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 117	117
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 174	174
13	Health Service Executive (HSE)	0.59	457 of 2746	2,746
14	companies-registration-office	0.56	5 of 21	21
15	Munster Technological University.	0.55	327 of 597	597
16	Donegal Education and Training Board	0.55	42 of 201	201
17	Education Procurement Service (EPS)	0.55	1204 of 1545	1,545
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	450 of 628	628
21	Cork Education and Training Board	0.54	166 of 276	276
22	Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ )	0.53	291 of 536	536
23	The Office of Government Procurement	0.53	601 of 7516	7,516
24	Beaumont Hospital	0.53	162 of 374	374
25	air-corps-contracts-section	0.51	29 of 114	114
26	Inland Fisheries Ireland	0.51	162 of 306	306
27	Dublin City Council	0.51	692 of 1143	1,143
28	Abbey Theatre Amharclann na Mainistreach	0.51	30 of 39	39
29	Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility)	0.50	7 of 36	36
30	Irish Manufacturing Research CLG	0.50	7 of 43	43
31	irish-medtech-skillnet	0.50	16 of 58	58
32	Mercy University Hospital	0.50	8 of 27	27
33	st-aidan-s-comprehensive-school	0.50	5 of 11	11
34	Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board	0.50	170 of 307	307
35	itsligo	0.49	51 of 89	89
36	Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384	0.49	293 of 448	448
37	Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board	0.49	107 of 407	407
38	Kilkenny County Council	0.49	169 of 331	331
39	Cork County Council	0.48	327 of 1035	1,035
40	tipperary-energy-agency	0.48	5 of 28	28

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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 2026-09-03.