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Quick answer — National Museums Northern IrelandLast refreshed 09 Dec 2025

At a glance

National Museums Northern Ireland has awarded £63.0m across 25 suppliers, with 38 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 56% · 15 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 74% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration56%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share74%
Pipeline · open now15
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

National Museums Northern Ireland is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 29 published notices and 24 awards on PublicSupply.

29
Notices published
24
Awards
25
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£1.7m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
—
YoY change
£700k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
National Museums Northern Ireland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

15

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

services22 · £61.4m
Unspecified2 · £700k
goods4 · £695k
works1 · £150k

Instrument type

contract29 · £63.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 29

Awarded contracts · 38 live

All contracts with a published award notice where National Museums Northern Ireland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesBIG AND BOLD LIMITED——active
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD——active
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD——active
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesNAVIGATOR BLUE LTD——active
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesBIG AND BOLD LIMITED£700k09 Dec 2025pending
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD£350k09 Dec 2025pending
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD£175k09 Dec 2025pending
DfC - National Museums NI - Provision of Marketing and Communication ServicesNAVIGATOR BLUE LTD£500k09 Dec 2025pending
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTAvenue Recycling30200000£250kest.—active
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTSonet Communications30200000£250kest.—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
EI
Esri Ireland Ltd.
1 contract · SME
£35.0mest.
56% of total
—
2
DM
Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLP
1 contract
£10.5mest.
17% of total
—
3
AT
AKU TRAINING LTD
3 contracts · SME
£4.4mest.
7% of total
—
4
HM
HEALTH MATTERS HEALTH SAFETY LTD
1 contract · SME
£2.4mest.
4% of total
—
5
EY
ERNST YOUNG LLP
3 contracts
£2.2mest.
3% of total
—
6
AL
AURION LTD
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
2% of total
—
7
LP
LEARNING POOL LIMITED
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
2% of total
—
8
NL
NEXT LEVEL IMPACT LIMITED
1 contract · SME
£804kest.
1% of total
—
9–25
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17 other suppliers
long tail · 12 SMEs
£5.3m
8% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Software packages, IT
1 contract
£35.0m
40%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
25%
Business, legal, advisory
5 contracts
£11.5m
13%
Health & social work
1 contract
£10.0m
11%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£4.8m
5%
Other
10 contracts
£2.4m
3%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£600k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Software packages, IT
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
Health & social work
IT services, software
Other
2
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

National Museums Northern Ireland 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.

74%
SME supplier share
target 33%
25
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
25
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
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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