About the Office of Government Procurement

The Office of Government Procurement (OGP) develops public procurement policy in Ireland, as well as being a Central Purchasing Body (CPB). This gives us a central role in helping the State to achieve value for money when buying common goods and services. We operate as part of the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform. We have 200 staff in five locations across the country, Dublin, Limerick, Cork, Sligo and Meath.

Our roles include policy, professional practice and sourcing.

For more information on public procurement, please see here.

The OGP’s national public procurement policy unit is responsible for shaping and delivering Ireland’s commitment to national and EU public procurement priorities. We engage in a range of activities that support procurement transformation, to make procurement processes fairer and more efficient.

We develop and manage procurement policy, procedures and national guidelines that lead to better procurement practices. We support the inclusion of sustainable and socially responsible public procurement practices and promote innovative procurements.

Our Operational Excellence and Service Delivery teams are focused on digitalisation to make the procurement process more accessible and easier to understand.

We also provide advisory services for clients and suppliers.

SME Opportunities

The ongoing reform programme will continue to provide opportunities to the SME sector to win business in a fair, transparent and accessible way. DPENDR will continue to work with SMEs and help them to access public procurement opportunities. We will also target very small enterprises. This will help to grow the economy and provide competition within the market.

We have responsibility for the development and delivery of a programme of supports to improve professional practice procurement and commercial standards and capability across the public service.

The Office of Government Procurement is a Central Purchasing Body (CPB). We are responsible for sourcing common products and services for the public service, from pens and paper to Garda uniforms and laptops. Our sourcing teams offer an extensive range of commercial agreements to help clients buy what they need when they need it. This saves them time and money.

The OGP also supports complex one-off projects like the roll-out of the new passports service. For this service, we played a key role in addressing the backlog for passports by supporting the procurement of a new passport issuing and processing system.

The OGP puts in place contracts and framework agreements so that public bodies can buy these common categories of goods and services.

Supplier competition

As a CPB, we encourage competition among suppliers to increase quality and value. Public Bodies spend billions each year on goods, services and works. More than half of business is done directly with small and medium-size enterprises (SMEs). Public procurement for small local businesses is very important to us and we always encourage the participation of SMEs in public procurement.

Our public sector clients

The OGP puts in place quality solutions that deliver value for money. We cater to different client needs and aim to develop flexible and easy to use frameworks.

To see the results of our most recent 'Client Satisfaction Surveys' click on the links below:

As a division of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform, the strategic goals of the OGP are to;

• Shape a future for public procurement that is transparent and socially, environmentally and economically sustainable

• Deliver quality procurement solutions that meet the needs of the public service and benefit society

More information is available in the Department of Public Expenditure, NDP Delivery and Reform Statement of Strategy 2023-2025.