National Library of Ireland: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

National Library of Ireland has published 21 tenders in Ireland.

Its buying spans 10 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 13 awarded contracts the median value is €160k.

Its published awards total €1.9m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from National Library of Ireland's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 34 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 14 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.4 tenders a month, measured over 58 months of history.
Half of their 13 awarded contracts are worth €160k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, recreational, cultural and sporting services, industrial machinery.
Their most frequent suppliers are XpertDPO (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Hosted PBX Voice over IP Services	eircom Limited (t/a eir business)	28 January 2026	€150k
The Provision of Data Protection Officer and Related Service...	XpertDPO	9 January 2026	€60k
Supply and Installation of Digital Cutting Table and Related...	Conservation By Design Limited	11 December 2025	€121.3k
The Establishment of a Multi-Party Framework Agreement for S...	Billy Lutton Calligrapher, Donal De Burca, Michéal Ó Comáin. Herald of Arms., Pantaleon Consulting Limited, Philip Mackey Artist.	1 April 2025	€160k
The Provision of Project Monitoring Services - NLI Capital W...	Interactive Project Managers	11 October 2024	€98.8k
Provision of Storage Virtualisation Infrastructure and DR Ma...	SureSkills	1 July 2024	€312.6k