Data story · TED award notices · Nov 2024 – Oct 2026
11,551 awards in Ireland went to 5,842 suppliers from November 2024 to October 2026. Of 5,842 winning suppliers, 64% won once. Their awards are 32% of the total. Ireland is below the median: the top 1% of suppliers won 11%, against 19% in the median country (39 countries).
Ranked by stated value, the top 1% of suppliers hold 55% of EUR 22.8 billion. That is 44 points above the top 1% share of awards. The largest supplier, VSHN AG, won 59 awards (under 1%).
- Awards
- 11,551
- Contract awards from Nov 2024 – Oct 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 5,842
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 64%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 11%
- Share of awards won by the 58 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.40
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (EUR)
- EUR 22.8 billion
- From the 55% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 55%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Ireland ranks 41st of 48 countries for the Gini coefficient and 42nd for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | VSHN AG | 59 | under 1% | – | – |
| 2 | AECOM Ireland Limited_15958 | 54 | under 1% | 620 million | 3% |
| 3 | European Dynamics S.A. | 54 | under 1% | 3.02 million | under 1% |
| 4 | Codex Limited_15733 | 41 | under 1% | 6.75 million | under 1% |
| 5 | Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. | 39 | under 1% | – | – |
| 6 | The Lunch Bag | 37 | under 1% | 24.6 million | under 1% |
| 7 | SYSTRA Limited | 35 | under 1% | 115 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Bechtle AG | 34 | under 1% | – | – |
| 9 | Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. | 33 | under 1% | – | – |
| 10 | Opening Minds Educational | 32 | under 1% | 3.38 million | under 1% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration | 908 | 8% | 26.7 million | under 1% |
| 2 | Education Procurement Service (EPS) | 455 | 4% | 140 million | under 1% |
| 3 | The Office of Government Procurement | 324 | 3% | 771 million | 3% |
| 4 | GÉANT Vereniging | 312 | 3% | – | – |
| 5 | Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail | 300 | 3% | 2.14 billion | 9% |
| 6 | Office of Public Works (OPW) | 259 | 2% | 173 million | under 1% |
| 7 | Dublin City Council | 191 | 2% | 693 million | 3% |
| 8 | Atlantic Technological University | 176 | 2% | 30.0 million | under 1% |
| 9 | Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage | 171 | 1% | 38.9 million | under 1% |
| 10 | Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin_336 | 160 | 1% | 53.8 million | under 1% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
7 sectors have 300 or more awards and 50 or more suppliers in the window, and a sector page. Each row links to that page, where the sector has its own numbers, charts and tables.
| CPV sector | Awards | Winning suppliers | Top 1% of suppliers | Won one award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Professional Services & Consulting | 2,672 | 1,512 | 9% | 70% |
| IT & Software | 1,297 | 623 | 16% | 71% |
| Construction & Public Works | 1,146 | 672 | 9% | 69% |
| Education | 834 | 389 | 12% | 70% |
| Transport & Logistics | 625 | 365 | 5% | 70% |
| Facilities Management | 445 | 217 | 12% | 68% |
| Healthcare & Medical | 333 | 229 | 5% | 75% |
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- TED award notices for Ireland. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- November 2024 to October 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Ireland, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- Each award has the CPV code of its notice. Each award counts in one sector only, by the strict CPV rules of the ART-1 audit. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in EUR. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Ireland. 55% of the awards state an amount, EUR 22.8 billion in total.
- TED lists contracts above the EU thresholds. Smaller contracts are not in these numbers.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 4 November 2026. Awards from November 2024 to October 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.