Skillnet Ireland: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Skillnet Ireland has published 29 tenders in Ireland.

Its buying spans 7 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 19 awarded contracts the median value is €180k.

Its published awards total €3.5m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Skillnet Ireland's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 30 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 25 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.5 tenders a month, measured over 57 months of history.
Half of their 19 awarded contracts are worth €180k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, education and training services.
Their most frequent suppliers are CSCL (3), it@cork Associatio Ltd (2), Keystone Procurement Ltd (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Request for Tender to support Skillnet Ireland in the implem...	it@cork Associatio Ltd	9 January 2026	€40k
T2508 RFT for the provision of AI Workforce Development Rese...	Idiro Analytics	27 October 2025	€200k
RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in delivering short courses ...	Atlantic Technological University (EO)	27 October 2025	€174k
RFT for the Provision of Market Research and Survey Consulta...	Ipsos B and A	14 October 2025	€380k
RFT to support Skillnet Ireland in the development of curric...	IWEA CLG t/a Wind Energy Ireland	15 August 2025	€127.7k
RFT for the Provision of Public Relations Services	Carr Communications Limited	4 April 2025	€200k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
CSCL	3	€575k
it@cork Associatio Ltd	2	€195k
Keystone Procurement Ltd	2	€100k
Carmel Somers Consulting Limited, Halligan Business Psychology Ltd	2	-