Quick answer — Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue ServiceLast refreshed 14 May 2026

At a glance

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service has awarded £42.4m across 41 suppliers, with 86 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 54% · 7 open notices now · 13 awards in last 90 d (£163.0m) · SME share 39% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration54%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share39%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d13

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 86 published notices and 72 awards on PublicSupply.

86
Notices published
72
Awards
41
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£177.2m
12 m spend
£867k
Prior 12 m
+20346%
YoY change
£3.7m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£45m£90m£134m£179mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

4

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

13

£163.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods27 · £75.8m
works5 · £62.0m
Unspecified23 · £42.4m
services31 · £0

Instrument type

contract86 · £180.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 86

Awarded contracts · 86 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesUniphar Medtech Ltd. t/a M.E.D. Surgical£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesFannin NI Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesBrennan & Co NI£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesAccu-Science Ireland Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesEbrington (NI) Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesGAMA Healthcare Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesLynch Medical Supplies (LMS) Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesMediq Healthcare UK Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesScientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd£12.5m14 May 2026pending
Disinfection Products for use on Human Skin and Hard SurfacesTERRAMED LIMITED£12.5m14 May 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
MS
6 contracts · 27 Feb06 Aug
£22.9m
54% of total
▲ 4567%
2
UM
£12.5m
30% of total
New
3
FN
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
4
BC
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
5
AI
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
6
EL
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
7
GH
1 contract · 14 May
£12.5m
30% of total
New
8
LM
£12.5m
30% of total
New
941
···
33 other suppliers
long tail · 14 SMEs
£82.3m
194% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
87 contracts
£192.9m
61%
Construction works
3 contracts
£62.0m
19%
Medical, pharmaceutical
1 contract
£56.1m
18%
Security, emergency equipment
1 contract
£5.0m
2%
Radio, TV, communications
1 contract
£2.0m
1%
Chemicals
1 contract
£116k
0%
Furniture, cleaning
1 contract
£80k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
11
0
3
163
Construction works
Medical, pharmaceutical
Security, emergency equipment
Radio, TV, communications
Chemicals
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.

Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue 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.

39%
SME supplier share
target 33%
33
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
41
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
UK
Contact
ProcurementStandards.cpdfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email
Procurementstandards.cpd@finance-ni.gov.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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