Name: Northern Ireland Electricity Networks procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — Northern Ireland Electricity NetworksLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks has awarded £653.6m across 32 suppliers, with 57 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 31% · 14 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 38% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration31%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share38%

Pipeline · open now14

Awards · 90 d0

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks is a contracting authority, based in UKN. Tracks 50 published notices and 34 awards on PublicSupply.

50

Notices published

34

Awards

32

Suppliers engaged

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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

£56.0m

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

14

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

services18 · £265.8m

works6 · £222.8m

goods26 · £32.1m

Instrument type

contract50 · £520.6m

Source:Find a Tender: 50

Awarded contracts · 57 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Ireland Electricity Networks is the contracting authority.

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
CA300 (2025) – Provision of Pension Accounting Advisory Services and management of pension liabilities, including advising the company in relation to triennial scheme funding valuations	Mercer Limited	66522000	—	—	active
IT Managed Service Procurement	British Telecommunications PLC	72100000	£200.0mest.	—	active
S1228 - Flexibility Management Platform	Open Utility Ltd Piclo	48000000	—	—	active
C158 (2025) Supply of Non SF6 33kV Outdoor Circuit Breakers	CO7 Technologies, Inc		—	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	TLI Group Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	Aureos Energy Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	Murphy International Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	Circet (UK) Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	Grid Team Services Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	active
Provision of Construction, Refurbishment & Restringing of Transmission Overhead Lines	TLI Group Limited	45231400	£222.8mest.	—	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

BT

British Telecommunications PLC

1 contract

£200.0mest.

31% of total

—

2

TG

TLI Group Limited

2 contracts

£81.7mest.

12% of total

—

3

AE

Aureos Energy Limited

2 contracts

£81.7mest.

12% of total

—

4

MI

Murphy International Limited

2 contracts

£81.7mest.

12% of total

—

5

CL

Circet (UK) Limited

2 contracts

£81.7mest.

12% of total

—

6

GT

Grid Team Services Limited

2 contracts · SME

£81.7mest.

12% of total

—

7

KT

Killarney Telecommunications Limited

1 contract · SME

£37.1mest.

6% of total

—

8

WP

WhyNot Partnering Limited

1 contract · SME

£4.0mest.

1% of total

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9–32

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24 other suppliers

long tail · 12 SMEs

£4.0m

1% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works

18 contracts

£2.5bn

89%

IT services, software

4 contracts

£200.0m

7%

Agriculture, forestry services

1 contract

£56.0m

2%

Clothing, footwear

2 contracts

£18.8m

1%

Construction materials

2 contracts

£8.8m

0%

Business, legal, advisory

2 contracts

£8.0m

0%

Mining, metals

1 contract

£3.1m

0%

Financial, insurance

2 contracts

£2.0m

0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Construction works

IT services, software

Agriculture, forestry services

Clothing, footwear

Construction materials

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.

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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.

Northern Ireland Electricity Networks 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.

38%

SME supplier share
target 33%

18

SME award rows

0

VCSE award rows

32

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: UKN
Contact: Anna McWhirter
Email: Stephen.Hughes@nienetworks.co.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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Buyer	Type	12 m spend	Top-supplier %	SME %	Mods · 90 d
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks	self	£24.8bn	14%	24%	12 (3)
Peer A	—	£8.2bn	11%	34%	3 (0)
Peer B	—	£3.2bn	18%	31%	4 (0)
Peer C	—	£1.84bn	9%	42%	0