Quick answer — FE Northern Regional CollegeLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

FE Northern Regional College has awarded £502.9m across 81 suppliers, with 251 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 19% · 20 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 71% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration19%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share71%
Pipeline · open now20
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

FE Northern Regional College is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 50 published notices and 100 awards on PublicSupply.

50
Notices published
100
Awards
81
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£1.2m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
FE Northern Regional College — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

20

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

services18 · £86.8m
goods30 · £83.2m
works2 · £0

Instrument type

contract50 · £170.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 50

Awarded contracts · 251 live

All contracts with a published award notice where FE Northern Regional College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ID 5321594 - DfE - NWRC - Supply and Delivery of Specialist Grocery Items for N.I. FE/HE CollegesHENDERSON FOODSERVICE LTD15100000£750kest.active
ID 5321594 - DfE - NWRC - Supply and Delivery of Specialist Grocery Items for N.I. FE/HE CollegesHENDERSON FOODSERVICE LTD15100000£750kest.active
ID 5321594 - DfE - NWRC - Supply and Delivery of Specialist Grocery Items for N.I. FE/HE CollegesHENDERSON FOODSERVICE LTD15100000£750kest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAKU TRAINING LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAKU TRAINING LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkERNST YOUNG LLP80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkHEALTH MATTERS HEALTH SAFETY LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAURION LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkLEARNING POOL LIMITED80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAKU TRAINING LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
FH
8 contracts · SME
£93.5mest.
19% of total
2
HM
6 contracts · SME
£76.5mest.
15% of total
3
WT
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
15% of total
4
FE
£36.7mest.
7% of total
5
NB
£31.2mest.
6% of total
6
CA
11 contracts · SME
£19.2mest.
4% of total
7
SP
1 contract · SME
£17.0mest.
3% of total
8
CM
£17.0mest.
3% of total
981
···
73 other suppliers
long tail · 56 SMEs
£136.9m
27% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Musical instruments, sport
29 contracts
£986.0m
77%
Business, legal, advisory
50 contracts
£93.4m
7%
Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
6%
Electrical machinery
58 contracts
£46.4m
4%
Printed matter
44 contracts
£41.6m
3%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
2%
Food, beverages, tobacco
15 contracts
£11.4m
1%
Construction materials
12 contracts
£8.2m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Musical instruments, sport
Business, legal, advisory
Support transport services
Electrical machinery
Printed matter
Education, training
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.

Modifications · 1 in 90 d

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

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

71%
SME supplier share
target 33%
177
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
81
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
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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