Buyer profile · Central government

Northern Ireland Prison Service tenders and contracts

Northern IrelandBelfast

Tenders published
7
About one every 52 days
Contracts awarded
5
To 2 different suppliers
Value awarded
£19.3m
5 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£551k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
0 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. ID 6636040 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Challenging Environment Furniture 2026

    Northern IrelandFurniture, Medical equipment and supplies

    Open10 days left

    £500kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. 4 contracts
  2. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)80%
  • Direct award (no competition)20%
Based on 10 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Northern Ireland Prison Service has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
29 days
Shorter than 58% of central government buyers
Based on 6 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
80%
Higher than 79% of central government buyers
Based on 10 procurements
Won by small firms
20%
Lower than 92% of central government buyers
Based on 5 winning suppliers
Split into lots
29%
Higher than 78% of central government buyers
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Direct awards
20%
Lower than 73% of central government buyers
Based on 10 procurements
Cancelled
0%
About the same as most central government buyers
Based on 7 tenders

Compared with other central government buyers

Time to bid, 74 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days0
20–25 days4
25–30 days31
30–35 days28
35–40 days7
40–45 days4
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Advertised openly, 142 central government buyers
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RangeBuyers
0–10%26
10–20%23
20–30%20
30–40%9
40–50%12
50–60%8
60–70%2
70–80%11
80–90%12
90–100%19
Won by small firms, 133 central government buyers
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%1
10–20%8
20–30%11
30–40%17
40–50%22
50–60%25
60–70%18
70–80%17
80–90%8
90–100%6

Each column is a group of central government buyers with similar figures. The coloured column holds Northern Ireland Prison Service.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Northern Ireland Prison Service end in the next 90 days.

1 more contract ends in the next 12 months.

Recent contract awards