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	secad-partnership-clg	1.00	6 of 23	23
3	st-brigid-s-primary-school-kildare	1.00	5 of 9	9
4	waterford-institute-of-technology	1.00	46 of 70	70
5	the-national-dairy-council	0.91	5 of 14	14
6	the-muiriosa-foundation-ltd	0.80	9 of 23	23
7	circle-voluntary-housing-association	0.75	5 of 16	16
8	ordnance-survey-ireland	0.74	17 of 37	37
9	National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI)	0.67	9 of 113	113
10	st-joseph-s-secondary-school-drogheda	0.67	9 of 12	12
11	the-property-registration-authority-pra	0.61	24 of 32	32
12	Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board	0.60	34 of 171	171
13	Health Service Executive (HSE)	0.59	439 of 2659	2,659
14	Donegal Education and Training Board	0.57	38 of 188	188
15	companies-registration-office	0.56	5 of 21	21
16	Munster Technological University.	0.55	324 of 576	576
17	Education Procurement Service (EPS)	0.55	1188 of 1489	1,489
18	first-polymer-training-skillnet	0.55	5 of 9	9
19	foras-na-gaeilge	0.55	13 of 46	46
20	Marine Institute	0.54	449 of 617	617
21	Cork Education and Training Board	0.54	164 of 265	265
22	raidio-teilifis-eireann-rte	0.54	289 of 528	528
23	The Office of Government Procurement	0.53	599 of 7411	7,411
24	Beaumont Hospital	0.53	162 of 364	364
25	air-corps-contracts-section	0.51	29 of 114	114
26	Inland Fisheries Ireland	0.51	162 of 296	296
27	Dublin City Council	0.51	683 of 1116	1,116
28	Abbey Theatre Amharclann na Mainistreach	0.51	30 of 39	39
29	Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)	0.50	7 of 35	35
30	irish-manufacturing-research-clg	0.50	7 of 43	43
31	irish-medtech-skillnet	0.50	16 of 58	58
32	Law Society Skillnet	0.50	5 of 13	13
33	Mercy University Hospital	0.50	8 of 27	27
34	st-aidan-s-comprehensive-school	0.50	5 of 11	11
35	Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board	0.50	170 of 291	291
36	itsligo	0.49	51 of 89	89
37	Cork County Council	0.49	321 of 1004	1,004
38	Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board	0.49	107 of 399	399
39	Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384	0.49	291 of 432	432
40	Kilkenny County Council	0.49	169 of 310	310

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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 2026-08-02.