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	irish-sports-council	1.00	13 of 13	13
2	Mary Immaculate College	1.00	5 of 63	63
3	secad-partnership-clg	1.00	6 of 23	23
4	st-brigid-s-primary-school-kildare	1.00	5 of 9	9
5	waterford-institute-of-technology	1.00	46 of 70	70
6	the-national-dairy-council	0.91	5 of 14	14
7	The Muiriosa Foundation Ltd	0.80	9 of 24	24
8	Circle Voluntary Housing Association	0.75	5 of 16	16
9	ordnance-survey-ireland	0.74	17 of 37	37
10	st-joseph-s-secondary-school-drogheda	0.68	9 of 12	12
11	National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)	0.68	10 of 117	117
12	the-property-registration-authority-pra	0.61	24 of 32	32
13	Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board	0.60	34 of 179	179
14	companies-registration-office	0.56	5 of 21	21
15	Munster Technological University.	0.55	337 of 610	610
16	Education Procurement Service (EPS)	0.55	1229 of 1566	1,566
17	Cork Education and Training Board	0.55	171 of 289	289
18	first-polymer-training-skillnet	0.55	5 of 9	9
19	The Office of Government Procurement	0.53	606 of 7652	7,652
20	Marine Institute	0.53	471 of 638	638
21	Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ )	0.53	291 of 552	552
22	Health Service Executive (HSE)	0.53	511 of 2825	2,825
23	Inland Fisheries Ireland	0.51	165 of 326	326
24	Beaumont Hospital	0.51	165 of 395	395
25	Abbey Theatre Amharclann na Mainistreach	0.51	30 of 41	41
26	Dublin City Council	0.50	709 of 1173	1,173
27	air-corps-contracts-section	0.50	29 of 114	114
28	Irish Manufacturing Research CLG	0.50	7 of 44	44
29	irish-medtech-skillnet	0.50	16 of 60	60
30	Mercy University Hospital	0.50	8 of 28	28
31	st-aidan-s-comprehensive-school	0.50	5 of 11	11
32	Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board	0.49	171 of 316	316
33	itsligo	0.49	51 of 89	89
34	Donegal Education and Training Board	0.49	57 of 204	204
35	Kilkenny County Council	0.49	169 of 344	344
36	tipperary-energy-agency	0.48	5 of 28	28
37	Department of Finance	0.48	21 of 48	48
38	Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384	0.48	306 of 461	461
39	Cork County Council	0.48	340 of 1061	1,061
40	Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board	0.48	109 of 424	424

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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 ondata.gov.ie. Rankings are recorded facts from the award data, not commentary. Generated 2026-11-02.