-mona-plc	100.0%	100.0%	5.4	0.25	98
10	bus-eireann-irish-bus	100.0%	100.0%	4.0	—	74
11	central-remedial-clinic	100.0%	100.0%	3.4	0.27	12
12	City of Dublin Education and Training Board	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	25
13	cluid-housing-association	100.0%	100.0%	7.0	0.22	47
14	Co-operative Housing Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	2.4	0.40	18
15	Coillte CGA	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	32
16	connolly-hospital	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	73
17	Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	17
18	Cork City Council	100.0%	100.0%	3.6	0.40	182
19	Corlann	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	37
20	county-kildare-leader-partnership-clg	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
21	Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine	100.0%	100.0%	2.2	0.45	107
22	Department of Culture Communications Sport	100.0%	100.0%	5.6	0.20	36
23	department-of-foreign-affairs-and-trade-an-roinn-gnothai-eachtracha-agus-tradala	100.0%	100.0%	4.5	0.28	79
24	Department of Rural and Community Development	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	15
25	Digital Manufacturing Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
26	dublin-and-dun-laoghaire-education-and-training-board	100.0%	100.0%	3.6	0.43	64
27	Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath	100.0%	100.0%	5.0	0.31	75
28	Dublin City University	100.0%	100.0%	4.2	0.30	62
29	Dublin Port Company	100.0%	100.0%	7.9	0.25	21
30	Dublin Simon Community 1969	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	13
31	EirGrid plc	100.0%	100.0%	6.5	0.34	51
32	Enable Ireland Disability Services Ltd	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
33	Financial Services and Pensions Ombudsman	100.0%	100.0%	6.8	0.15	13
34	fis-eireann-screen-ireland	100.0%	100.0%	3.9	0.30	10
35	focus-housing-association-clg	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
36	foras-na-gaeilge	100.0%	100.0%	3.4	—	12
37	Furthr (Dublin Business Innovation Centre)	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
38	Galway County Council	100.0%	100.0%	5.1	0.23	93
39	Gas Networks Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	7.6	—	43
40	Grangegorman Development Agency	100.0%	100.0%	6.6	0.15	10
41	Health and Safety Authority	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
42	Health and Social Care Professionals Council (CORU)	100.0%	100.0%	5.0	0.20	19
43	Health Products Regulatory Authority	100.0%	100.0%	6.4	0.15	11
44	holy-family-community-school-rathcoole	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
45	Horse Racing Ireland (HRI)	100.0%	100.0%	3.4	0.41	67
46	Houses of the Oireachtas Service	100.0%	100.0%	4.2	0.27	30
47	image-skillnet	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	10
48	Institute of Public Administration	100.0%	100.0%	5.5	0.24	17
49	IRD Duhallow Ltd	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
50	Irish Heritage Trust	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
51	irish-manufacturing-research-clg	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
52	Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA)	100.0%	100.0%	8.3	0.16	16
53	Kerry Education and Training Board	100.0%	100.0%	3.9	0.40	44
54	Kilkenny and Carlow ETB	100.0%	100.0%	3.9	0.37	37
55	Kilkenny County Council	100.0%	100.0%	4.2	0.47	92
56	Laois County Council	100.0%	100.0%	3.6	0.28	91
57	Legal Aid Board	100.0%	100.0%	2.6	0.50	15
58	Leitrim County Council	100.0%	100.0%	4.0	0.29	103
59	Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board	100.0%	100.0%	5.1	0.60	55
60	Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	10
61	local-government-operational-procurement-centre-lgopc	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
62	Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board	100.0%	100.0%	6.1	0.85	34
63	Longford County Council	100.0%	100.0%	4.9	0.20	42
64	loughs-agency	100.0%	100.0%	2.8	0.43	23
65	Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384	100.0%	100.0%	3.5	0.47	108
66	Louth County Council	100.0%	100.0%	3.5	0.32	142
67	Manorhamilton innovation and Development CLG: W8 Innovation Centre	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
68	Mary Immaculate College	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	19
69	Mayo Sligo and Leitrim ETB	100.0%	100.0%	3.2	0.28	20
70	Meath County Council	100.0%	100.0%	4.8	0.36	121
71	Medite Europe DAC	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	26
72	Met Eireann	100.0%	100.0%	2.4	0.38	23
73	MIDAS Electronic Systems Skillnet	100.0%	100.0%	2.7	0.41	44
74	Monaghan County Council	100.0%	100.0%	3.9	0.39	166
75	National College of Art and Design ( NCAD )	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
76	National Council for Special Education	100.0%	100.0%	3.3	0.30	18
77	National Shared Services Office	100.0%	100.0%	4.2	—	10
78	National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)	100.0%	100.0%	7.2	0.63	25
79	north-and-east-housing-association-ltd	100.0%	100.0%	4.1	0.25	8
80	Oberstown Children Detention Campus	100.0%	100.0%	2.8	0.31	10
81	Offaly County Council	100.0%	100.0%	5.0	0.32	36
82	Office of the Planning Regulator	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	12
83	our-lady-s-hospice-and-care-services	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
84	pobalscoil-rosmini-rosmini-community-school	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
85	Port of Cork Company	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
86	presentation-secondary-school-kilkenny	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	14
87	raidio-teilifis-eireann-rte	100.0%	100.0%	5.9	0.30	118
88	rasaiocht-con-eireann	100.0%	100.0%	3.1	0.39	26
89	Respond	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	8
90	Respond Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	14
91	safefood	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	17
92	Shannon Airport Authority DAC	100.0%	100.0%	3.1	0.34	46
93	shannon-commercial-enterprises-dac-sce	100.0%	100.0%	2.3	0.62	12
94	Shannon Foynes Port Company	100.0%	100.0%	3.7	0.33	21
95	Shannon Group plc	100.0%	100.0%	5.0	0.42	19
96	Skillnet Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	6.1	0.16	17
97	SmartPly Europe DAC	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	22
98	society-of-st-vincent-de-paul-dublin	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
99	South Dublin County Council	100.0%	100.0%	5.0	0.52	176
100	South East Technological University (SETU)	100.0%	100.0%	4.0	0.25	102
101	South West Gnó Skillnet (C.F.C.D. Group)	100.0%	100.0%	2.7	0.37	8
102	Southern Regional Assembly	100.0%	100.0%	3.6	0.26	8
103	Sport Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	4.0	0.39	66
104	Sport Ireland Facilities DAC	100.0%	100.0%	3.1	0.40	31
105	sq-laser-cleaning	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	9
106	state-examinations-commission	100.0%	100.0%	3.2	0.29	12
107	Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	9.1	0.39	46
108	taighde-eireann-research-ireland	100.0%	100.0%	3.4	0.30	11
109	Tallaght University Hospital	100.0%	100.0%	2.6	0.50	22
110	Tech North West Skillnet	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	20
111	Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM)	100.0%	100.0%	3.6	0.53	54
112	Technology Ireland Digital Skillnet	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
113	TG4	100.0%	100.0%	3.7	0.27	10
114	The Coombe Hospital	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	11
115	The Courts Service	100.0%	100.0%	4.8	0.39	25
116	The Health Research Board	100.0%	100.0%	3.5	0.23	27
117	The Heritage Council	100.0%	100.0%	5.4	0.17	15
118	The Irish Air Navigation Service	100.0%	100.0%	3.5	0.31	51
119	the Irish Aviation Authority	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	23
120	the-office-of-the-director-of-authorised-intervention-tuam	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	16
121	the-rehab-group	100.0%	100.0%	4.2	0.36	30
122	Tipperary Education and Training Board	100.0%	100.0%	2.9	0.39	46
123	Tourism Ireland CLG	100.0%	100.0%	5.4	0.18	40
124	trocaire	100.0%	100.0%	7.6	0.15	28
125	Tuath Housing Association Ltd	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	39
126	Waterford City and County Council	100.0%	100.0%	3.4	0.31	150
127	Wind Energy Ireland	100.0%	100.0%	—	—	10
128	Waterways Ireland	100.0%	98.5%	4.9	0.21	69
129	Electricity Supply Board ( ESB )	100.0%	98.4%	5.8	0.21	145
130	The Land Development Agency	100.0%	98.1%	—	—	53
131	Sligo County Council	100.0%	99.3%	3.9	0.34	134
132	Limerick City and County Council	100.0%	98.3%	4.8	0.34	236
133	Cavan County Council	100.0%	99.2%	4.2	0.52	129
134	Irish Prison Service	100.0%	98.7%	3.1	0.46	76
135	Department of Education and Youth	100.0%	78.9%	5.5	0.41	109
136	University of Galway (ID 1400)	100.0%	99.0%	3.9	0.49	108
137	Carlow County Council	100.0%	97.4%	4.0	0.29	117
138	Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency	100.0%	90.9%	9.0	0.23	46
139	Inland Fisheries Ireland	99.9%	98.4%	2.5	0.57	64
140	An Post	99.9%	59.4%	5.7	0.28	111
141	children-s-health-ireland-chi	99.9%	97.7%	4.0	0.38	44
142	Cork County Council	99.8%	98.7%	3.7	0.47	227
143	Westmeath County Council	99.8%	97.6%	5.0	0.29	82
144	Cork Education and Training Board	99.8%	92.5%	3.5	0.34	40
145	Road Safety Authority (RSA)	99.8%	83.9%	5.0	0.42	31
146	Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC)	99.8%	93.8%	7.0	0.21	16
147	Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council	99.7%	98.8%	5.3	0.40	164
148	The Pharmaceutical Society of Ireland (PSI - the Pharmacy Regulator)	99.7%	87.5%	—	—	9
149	Fingal County Council	99.7%	93.2%	4.0	0.33	177
150	Education Procurement Service (EPS)	99.6%	99.2%	3.8	0.58	383
151	Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board	99.6%	96.5%	3.4	0.29	59
152	Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)	99.6%	74.1%	5.5	0.48	88
153	Kildare County Council	99.6%	94.6%	5.6	0.40	130
154	an-garda-siochana	99.5%	88.5%	3.4	0.33	96
155	Department of Justice Home Affairs and Migration	99.5%	94.4%	5.2	0.19	36
156	Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board	99.5%	98.5%	3.2	0.39	65
157	Irish Blood Transfusion Service	99.5%	94.4%	4.4	0.23	36
158	national-treatment-purchase-fund	99.4%	77.8%	—	—	9
159	Mayo County Council	99.4%	97.6%	3.8	0.35	251
160	Department of Defence	99.3%	98.0%	7.1	0.16	51
161	daa plc	99.3%	94.9%	3.6	0.34	79
162	Commission for Communications Regulation	99.2%	89.4%	6.5	0.61	47
163	Tipperary County Council	99.2%	84.8%	5.1	0.36	158
164	st-james-s-hospital	99.2%	97.3%	3.5	0.26	75
165	Marine Institute	99.2%	98.0%	4.2	0.68	100
166	IDA Ireland	99.2%	97.5%	4.6	0.21	118
167	udaras-na-gaeltachta	99.1%	98.9%	2.9	0.33	89
168	Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board	99.1%	97.3%	3.7	0.38	75
169	Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board	99.1%	90.9%	3.5	0.53	56
170	bord-altranais-agus-cnaimhseachais-na-heireann-nursing-and-midwifery-board-of-ireland	99.0%	95.0%	3.5	0.35	20
171	Office of Public Works (OPW)	99.0%	97.3%	4.6	0.27	408
172	an-coimisiun-toghchain-the-electoral-commission	99.0%	87.5%	4.0	0.26	8
173	Clare County Council	98.9%	98.4%	5.5	0.35	125
174	Dundalk Institute of Technology	98.9%	96.7%	4.6	0.16	30
175	Maynooth University	98.9%	95.5%	4.0	0.28	88
176	Health Service Executive (HSE)	98.9%	86.5%	6.2	0.36	1,011
177	Wexford County Council	98.8%	89.1%	3.5	0.32	129
178	Kerry County Council	98.8%	98.0%	2.9	0.39	153
179	National Transport Authority	98.7%	77.1%	6.2	0.24	134
180	The Higher Education Authority	98.7%	94.1%	4.5	0.24	17
181	Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Irish Sea Fisheries Board ( BIM )	98.6%	96.7%	2.9	0.45	60
182	Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly)	98.3%	97.4%	3.7	0.33	39
183	Department of Children Disability and Equality	98.2%	80.7%	4.4	0.44	31
184	National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA)	98.2%	93.5%	4.4	0.34	92
185	Food Safety Authority of Ireland	98.1%	93.8%	3.4	0.22	16
186	Local Government Management Agency	98.0%	84.6%	6.7	0.18	26
187	Donegal Education and Training Board	98.0%	98.2%	2.0	0.56	66
188	Department of Transport	97.8%	86.8%	3.3	0.34	68
189	National Paediatric Hospital Development Board	97.7%	93.9%	5.2	0.23	33
190	Dublin City Council	97.6%	78.2%	5.3	0.48	307
191	uisce-eireann	97.6%	87.2%	11.0	0.24	56
192	Teagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority	97.6%	95.9%	4.1	0.38	122
193	The National Maternity Hospital	97.6%	90.5%	5.6	0.31	22
194	National Orthopaedic Hospital Cappagh	97.5%	90.0%	4.6	0.18	10
195	Donegal County Council	97.5%	96.7%	3.0	0.34	302
196	coimisiun-na-mean	97.3%	84.8%	5.6	0.19	46
197	Atlantic Technological University	97.2%	72.1%	4.4	0.36	206
198	National Museum of Ireland	97.2%	90.5%	3.9	0.48	23
199	Department of Further and Higher Education Research Innovation and Science	97.0%	88.9%	—	—	9
200	Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin	96.9%	97.5%	4.8	0.43	122
201	Public Appointments Service	96.8%	90.0%	4.4	0.24	10
202	Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage	96.7%	96.6%	3.3	0.33	353
203	tailte-eireann	96.6%	88.6%	4.4	0.22	44
204	KARE	96.4%	94.1%	3.2	0.45	34
205	Citizens Information Board	96.3%	90.9%	3.9	0.21	11
206	Pobal	96.1%	88.6%	6.1	0.28	36
207	Roscommon County Council	96.0%	92.4%	3.9	0.33	92
208	office-of-the-attorney-general	96.0%	87.5%	4.2	0.19	8
209	dun-laoghaire-institute-of-art-design-and-technology	95.6%	83.3%	—	—	12
210	University College Dublin ( UCD )	95.6%	96.9%	4.1	0.52	129
211	irish-human-rights-and-equality-commission	95.5%	94.7%	—	—	19
212	Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd	95.5%	84.4%	4.5	0.20	32
213	iarnrod-eireann-irish-rail	95.1%	59.2%	5.0	0.24	485
214	Irish Defence Forces	95.0%	99.0%	2.9	0.38	199
215	The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment	95.0%	94.2%	5.0	0.18	52
216	Environmental Protection Agency	94.9%	92.9%	4.6	0.27	70
217	c-b-s-secondary-school-kilkenny	94.4%	92.9%	—	—	14
218	failte-ireland-national-tourism-development-authority	94.2%	86.9%	3.8	0.28	137
219	Munster Technological University.	93.3%	94.7%	3.3	0.51	191
220	Enterprise Ireland	93.3%	84.9%	4.0	0.33	69
221	Office of the Revenue Commissioners	93.2%	64.3%	5.1	0.31	57
222	The Arts Council	93.2%	92.5%	3.5	0.27	53
223	Galway City Council	92.6%	83.5%	3.3	0.41	177
224	Wicklow County Council	92.1%	90.7%	4.1	0.41	97
225	Central Statistics Office	91.7%	87.5%	3.1	0.31	32
226	Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin)	91.4%	86.4%	4.9	0.33	134
227	Scoil Mhuire Community School (Clane)	91.0%	87.5%	—	—	8
228	Department of Climate Energy and the Environment	90.6%	89.9%	4.6	0.50	89
229	st-vincent-s-university-hospital	90.4%	73.1%	3.4	0.23	26
230	Department of Health	90.3%	90.0%	4.5	0.29	20
231	ombudsman-for-children-s-office	89.8%	79.2%	6.5	0.18	24
232	Central Bank of Ireland	89.6%	27.6%	5.4	0.47	116
233	National Library of Ireland	89.6%	85.7%	4.3	0.35	14
234	Tusla Child and Family Agency	89.0%	90.9%	4.2	0.39	33
235	Commissioners of Irish Lights	88.8%	90.0%	—	—	10
236	St John of God Community Services clg	86.4%	38.8%	3.4	0.42	69
237	SOLAS	86.3%	86.8%	5.3	0.33	53
238	Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA)	86.1%	76.0%	4.5	0.27	25
239	University of Limerick	81.5%	71.7%	3.4	0.38	63
240	Department of Social Protection	78.6%	64.3%	4.5	0.35	84
241	Peter McVerry Trust	75.1%	91.7%	—	—	12
242	Sea-Fisheries Protection Authority	74.9%	94.1%	5.8	0.24	34
243	Avista CLG	74.6%	71.4%	—	—	23
244	University College Cork	71.6%	67.3%	2.6	0.41	114
245	Mental Health Commission	68.4%	44.4%	—	—	9
246	Commission for Regulation of Utilities	64.3%	45.2%	5.3	0.30	62
247	The Office of Government Procurement	62.8%	6.8%	8.5	0.61	1,264
248	National Gallery of Ireland	56.9%	77.8%	2.6	0.43	19
249	Mercy University Hospital	54.5%	90.9%	—	—	11
250	Asiera CLG	53.6%	50.0%	6.6	0.38	25
251	Office of the Government Chief Information Officer	52.8%	58.8%	2.1	0.55	34
252	Housing Finance Agency plc	45.6%	72.7%	5.4	0.18	11
253	Peamount Healthcare	31.9%	77.8%	—	—	9
254	an-coimisiun-pleanala	31.7%	22.2%	—	—	9
255	The Teaching Council	30.7%	80.0%	7.1	0.09	15
256	department-of-education	0.0%	0.0%	—	—	17
257	drumlease-ns	—	100.0%	—	—	8
258	irish-aviation-authority	—	100.0%	3.1	0.39	9

Ranked by value-weighted open-market share (share of awarded value placed through open-market procedures), with count-based share as the tiebreak. A dash means the figure is not published for enough of that authority's awards. Open the authority page for the full breakdown and trend.

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under a CC BY 4.0 licence. Computed deterministically from the Office of Government Procurement contract-award records published on data.gov.ie. Figures are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-06-27.

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