Ranked view

Highest SME-access ratio

Contracting authorities ranked by SME-access ratio (pooled SME awards ÷ SME bids), highest first, as recorded in the OGP award data. Limited to authorities with at least 5 awards carrying published SME bid counts.

#	Authority	SME-access ratio	SME-bid awards	Awards
1	Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board	0.85	13 of 34	34
2	Marine Institute	0.68	51 of 100	100
3	National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)	0.63	5 of 25	25
4	shannon-commercial-enterprises-dac-sce	0.62	6 of 12	12
5	The Office of Government Procurement	0.61	70 of 1264	1,264
6	Commission for Communications Regulation	0.61	19 of 47	47
7	Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board	0.60	8 of 55	55
8	Education Procurement Service (EPS)	0.58	290 of 383	383
9	Inland Fisheries Ireland	0.57	36 of 64	64
10	Donegal Education and Training Board	0.56	27 of 66	66
11	Office of the Government Chief Information Officer	0.55	9 of 34	34
12	Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM)	0.53	33 of 54	54
13	Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board	0.53	22 of 56	56
14	South Dublin County Council	0.52	121 of 176	176
15	Cavan County Council	0.52	92 of 129	129
16	University College Dublin ( UCD )	0.52	43 of 129	129
17	Munster Technological University.	0.51	117 of 191	191
18	Department of Climate Energy and the Environment	0.50	22 of 89	89
19	Legal Aid Board	0.50	5 of 15	15
20	Tallaght University Hospital	0.50	14 of 22	22
21	University of Galway (ID 1400)	0.49	69 of 108	108
22	Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII)	0.48	27 of 88	88
23	National Museum of Ireland	0.48	14 of 23	23
24	Dublin City Council	0.48	159 of 307	307
25	Central Bank of Ireland	0.47	14 of 116	116
26	Cork County Council	0.47	153 of 227	227
27	Kilkenny County Council	0.47	15 of 92	92
28	Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384	0.47	56 of 108	108
29	Irish Prison Service	0.46	47 of 76	76
30	Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine	0.45	29 of 107	107
31	KARE	0.45	17 of 34	34
32	Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Irish Sea Fisheries Board ( BIM )	0.45	50 of 60	60
33	Department of Children Disability and Equality	0.44	18 of 31	31
34	dublin-and-dun-laoghaire-education-and-training-board	0.43	13 of 64	64
35	loughs-agency	0.43	9 of 23	23
36	National Gallery of Ireland	0.43	10 of 19	19
37	Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin	0.43	57 of 122	122
38	Road Safety Authority (RSA)	0.42	11 of 31	31
39	St John of God Community Services clg	0.42	14 of 69	69
40	Shannon Group plc	0.42	5 of 19	19

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Data & licence

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. Rankings are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-06-27.