Public tenders in
Ireland
Ireland is a small but high-value procurement market with English as the primary business language — the only major EU country where Tendios could launch with zero language barrier. The market is well-organised around eTenders.gov.ie, managed by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). Ireland's tech-heavy economy (pharma, ICT, financial services) means many sophisticated SMEs regularly bid on public contracts. Brexit has made Irish procurement increasingly important for UK companies looking for EU market access.
Legal framework
European Union (Award of Public Authority Contracts) Regulations 2016
e-procurement
high
Portal type
Centralised — eTenders is the single national e-procurement platform for all public bodies
Sources
Every authoritative portal for Ireland — under one search
We continuously ingest official publications and deduplicate cross-posted notices so your team sees each opportunity exactly once.
Scope: National
Irish e-procurement portal
Scope: Central
Central purchasing body
Scope: EU-wide above threshold
Irish above-threshold notices
What's out there right now
Representative Ireland tenders
A snapshot of the types of opportunities Tendios indexes across Ireland. Create a free account to see the live feed, filtered to your company profile.
- IE·Ireland Ministry
Maintenance services — Ireland national authority
Budget ·€1MDeadline · 9 Jun - IE·Regional Council of Ireland
IT consulting — cloud migration
Budget ·€680KDeadline · 20 Jun - IE·Municipality
Construction works — public school retrofit
Budget ·€2MDeadline · 6 Jun - IE·Public Hospital
Medical equipment procurement
Budget ·€450KDeadline · 15 Jun - IE·Ireland Public Agency
Legal advisory services framework
Budget ·€320KDeadline · 1 Jun - IE·University
Catering services, 3-year contract
Budget ·€2MDeadline · 28 Jun
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See real-time Ireland resultsThe problem
Procurement in Ireland is harder than it should be
Every EU market has its own quirks. Here's what makes Ireland tricky — and why generic procurement tools fall short.
C
ommon law system**: procurement challenges go through courts, not administrative bodies — different dispute landscape
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GP National Framework Agreements**: large multi-supplier frameworks in IT, professional services, facilities — important for Create product
P
ublic Works Contract**: standard forms for construction contracts (PW-CF1 through PW-CF9) — specific document types
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o equivalent to Spain's PLACE — eTenders is the single touch point for all notices
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bove €25k: expected to advertise; above EU threshold: mandatory eTenders + TED
How Tendios helps in Ireland
Built for Ireland, connected to the rest of the EU
Local depth, cross-border reach. Tendios turns Ireland's fragmented public data into one clean, AI-searchable workspace.
First AI-native tender discovery product tailored to Irish SMEs
Cross-border: Irish companies bidding on EU/Spanish tenders — natural fit
Post-Brexit: Irish market has absorbed UK companies looking for EU procurement access
AI search in plain language
Ask «IT consulting projects over €500K in Ireland». No CPV codes, no local jargon required.
Real-time alerts
The moment a matching tender is published on any Ireland portal, your team is notified — email, Slack, webhook.
Local law aware
Our data model preserves Ireland's procedure types, thresholds, and document taxonomies — not a lowest-common-denominator view.
Market intelligence
The Ireland procurement market at a glance
Top procurement categories in Ireland
Browse tenders by CPV division — each leads to a filtered search.
FAQ
Ireland — questions bid teams ask
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