Quick answer — NI Water and its subsidiariesLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

NI Water and its subsidiaries has awarded £7.0bn across 155 suppliers, with 336 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 24% · 133 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 66% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration24%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share66%
Pipeline · open now133
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

NI Water and its subsidiaries is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 287 published notices and 187 awards on PublicSupply.

287
Notices published
187
Awards
155
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
£2.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
NI Water and its subsidiaries — 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

48

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

133

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

services205 · £3.1bn
works5 · £1.7bn
goods77 · £752.5m

Instrument type

contract287 · £5.6bn
Source:Find a Tender: 287

Awarded contracts · 336 live

All contracts with a published award notice where NI Water and its subsidiaries is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
T157 – Aerzen - Provision of Maintenance, Spare parts, Bare shaft/Service exchange units and OEM Support42123000planning
T123 - NI Water Provision of External Proficiency Testing Schemes71900000£434kest.active
Request for information (RFI) for Replacement and Maintenance of NI Water site electronic access system35100000active
T125 - Contracted Analysis for Potable and Raw Water, Wastewater and Trade Effluent Quality Analysis71900000active
RFI- Market interest and capability in procuring and processing (wet milling) magnetite Oct 2524000000active
Request for Information (RFI) - Market interest and capability to procure and process (“Wet Milling”) magnetite to NIW’s required specification for Potable Water Treatment Process14000000planning
T138 Supply of Metered Electricity09300000planning
C1245 - Full Services MarketingANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD79342100£3.8mest.active
IF031 – Water and Wastewater Pumps FrameworkDRILLING PUMPING SUPPLIES LTD42122130£40.0mest.active
IF031 – Water and Wastewater Pumps FrameworkGRUNDFOS PUMPS LIMITED42122130£40.0mest.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
SA
£1.7bnest.
24% of total
2
PN
2 contracts · SME
£840.0mest.
12% of total
3
DE
£300.0mest.
4% of total
4
LJ
2 contracts · SME
£300.0mest.
4% of total
5
MT
£300.0mest.
4% of total
6
TJ
1 contract · SME
£300.0mest.
4% of total
7
MD
3 contracts · SME
£200.0mest.
3% of total
8
AL
3 contracts
£200.0mest.
3% of total
9155
···
147 other suppliers
long tail · 98 SMEs
£2.9bn
41% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
33 contracts
£19.2bn
74%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
18 contracts
£2.5bn
10%
Public utilities
25 contracts
£1.3bn
5%
Industrial machinery
34 contracts
£951.1m
4%
Architecture, engineering
36 contracts
£820.4m
3%
Construction works
7 contracts
£566.0m
2%
Sewage, waste, environment
18 contracts
£496.5m
2%
Repair & maintenance
17 contracts
£166.0m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Dec
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Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Public utilities
Industrial machinery
Architecture, engineering
Construction works
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 Water and its subsidiaries 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.

66%
SME supplier share
target 33%
184
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
155
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
Contact
sourcingniwater.com
Email
sourcing@niwater.com

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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