At a glance
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited has awarded £1.1bn across 449 suppliers, with 677 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 7% · 74 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£13.2m) · SME share 64% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 268 published notices and 236 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
19
Open (bidding)
74
Awarded (90d)
4
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 677 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Limited is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| B947 (2027) Excavation, Cable Laying & Reinstatement Works | — | 45000000 | £331.5mest. | — | active |
| S1126 (2026) Temporary Traffic Management | Class One Traffic Management Limited | £9.8m | 12 May 2026 | active | |
| Supply of Cable Protection Tiles/Warning Tapes | CENTRIFORCE PRODUCTS LIMITED | £325k | — | pending | |
| S1138 (2027) The Hire, Erection and Dismantling of Scaffold Services | — | 44212310 | £6.4mest. | — | planning |
| Supply of Ducting | Emtelle UK Limited | £975k | 27 Mar 2026 | active | |
| Supply of 33kV Switchboard extension panels | ABB Limited | £2.4m | 27 Mar 2026 | active | |
| Supply of 33kV Switchboard extension panels | ABB Limited | £2.4m | — | pending | |
| Supply of Ducting | Emtelle UK Limited | £975k | — | pending | |
| Supply of Metal Cladding Enclosures | B & S GROUP LIMITED | £1.1m | — | pending | |
| CA277 2026 Qualifying Utilities Dynamic Market for Flexibility Services | Gridbeyond Limited | — | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
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.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
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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
- UK
- Companies House
- NI026041
- Contact
- Aaron Fulton
- Aaron.Fulton@nienetworks.co.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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