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Strategy & advisory in Ireland: who wins, open calls, prices

Name: Strategy & advisory in Ireland: who wins, open calls, prices
Creator: Arquestra

Public tenders for strategy & advisory in Ireland, from EUR 15,000 up: 598 awards in the last 24 months and 25 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 €150 k (half between €58 k and €340 k; 440 awards with a value; frameworks left out).
Competition: median 3 bids; 22% of awards had a single bid (471 awards say).
Big firms (Big Four, Accenture, Capgemini, IBM, strategy houses) win 10% of the awards; frameworks are 24% of them.
SMEs win 76% of the awards whose notice gives the winner's size (337).
Price weighs a median 30% in the award criteria; 22% were decided on price alone (353 awards).
Awards come in at a median 86% of the estimated value (128 awards).

Who wins

Ipsos: 27 awards (5%)
KPMG: 26 awards (4%)
EY: 18 awards (3%)
Arup: 16 awards (3%)
McCann FitzGerald LLP: 12 awards (2%)
AECOM: 11 awards (2%)
PwC: 10 awards (2%)
Forvis Mazars: 10 awards (2%)
Deloitte: 10 awards (2%)
Indecon International Economic and Strategic Consultants: 9 awards (2%)

Main buyers

Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage: 28 awards
Bord Bia (Irish Food Board): 24 awards
Commission for Regulation of Utilities: 24 awards
Department of Climate Energy and the Environment: 21 awards
University of Galway (ID 1400): 18 awards
Department of the Environment Climate and Communications: 17 awards
Commission for Communications Regulation: 16 awards
Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority: 14 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
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
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
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
Consultancy Services to prepare a Strategic Assessment and Preliminary Business Case in relation to the provision of Irish-language based early-years (Naíonra) facilities in Dún Gar · Croí na nÓg · no value published · closes 2026-11-05
Request for Tender for the provision of a rapid evidence review in relation to confidence in maths among children and young people in Ireland with a particular focus on girls and young women · Department of Education and Youth · €80 k · closes 2026-11-05
Request for Tenders for the Provision of a Rapid Evidence Assessment in relation to reading for pleasure among children and young people in Ireland with a particular focus on boys and young men · Department of Education and Youth · €80 k · closes 2026-11-05
TG4 - Business Consultancy Services · TG4 · €375 k · closes 2026-11-06
Internal Audit Services · National Institute for Bioprocessing Research and Training (NIBRT) · €225 k · closes 2026-11-06

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
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
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
Legal Services to Horizons (Cope Foundation) · COPE Foundation · around 2027-04 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with O'Flynn Exhams · €167 k
The Provision of Environmental Consultancy Support · Commission for Regulation of Utilities · around 2027-04 (contract end stated in the notice) · now with RPS Consulting Engineers Ltd. · €1.3 M

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 959.

How to cite

Source: Arquestra Consulting Market Radar (arquestra.dev), Strategy & advisory, Ireland, data of 2026-10-29. https://arquestra.dev/markets/en/irl-strategy

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