The OGP is part of the Department of Public Expenditure, Infrastructure, Public Service Reform & Digitalisation. The OGP has two distinct roles:

• Setting public procurement policy in Ireland.
• Operating as a Central Purchasing Body (CPB)

As a CPB, we develop central procurement arrangements for commonly used goods and services. 

These arrangements can be used across the civil and public service. 

This gives us a central role in helping the State to achieve value for money and offer better public services to the people of Ireland. 

We support sustainable public procurement practices and promote innovative procurement. We also manage eTenders which is the national advertising website for public procurement

• The OGP develops resources to assist both buyers and suppliers with the public procurement process.
• The OGP seeks to support and encourage SMEs in participating in public procurement.
• The OGP has established a wide range of central procurement solutions for the provision of goods and services to public sector bodies.  
• The OGP plays a lead role in delivering on Government’s vision for public procurement that is sustainable, ethical, innovative, transparent and cost-effective in support of better public services.

• The OGP sets public procurement policy and play a role as one of the central purchasing bodies in the state.
• The OGP encourages contracting authorities to include SME friendly measures into their procurements.
• The OGP manages eTenders which is the national advertising website for public procurement.
• The OGP supports the inclusion of sustainable and socially responsible public procurement practices and promotes innovative procurement.