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Quick answer — Department for the EconomyLast refreshed 17 Nov 2025

At a glance

Department for the Economy has awarded £981.1m across 112 suppliers, with 255 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 45 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now45
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Department for the Economy is a contracting authority, based in UKN06. Tracks 107 published notices and 72 awards on PublicSupply.

107
Notices published
72
Awards
112
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£3.9bn
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
—
YoY change
£8.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Department for the Economy — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1073m£2145m£3218m£4290mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

45

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

services85 · £756.8m
Unspecified13 · £196.0m
goods9 · £1.1m

Instrument type

contract107 · £953.9m
Source:Find a Tender: 107

Awarded contracts · 255 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Department for the Economy is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DfE - The Provision of Advertising and Related Services 2026 - 2030 for Corporate Engagement and Marketing Branch—79340000£4.0mest.—active
DfE - TSS - Supply and Delivery of a Tractor Unit—34138000£130kest.—active
P19591 - Replacement of DETI - Insolvency Service ICT Application (BABS)ITS Computing Limited72000000——active
DfE Gigabit Infrastructure Subsidy – Regional Supplier Contract for Northern IrelandFIBRUS LTD32520000£81.0mest.—active
ID 5983468 - DfE - Environmental Assessment and Planning Application for Antrim Area HospitalTetra Tech Consulting (NI) Limited£200kest.—active
ID 5983468 - DfE - Environmental Assessment and Planning Application for Antrim Area HospitalTETRA TECH CONSULTING (NI) LIMITED£200k17 Nov 2025pending
DFE - Insolvency Service - Provision of Insolvency ServicesBaker Tilly Mooney Moore£300kest.—active
DFE - Insolvency Service - Provision of Insolvency ServicesGRANT THORNTON ADVISORS (NI) LLP£300kest.—active
DFE - MAPB - Energy Group - Strategic Environmental Assessment & Habitats Regulations Assessment of Mineral Development in Northern IrelandRPS IRELAND LIMITED£250kest.—active
DFE - Insolvency Service - Provision of Insolvency ServicesBaker Tilly Mooney Moore£300k01 Oct 2025pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
CG
CLANRYE GROUP LIMITED
8 contracts · 01 Aug
£227.8mest.
23% of total
New
2
DA
DISABILITY ACTION (NI)
7 contracts · 01 Aug
£221.8mest.
23% of total
New
3
US
ULSTER SUPPORTED EMPLOYMENT LIMITED
6 contracts · 01 Aug
£217.1mest.
22% of total
New
4
CT
CRAFT TRAINING LTD
4 contracts · SME · 01 Aug
£210.8mest.
21% of total
New
5
2L
21TRAINING LIMITED
4 contracts · SME · 01 Aug
£210.8mest.
21% of total
New
6
BE
BRYSON ENERGY
4 contracts · SME · 01 Aug
£210.8mest.
21% of total
New
7
DL
D.F.P.F. LIMITED
4 contracts · SME · 01 Aug
£210.8mest.
21% of total
New
8
DY
DERRY YOUTH AND COMMUNITY WORKSHOP LIMITED
3 contracts · SME · 01 Aug
£210.8mest.
21% of total
New
9–112
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104 other suppliers
long tail · 73 SMEs
£3.0bn
302% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
89 contracts
£13.2bn
91%
Architecture, engineering
99 contracts
£713.9m
5%
Education, training
46 contracts
£273.8m
2%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£81.0m
1%
Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
4 contracts
£36.2m
0%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£35.0m
0%
Business, legal, advisory
15 contracts
£19.7m
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
3900
0
1
0
Architecture, engineering
Education, training
Radio, TV, communications
Support transport services
Sewage, waste, environment
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

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Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Department for the Economy has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
176
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
112
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKN06
Contact
SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email
SSDAdmin.CPD@finance-ni.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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