Buyer profile · Central government
Northern Ireland Prison Service tenders and contracts
- 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
- £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).
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%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow 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
This buyer: 29 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 0 |
| 10–15 days | 0 |
| 15–20 days | 0 |
| 20–25 days | 4 |
| 25–30 days | 31 |
| 30–35 days | 28 |
| 35–40 days | 7 |
| 40–45 days | 4 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 0 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
This buyer: 80%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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 |
This buyer: 20%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 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.