Quick answer — THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICELast refreshed 15 Mar 2022

At a glance

THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICE has awarded £10.5m across 3 suppliers.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 100% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share100%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICE is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 3 published notices and 3 awards on PublicSupply.

3
Notices published
3
Awards
3
Suppliers engaged
2021
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
£1.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL 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)

0

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

Unspecified3 · £10.5m

Instrument type

contract3 · £10.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 3

Awarded contracts · 0 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL SERVICE is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Collaborate Framework for the Provision of Interpreting and Translation Services - update on Lot 1FLEX LANGUAGE SERVICES LTD79530000£1.5m15 Mar 2022active
ID2665864 Collaborative Framework for the Provision of Interpreting and Translation Services79530000£8.0m21 Dec 2021active
NICS Written Translation and Transcription Services Irish LanguageCentral Translations (NI) LTD79530000£500k05 Apr 2021active
NICS Written Translation and Transcription Services Irish LanguagePremier Irish Translation LTD79530000£500k05 Apr 2021active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
FL
1 contract · SME · 15 Mar
£1.5m
14% of total
2
CT
1 contract · SME · 05 Apr
£500k
5% of total
3
PI
1 contract · SME · 05 Apr
£500k
5% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
4 contracts
£10.5m
100%

Activity heatmap

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

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Feb
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Business, legal, advisory
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.

THE NORTHERN IRELAND CIVIL 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.

100%
SME supplier share
target 33%
3
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
3
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
United Kingdom

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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