Quick answer — NI Prison ServiceLast refreshed 05 Jun 2026

At a glance

NI Prison Service has awarded £1.0m across 4 suppliers, with 7 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 59% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 50% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration59%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share50%
Pipeline · open now3
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NI Prison Service is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 7 published notices and 6 awards on PublicSupply.

7
Notices published
6
Awards
4
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
£300k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NI Prison Service — 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)

3

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

goods4 · £300k
services3 · £250k

Instrument type

contract7 · £550k
Source:Find a Tender: 7

Awarded contracts · 7 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NI Prison Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DOJ NIPS DAC 27 21 COMPASS System License SupportSensitive informationactive
DOJ NIPS - External Accreditation for the NIPS (Custody Prison Officer) Development Programme 2021This information has been withheld80510000£125kest.active
DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Footwear 2021Name of supplier withheld18800000£300kest.active
DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Footwear 2021Name of supplier withheld18800000£300kest.active
DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Footwear 2021This information has been withheld18800000£300kest.active
DOJ NIPS - External Accreditation for the NIPS (Custody Prison Officer) Development Programme 202180510000£125kest.active
DOJ NIPS – Supply and Delivery of Food To Go Sundry Items and Tobacco for Prisoner’s Tuck Shop 2020Name withheld for security purposes15500000active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
NO
2 contracts · SME
£600kest.
59% of total
2
TI
£425kest.
41% of total
3
SI
£0
0% of total
4
NW
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Clothing, footwear
3 contracts
£900k
78%
Education, training
2 contracts
£250k
22%

Activity heatmap

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

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Clothing, footwear
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 · 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.

NI Prison Service 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.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

50%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
4
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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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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