IT Services Market Guide
How Cork City Council buys it services
Based on 7 award notices in the past 24 months. Figures are estimated contract values from TED notices, not realised spend.
How this authority buys it services
71% of Cork City Council it services awards (5 of 7) fell in the €25k-100k band over the past 24 months.
Award value distribution (disclosed, 24-month window)
Irish procurement thresholds: supplies/services on eTenders above €50,000; works above €200,000. Figures from thresholds.json (OGP Circular 05/2023 + EU Delegated Regulations 2025/2150–2152).
Typical entry requirements
- Tax clearance: A valid Tax Clearance Certificate (TCC) from Revenue is required for all public contracts.[source]
- Data protection / GDPR processor agreement: Any supplier that processes personal data on behalf of an Irish public body must enter into a Data Processing Agreement under Article 28 GDPR. The Data Protection Commission publishes model clauses. This is a standard contractual requirement, not a certification.[source]
- Information security baseline (where handling State data): Contracts involving access to sensitive Government systems or citizen data increasingly require suppliers to demonstrate an information security baseline. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) publishes the baseline security standard for Government ICT.[source]
Who wins Cork City Council it services contracts
Awards tracked
7
24-month window
Median contract value
€29k
Realised where available, else estimated
Top suppliers by award count
Current Cork City Council it services opportunities
No open tenders from Cork City Council in it services right now.
Expiring it services frameworks across Ireland
Sector-wide, not specific to Cork City Council — framework expiry across Irish public bodies often signals a replacement procurement.
- Single party Framework for the Provision of I.T. Support Services (Acad.) and Related Service to CDETB schools colleges and centres, expires 2026-Q3
- External IT Support, expires 2026-Q3
- Managed Technical Cyber Security Services, expires 2026-Q3
Framework expiry typically triggers a replacement procurement. Monitor it services tenders for new notices.
Deadlines are date-only (time stripped). Verify the exact closing time on the official TED or eTenders notice before bidding.
Bid readiness for Cork City Council it services contracts
Most Cork City Council it services awards land in the €25k-100k band (median contract value: €29k). This sits below the national advertising threshold (€50,000 for supplies/services), so purchases may use simplified procedures but may still be advertised on eTenders.
- Register on eTenders.gov.ie and set up sector alerts so you don't miss new notices.
- Keep a current Tax Clearance Certificate from Revenue. Required for all public contracts.
- Data protection / GDPR processor agreement: Any supplier that processes personal data on behalf of an Irish public body must enter into a Data Processing Agreement under Article 28 GDPR. The Data Protection Commission publishes model clauses. This is a standard contractual requirement, not a certification.[source]
- Information security baseline (where handling State data): Contracts involving access to sensitive Government systems or citizen data increasingly require suppliers to demonstrate an information security baseline. The National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC) publishes the baseline security standard for Government ICT.[source]
- Review past award notices to understand typical contract scope and evaluate your competitiveness against Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants and Nostra Systems Ltd.
- Check the full awards dataset for Cork City Council for year-by-year procurement patterns.
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Estimated values are from TED notices and represent contract estimates, not realised or awarded amounts. Award winner names are TED-reported and resolved against the CRO where possible; approximately 22% of TED award notices carry no winner. Generated 2026-09-07.
Data sources
- TED (Tenders Electronic Daily)— EU procurement notices, reused under the European Commission reuse policy (Decision 2011/833/EU).
- data.gov.ie / Office of Government Procurement (OGP), Department of Public Expenditure and Reform (DPER), andCORDIS— historical award and funding data, licensedCC‑BY‑4.0.
- EUR-Lex— EU legal-directive metadata, releasedCC0.