Quick answer — Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC TrustLast refreshed 14 May 2026

At a glance

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust has awarded £41.5m across 138 suppliers, with 308 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 34% · 14 open notices now · 60 awards in last 90 d (£232.6m) · SME share 66% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration34%
Modifications · 90 d1
SME spend share66%
Pipeline · open now14
Awards · 90 d60

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKN0E. Tracks 34 published notices and 51 awards on PublicSupply.

34
Notices published
51
Awards
138
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£244.9m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£1.3m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£55m£111m£166m£221mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

14

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

60

£232.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods20 · £130.5m
Unspecified7 · £25.6m
services7 · £3.6m

Instrument type

contract34 · £159.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 34

Awarded contracts · 308 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Ireland Ambulance Service HSC Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Promotional Products and StandsCentral Source£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsOAKDENE SERVICES (1925) LTD£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsIMPRESS PROMOTIONAL PRODUCTS LTD£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsWILD THANG LTD£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsPARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS (LONDON) LIMITED£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsBANNER GROUP LIMITED£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsCentral Source£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsNORTHSIDE GRAPHICS LIMITED£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsPARAGON CUSTOMER COMMUNICATIONS (LONDON) LIMITED£4.6mest.active
Promotional Products and StandsOAKDENE SERVICES (1925) LTD£4.6mest.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
GM
3 contracts · SME · 14 May
£14.0m
34% of total
New
2
MH
2 contracts · 10 Dec14 May
£12.7m
31% of total
New
3
IH
2 contracts · SME · 14 May
£12.6m
30% of total
New
4
MH
2 contracts · 14 May
£12.6m
30% of total
New
5
EL
7 contracts · 06 Mar14 May
£12.6m
30% of total
New
6
UM
£12.5m
30% of total
New
7
FN
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
8
BC
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
9138
···
130 other suppliers
long tail · 90 SMEs
£151.9m
366% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
100 contracts
£295.3m
74%
Medical, pharmaceutical
91 contracts
£79.6m
20%
Construction materials
2 contracts
£21.0m
5%
Food, beverages, tobacco
1 contract
£3.6m
1%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£2.1m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
10
2
31
201
Medical, pharmaceutical
Construction materials
Food, beverages, tobacco
Architecture, engineering
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.

66%
SME supplier share
target 33%
198
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
138
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKN0E
Contact
Andrew Phillips
Email
medicalandops.sourcing@hscni.net

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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