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Education Market Guide

How Education Procurement Service (EPS) buys education services

Based on 6 award notices in the past 24 months. Figures are estimated contract values from TED notices, not realised spend.

How this authority buys education

50% of Education Procurement Service (EPS) education awards (3 of 6) fell in the €>5M band over the past 24 months.

Award value distribution (disclosed, 24-month window)

€100k-500k
3 (50%)
€>5M
3 (50%)

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]

Who wins Education Procurement Service (EPS) education contracts

Awards tracked

6

24-month window

Median contract value

€2.6M

Realised where available, else estimated

Top suppliers by award count

1 S.P. Kelly Ltd. T/A DEB Exams 1 award €8.0M est.
2 The Examcraft Group 1 award €8.0M est.
3 Technological University Dublin 1 award €5.0M est.
4 Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin 1 award €5.0M est.
5 University of Limerick CRO 531162 1 award €5.0M est.

Current Education Procurement Service (EPS) education opportunities

LI3747C Request to Participate in a Panel for the Provision of eBooks to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) network of schools and centres €500k-1M
LI3747C Request to Participate in a Panel for the Provision of eBooks to the Education and Training Boards (ETBs) network of schools and centres €500k-1M
for the Provision of Student Counselling Services for Dun Laoghaire Institute of Art, Design and Technology (IADT) €500k-1M
Closes 2026-07-20
AG3667C - Request for Tenders for the Provision of Children's and Young Person's Farm Safety Awareness Initiative in Second Level School's for the Department of Agriculture, Food and the Marine (DAFM) €500k-1M
Closes 2026-07-20
Plasma Etcher ,Silicon ,Dielectrics €1M-5M
Closes 2026-07-24

Expiring education frameworks across Ireland

Sector-wide, not specific to Education Procurement Service (EPS) — framework expiry across Irish public bodies often signals a replacement procurement.

Framework expiry typically triggers a replacement procurement. Monitor education 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 Education Procurement Service (EPS) education contracts

Most Education Procurement Service (EPS) education awards land in the €>5M band (median contract value: €2.6M). This sits above the Irish national advertising threshold (€50,000 for supplies/services), so formal competitive tender on eTenders is the standard route.

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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 2026-07-16.

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), and CORDIS — historical award and funding data, licensed CC‑BY‑4.0.
  • EUR-Lex — EU legal-directive metadata, released CC0.