Public buyers in Ireland
182 public buyers in Ireland published 10 or more contract award notices each, 10,507 in total. Source: Arcadium Data, data as of .
| Buyer | Type | Awards | Awarded value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Health Service Executive (HSE) | Body governed by public law | 502 | €3.4bn |
| Office of Public Works (OPW) | Central government authority | 442 | €166.7M |
| Dublin City Council | Local authority | 386 | €851.4M |
| Iarnród Eireann-Irish Rail | Public undertaking | 374 | €1.5bn |
| Education Procurement Service (EPS) | Body governed by public law | 371 | €371.0M |
| Department of Housing Local Government and Heritage | Central government authority | 248 | €56.8M |
| The Office of Government Procurement | Central government authority | 188 | €2.4bn |
| University of Galway (ID 1400) | Body governed by public law | 180 | €224.7M |
| Trinity College Dublin the University of Dublin_336 | Body governed by public law | 176 | €290.0M |
| Limerick City and County Council_103432 | Local authority | 174 | €425.0M |
| Atlantic Technological University | Body governed by public law | 172 | €41.7M |
| Electricity Supply Board ( ESB ) | Public undertaking (central government) | 149 | €146.2M |
| Department of Agriculture Food and the Marine | Central government authority | 144 | €21.2M |
| Department of Justice, Home Affairs and Migration | Central government authority | 134 | €512.4M |
| Donegal County Council_1193 | Local authority | 130 | €99.1M |
| Irish Defence Forces_1144 | Body governed by public law (central government) | 129 | €65.8M |
| National Paediatric Hospital Development Board | Body governed by public law | 125 | €55.0M |
| Department of Children, Equality, Disability, Integration and Youth | Central government authority | 121 | €893.2M |
| Sligo County Council | Local authority | 118 | €72.3M |
| South Dublin County Council | Local authority | 112 | €308.2M |
| Cork County Council | Local authority | 107 | €282.6M |
| National Transport Authority_1149 | Body governed by public law | 104 | €1.6bn |
| Tipperary County Council | Local authority | 100 | €119.1M |
| KARE_473 | Organisation awarding a subsidised contract | 98 | €9.4M |
| Irish Prison Service | Central government authority | 96 | €186.8M |
| Fingal County Council_371 | Body governed by public law (local) | 95 | €202.7M |
| IDA Ireland | Body governed by public law | 94 | €100.3M |
| Uisce Éireann | Body governed by public law | 93 | €2.2bn |
| Maynooth University | Body governed by public law | 92 | €70.3M |
| University of Limerick_1124 | Body governed by public law | 92 | €44.8M |
| Bord Bia (Irish Food Board) | Body governed by public law | 89 | €48.3M |
| Mayo County Council_1127 | Local authority | 87 | €101.3M |
| University College Cork | Body governed by public law | 85 | €146.2M |
| Environmental Protection Agency | Body governed by public law | 84 | €17.5M |
| Munster Technological University. | Body governed by public law | 79 | €23.7M |
| An Garda Síochána_1192 | Body governed by public law (central government) | 78 | €387.6M |
| Department of Social Protection_349 | Central government authority | 78 | €1.1bn |
| Louth and Meath Education and Training Board 1384 | Body governed by public law (central government) | 75 | €42.5M |
| EirGrid plc | Entity with special or exclusive rights | 74 | €1.5bn |
| Fáilte Ireland-National Tourism Development Authority | Body governed by public law | 74 | €147.5M |
| Kildare County Council_385 | Body governed by public law (local) | 74 | €70.3M |
| An Post_391 | Body governed by public law | 72 | €20.7M |
| Dundalk Institute of Technology_1155 | Body governed by public law | 70 | €12.8M |
| Department of Climate Energy and the Environment | Central government authority | 69 | €31.9M |
| Transport Infrastructure Ireland (TII) | Body governed by public law (central government) | 69 | €2.0bn |
| Clare County Council | Local authority | 66 | €104.4M |
| Teagasc - the Agriculture and Food Development Authority | Body governed by public law | 66 | €27.0M |
| Department of the Environment Climate and Communications | Central government authority | 65 | €147.4M |
| Louth County Council_381 | Local authority | 65 | €56.2M |
| Sustainable Energy Authority of Ireland | Body governed by public law | 64 | €270.3M |
| Department of Transport | Central government authority | 63 | €66.5M |
| Gas Networks Ireland | Body governed by public law | 61 | €30.8M |
| Commission for Communications Regulation | Body governed by public law | 60 | €12.5M |
| University College Dublin ( UCD ) | Body governed by public law | 60 | €60.4M |
| Technological University of the Shannon: Midlands Midwest (TUSMM) | Body governed by public law | 59 | €21.5M |
| Dublin Bus / Bus Atha Cliath | Body governed by public law | 57 | €11.6M |
| Donegal Education and Training Board_368 | Body governed by public law | 55 | €22.5M |
| Horse Racing Ireland (HRI) | Body governed by public law | 55 | €48.7M |
| Roscommon County Council_424 | Local authority | 53 | €32.6M |
| National Treasury Management Agency (NTMA) | Body governed by public law | 52 | €355.0M |
| Údarás Na Gaeltachta_289 | Body governed by public law | 52 | €39.6M |
| Cork City Council | Local authority | 50 | €355.7M |
| Galway City Council | Body governed by public law (local) | 49 | €45.5M |
| Raidió Teilifís Éireann ( RTÉ ) | Body governed by public law | 49 | €20.7M |
| Commission for Regulation of Utilities | Body governed by public law | 48 | €44.3M |
| Kildare and Wicklow Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 47 | €13.0M |
| Cavan and Monaghan Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 46 | €54.1M |
| Enterprise Ireland | Body governed by public law | 46 | €31.9M |
| St James's Hospital | Body governed by public law | 46 | €97.9M |
| Waterford City and County Council_103683 | Local authority | 46 | €32.2M |
| European Foundation for the Improvement of Living and Working Conditions | EU institution, body or agency | 45 | €844k |
| Bord Iascaigh Mhara - Irish Sea Fisheries Board ( BIM ) | Body governed by public law | 44 | €9.3M |
| Clúid Housing Association | Body governed by public law | 44 | €688.3M |
| Kerry County Council_1204 | Local authority | 44 | €128.4M |
| Housing and Sustainable Communities Agency | Body governed by public law | 41 | €461.7M |
| Cork Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 40 | €64.5M |
| HEAnet CLG | Body governed by public law | 40 | €550.5M |
| Kilkenny and Carlow ETB | Body governed by public law | 40 | €28.3M |
| Offaly County Council_448 | Local authority | 40 | €20.4M |
| Wicklow County Council | Local authority | 40 | €46.3M |
| St. Vincent's University Hospital | Body governed by public law | 39 | €42.4M |
| Bord na Móna PLC | Entity with special or exclusive rights | 38 | €10.1M |
| Monaghan County Council | Local authority | 38 | €39.6M |
| Bus Eireann/Irish Bus | Organisation awarding a subsidised contract | 37 | €124.0M |
| Marine Institute_1141 | Body governed by public law (central government) | 37 | €15.7M |
| St John of God Community Services clg | Body governed by public law | 37 | €39.8M |
| Technological University Dublin (TU Dublin) | Body governed by public law | 36 | €8.7M |
| Wexford County Council | Local authority | 36 | €41.7M |
| daa plc | Body governed by public law (central government) | 35 | €10.8M |
| Tailte Éireann | Body governed by public law | 35 | €40.9M |
| Children's Health Ireland (CHI) | Body governed by public law | 34 | €116.1M |
| Dun Laoghaire-Rathdown County Council | Local authority | 34 | €83.8M |
| Cavan County Council | Local authority | 33 | €43.6M |
| Laois County Council | Local authority | 33 | €22.5M |
| South East Technological University (SETU) | Body governed by public law (central government) | 33 | €10.5M |
| Higher Education Authority | Body governed by public law | 32 | €4.2M |
| Westmeath County Council | Local authority | 32 | €108.6M |
| The Irish Air Navigation Service | Body governed by public law | 31 | €85.4M |
| Laois and Offaly Education and Training Board (Offaly) | Body governed by public law | 31 | €6.4M |
| Leitrim County Council_2136 | Local authority | 31 | €7.9M |
| Office of the Revenue Commissioners_366 | Body governed by public law (central government) | 31 | €44.5M |
| Pobal | Body governed by public law | 31 | €15.3M |
| Sport Ireland | Body governed by public law | 31 | €39.4M |
| Carlow County Council | Local authority | 30 | €407.7M |
| Central Bank of Ireland | Body governed by public law | 30 | €455.3M |
| Houses of the Oireachtas Service | Central government authority | 30 | €18.8M |
| City of Dublin Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 29 | €3.7M |
| Waterways Ireland_225 | Body governed by public law | 29 | €9.6M |
| Department of Foreign Affairs/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha | Central government authority | 27 | €142.3M |
| Galway City Council_268 | Body governed by public law (local) | 27 | €4.3M |
| Galway Roscommon Education and Training Board_92189 | Body governed by public law | 27 | €2.7M |
| Coimisiún na Meán | Body governed by public law (central government) | 26 | €5.9M |
| Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade/An Roinn Gnóthaí Eachtracha agus Trádála | Central government authority | 26 | €26.4M |
| Inland Fisheries Ireland | Body governed by public law (central government) | 26 | €8.0M |
| Irish Blood Transfusion Service | Body governed by public law | 26 | €8.8M |
| Meath County Council | Local authority | 26 | €45.4M |
| Met Eireann | Body governed by public law | 26 | €19.3M |
| The Courts Service | Body governed by public law (central government) | 25 | €30.2M |
| Department of Defence | Central government authority | 25 | €186.0M |
| Department of Enterprise Trade and Employment | Central government authority | 25 | €4.0M |
| Road Safety Authority (RSA) | Body governed by public law | 25 | €105.4M |
| The Arts Council | Body governed by public law (central government) | 24 | €5.4M |
| Beaumont Hospital_403 | Body governed by public law | 24 | €25.6M |
| Competition and Consumer Protection Commission (CCPC) | Body governed by public law | 24 | €46.2M |
| Tipperary Education and Training Board_1284 | Body governed by public law | 24 | €8.3M |
| Dublin City University | Body governed by public law | 23 | €71.2M |
| Central Statistics Office | Central government authority | 22 | €33.8M |
| Rásaíocht Con Éireann | Body governed by public law (central government) | 22 | €9.2M |
| Dublin Port Company_411 | Body governed by public law | 21 | €215.0M |
| Tallaght University Hospital | Body governed by public law | 21 | €19.8M |
| Asiera CLG | Body governed by public law | 20 | €474.2M |
| Department of Education and Youth | Central government authority | 20 | €32.1M |
| Mater Misericordiae University Hospital Ltd | Body governed by public law | 20 | €82.4M |
| Residential Tenancies Board | Body governed by public law | 19 | €5.0M |
| Waterford and Wexford Education and Training Board_110494 | Body governed by public law | 19 | €73.1M |
| IRD Duhallow Ltd | Body governed by public law | 18 | €856k |
| Kerry Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 18 | €2.8M |
| The National Maternity Hospital_233 | Body governed by public law | 18 | €1.5M |
| Department of Justice | Central government authority | 17 | €34.0M |
| Irish Wheelchair Association (IWA) | Body governed by public law | 17 | €9.0M |
| Limerick and Clare Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law (central government) | 17 | €11.9M |
| National Shared Services Office | Central government authority | 17 | €73.9M |
| Commissioners of Irish Lights_337 | Body governed by public law | 16 | €1.5M |
| Department of Education | Central government authority | 16 | €102.2M |
| Department of Health_1121 | Central government authority | 16 | €8.5M |
| National Museum of Ireland | Body governed by public law | 16 | n/a |
| Shannon Airport Authority DAC | Body governed by public law | 16 | €18.0M |
| Tourism Ireland CLG | Body governed by public law | 16 | €252.9M |
| Tusla Child and Family Agency | Body governed by public law | 16 | €10.4M |
| Co-operative Housing Ireland | Body governed by public law | 15 | €18.8M |
| Health Information and Quality Authority (HIQA) | Body governed by public law (central government) | 15 | €22.6M |
| The Health Research Board | Body governed by public law (central government) | 15 | €3.2M |
| Longford and Westmeath Education and Training Board | Central government authority | 15 | €700k |
| Health Products Regulatory Authority | Body governed by public law | 14 | €1.9M |
| Kilkenny County Council_1185 | Local authority | 14 | €26.0M |
| Local Government Management Agency | Body governed by public law (central government) | 14 | €14.3M |
| Avista CLG | Body governed by public law | 13 | €25.7M |
| Food Safety Authority of Ireland | Body governed by public law | 13 | €5.4M |
| Institute of Public Administration_299 | Body governed by public law | 13 | €200k |
| Maritime Area Regulatory Authority | Body governed by public law | 13 | €735k |
| National Standards Authority of Ireland (NSAI) | Body governed by public law (central government) | 13 | €13.5M |
| Public Appointments Service_554 | Central government authority | 13 | €3.3M |
| SOLAS | Body governed by public law (central government) | 13 | €17.9M |
| Children's Health Ireland at Crumlin | Body governed by public law | 12 | €29.4M |
| Department of Culture Communications Sport | Central government authority | 12 | €8.4M |
| Ombudsman for Children's Office | Body governed by public law | 12 | €1.2M |
| Skillnet Ireland | Body governed by public law (central government) | 12 | €2.9M |
| Citizens Information Board | Body governed by public law | 11 | €22.8M |
| Coras Iompair Eireann (CIE Utility) | Public undertaking | 11 | €20.8M |
| The Digital Hub Development Agency | Body governed by public law | 11 | €42,100 |
| Dublin and Dun Laoghaire Education and Training Board | Body governed by public law | 11 | €2.6M |
| Galway County Council | Local authority | 11 | €4.1M |
| The Health Insurance Authority | Body governed by public law (central government) | 11 | €5.9M |
| The Rehab Group | Body governed by public law | 11 | €5.2M |
| Southern Regional Assembly | Regional authority | 11 | €841k |
| The Department of Enterprise Tourism and Employment | Central government authority | 10 | €6.3M |
| Fingal County Council | Local authority | 10 | €33.3M |
| Longford County Council | Local authority | 10 | €8.1M |
| Mental Health Commission | Body governed by public law | 10 | €5.4M |
| National Council for Curriculum and Assessment | Body governed by public law (central government) | 10 | €1.2M |
| National Gallery of Ireland | Body governed by public law | 10 | €506k |
| Wind Energy Ireland | Body governed by public law | 10 | €5.7M |
Source: Arcadium Data tenders database, 3,756,546 official public procurement notices from EU TED, UK Find a Tender, UK Contracts Finder and national procurement boards, read through their open-data services (no logins). Winners that could be a private person (sole traders) are withheld; buyers are public bodies. Data as of 2026-10-27.
Cite as: Arcadium Data, "Public buyers in Ireland: 182 contracting authorities", https://arcadiumdata.io/tenders/buyers/ie/, data as of 2026-10-27.