Data story · TED award notices · Oct 2024 – Sep 2026
2,449 awards in Cyprus went to 776 suppliers from October 2024 to September 2026. Most suppliers in Cyprus won one award in the window: 59% of 776. The top 1% of suppliers won 14% of the awards, below the median across the 34 countries with a story: 18%.
The stated value is more concentrated than the awards here: 22% against 14% for the top 1%. Υπουργείο Υγείας is the largest buyer: 677 awards, 28% of the total.
- Awards
- 2,449
- Contract awards from Oct 2024 – Sep 2026, each counted once.
- Winning suppliers
- 776
- Suppliers with one or more awards, counted by normalised name.
- Won one award
- 59%
- Share of winning suppliers with exactly one award.
- Top 1% of suppliers
- 14%
- Share of awards won by the 7 suppliers with the most awards.
- Gini coefficient
- 0.57
- Inequality of awards across suppliers: 0 = each wins the same number, 1 = one supplier wins all.
- Stated value (EUR)
- EUR 1.58 billion
- From the 71% of awards that state an amount, capped at the 99.9th percentile.
- Top 1% by stated value
- 22%
- Share of stated value won by the top 1% of suppliers by value.
How the awards spread across suppliers
Cyprus ranks 20th of 40 countries for the Gini coefficient and 30th for the top 1% share. 1st is the most concentrated.
Who wins the most awards
| # | Supplier | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | C.A. PAPAELLINAS LTD | 88 | 4% | 60.1 million | 4% |
| 2 | VSHN AG | 59 | 2% | – | – |
| 3 | CYPRUS PHARMACEUTICAL ORGANIZATION LTD | 43 | 2% | 12.3 million | under 1% |
| 4 | Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. | 39 | 2% | – | – |
| 5 | Varnavas Hadjipanayis Ltd | 35 | 1% | 33.8 million | 2% |
| 6 | C.A. PAPAELLINAS LTD | 35 | 1% | 20.3 million | 1% |
| 7 | Bechtle AG | 34 | 1% | – | – |
| 8 | Telecom Italia Sparkle S.p.A. | 33 | 1% | – | – |
| 9 | Lifepharma (Z.A.M) Ltd | 30 | 1% | 7.68 million | under 1% |
| 10 | M.S.Jacovides and Co Ltd | 29 | 1% | 31.6 million | 2% |
Who buys the most
| # | Buyer | Awards | Share of awards | Stated value (EUR) | Share of value |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Υπουργείο Υγείας | 677 | 28% | 486 million | 31% |
| 2 | GÉANT Vereniging | 312 | 13% | – | – |
| 3 | Οργανισμός Κρατικών Υπηρεσιών Υγείας | 234 | 10% | 87.2 million | 6% |
| 4 | Πανεπιστήμιο Κύπρου | 92 | 4% | 51.7 million | 3% |
| 5 | Υπουργείο Άμυνας | 82 | 3% | 20.7 million | 1% |
| 6 | Τμήμα Ηλεκτρομηχανολογικών Υπηρεσιών | 78 | 3% | 18.9 million | 1% |
| 7 | ΔΗΜΟΣ ΛΕΜΕΣΟΥ | 58 | 2% | 14.8 million | under 1% |
| 8 | Deputy Ministry of Tourism | 55 | 2% | 15.2 million | under 1% |
| 9 | Γενικό Λογιστήριο Δημοκρατίας | 49 | 2% | 81.6 million | 5% |
| 10 | Υπουργείο Παιδείας, Αθλητισμού και Νεολαίας | 49 | 2% | 47.3 million | 3% |
Stated value: the amount in each award notice, split between joint winners and capped at the 99.9th percentile.
Sectors
2 sectors have 300 or more awards and 50 or more suppliers in the window, and a sector page. Each row links to that page, where the sector has its own numbers, charts and tables.
| CPV sector | Awards | Winning suppliers | Top 1% of suppliers | Won one award |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Healthcare & Medical | 911 | 153 | 10% | 48% |
| IT & Software | 491 | 123 | 12% | 54% |
CPV sector: the sector of the award's CPV code, the EU classification of what a contract buys. Our keyword sector labels elsewhere on the site can give other counts.
How we counted
- TED award notices for Cyprus. One record is one contract award: a buyer, a supplier, a date and, where the source gives it, an amount.
- October 2024 to September 2026. This is the latest 24 months of our data for Cyprus, up to the last month with a normal number of awards.
- Each award has the CPV code of its notice. Each award counts in one sector only, by the strict CPV rules of the ART-1 audit. We do not use our keyword sector labels: a hand check found too many wrong labels for most sectors.
- We count each award once: one notice, one amount, one date. We leave out awards with no supplier name, placeholder names such as "persona natural", names that are only a legal form, and names that appear on thousands of unrelated awards.
- We count suppliers by normalised name. A firm under two spellings counts as two suppliers, so the "won one award" share is an upper bound.
- Stated value is the amount in the award notice, in EUR. It is often the ceiling of a framework agreement, and the money paid can be lower. When several winners share one notice and one amount, we split the amount. We cap each award at the 99.9th percentile of the awards in Cyprus. 71% of the awards state an amount, EUR 1.58 billion in total.
- The awards for Cyprus come from TED, which publishes contracts above the EU thresholds. This story describes the larger contracts.
- These numbers show how the awards spread across suppliers. They do not show why.
The method is the method of our study of 39 countries: who wins government contracts. Other countries: who wins, country by country. The sector pages show the same numbers for each country and sector with enough data.
Snapshot 9 October 2026. Awards from October 2024 to September 2026. The numbers change when we add new awards.