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Public consulting in Ireland: who wins, open calls, prices

Name: Public consulting in Ireland: who wins, open calls, prices
Creator: Arquestra

Public tenders for public consulting in Ireland, from EUR 15,000 up: 974 awards in the last 24 months and 37 calls open on 2026-10-29. Built every week from TED (eForms) and national registers by the Arquestra Consulting Market Radar.

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In figures

Award value: median €200 k (half between €70 k and €525 k; 680 awards with a value; frameworks left out).
Competition: median 3 bids; 20% of awards had a single bid (761 awards say).
Big firms (Big Four, Accenture, Capgemini, IBM, strategy houses) win 10% of the awards; frameworks are 28% of them.
SMEs win 76% of the awards whose notice gives the winner's size (536).
Price weighs a median 30% in the award criteria; 20% were decided on price alone (554 awards).
Awards come in at a median 87% of the estimated value (209 awards).

Who wins

EY: 36 awards (4%)
KPMG: 31 awards (3%)
Ipsos: 27 awards (3%)
Arup: 21 awards (2%)
Accenture: 16 awards (2%)
Deloitte: 15 awards (2%)
McCann FitzGerald LLP: 14 awards (1%)
Greenville Procurement Partners Ltd: 12 awards (1%)
AECOM: 12 awards (1%)
PwC: 11 awards (1%)

Main buyers

Health Service Executive (HSE): 33 awards
Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage: 30 awards
Department of Climate Energy and the Environment: 27 awards
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board): 27 awards
Commission for Regulation of Utilities: 26 awards
Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail: 23 awards
University of Galway (ID 1400): 23 awards
Dublin City Council: 22 awards

Open now, closing first

Call for Tender for the Provision of an Economic and system impact evaluation of Research Ireland Funding fFor Research Ireland · Taighde Éireann – Research Ireland · €250 k · closes 2026-10-29
Single-party Framework for the Provision of Website Design, Hosting and Support for New Website and Related Services · Charities Regulator · €700 k · closes 2026-10-30
Contract for Service to develop a nature restoration framework, ensuring complementarity with existing land use programmes, including the Common Agriculture Policy (CAP) · Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage · €55 k · closes 2026-11-02
Green Capital Grant - Technical Assessments · IDA Ireland · €700 k · closes 2026-11-02
Request for Tender for the Provision of HR Support and Advisory Services to Clare Tourism Development DAC · Clare Tourism Development DAC · €200 k · closes 2026-11-02
Development and Implementation of the Back for Business Programme · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála · €1.0 M · closes 2026-11-04
Research, Analysis and Stakeholder Engagement to Inform a Long-Term Strategic Roadmap for Ireland’s Food and Drink Industry · The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment · €81 k · closes 2026-11-05
Integrated Human Resource Information System (HRIS) REPUBLISHED · Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland · €1.1 M · closes 2026-11-05
Support and Maintenance of NTA Dedicated Standalone ServiceNow Instances · National Transport Authority_1149 · €5.2 M · closes 2026-11-05
The provision of research and policy support services to the Creative Ireland Programme in the Department of Culture, Communications and Sport · Department of Culture Communications Sport · €720 k · closes 2026-11-05

Coming up again in the next six months (rough dates)

Request for Tender for the Provision of Competition Economics Consultancy Services · Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) · around 2026-12 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with Frontier Economics Ltd · €525 k
Market Research and Analysis to Evaluate the Impact of Policy Measures · Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland · around 2026-12 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants · €318 k
Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the provision of Environmental, Engineering, and related Technical Expertise to the Maritime Area Regulatory Authority (MARA) · Maritime Area Regulatory Authority · around 2027-01 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with APEM Limited · €500 k
CfT Programme Management Services for Culture Ireland · Department of Culture Communications Sport · around 2027-02 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with So Simpatico Productions Ltd · €91 k
Annual Total Cost of Development Study · Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage · around 2027-02 (estimated from the buyer's rhythm) · now with Mitchell McDermott Construction Consultants · €128 k
Evaluation of Mission Strategies for the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade · Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála · around 2027-02 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with Bodhi Global Analysis · €208 k
Open Energy System Model of Ireland, Focusing on Electric Power with Multi-Energy Carrier Extensibility · Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland · around 2027-03 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with Energy Reform · €649 k
Construction Programmes Monitoring Services · SOLAS · around 2027-03 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with Tobar Segais Limited · €488 k
CfT to establish a Multi Supplier Framework Agreement for the delivery of the Department of Social Protection Technical Platform Development · Department of Social Protection_349 · around 2027-03 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with EY · €335.0 M
Request for Tenders for the provision of an Independent Evaluation of the Small Schools Action Research Project · Department of Education and Youth · around 2027-03 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with EDU-Relate · €125 k

Coverage and method

TED covers awards above the EU thresholds; national registers (France DECP/BOAMP, Spain PLACSP, Germany, Netherlands) add some below them. Price, SME and contract-end details come mainly from TED eForms, so each figure gives the number of awards behind it. Sources here: TED 1604.

How to cite

Source: Arquestra Consulting Market Radar (arquestra.dev), all kinds of consulting work, Ireland, data of 2026-10-29. https://arquestra.dev/markets/en/irl-all

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