Quick answer — Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveLast refreshed 21 May 2026

At a glance

Northern Ireland Housing Executive has awarded £8.5bn across 202 suppliers, with 547 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 205 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£5.8m) · SME share 78% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share78%
Pipeline · open now205
Awards · 90 d11

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Ireland Housing Executive is a contracting authority, based in UK. Tracks 518 published notices and 390 awards on PublicSupply.

518
Notices published
390
Awards
202
Suppliers engaged
2023
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£64.0m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.1m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Ireland Housing Executive — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£8m£17m£25m£33mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

45

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

205

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

11

£5.8m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works132 · £3.8bn
services246 · £1.1bn
goods84 · £49.1m
Unspecified56 · £20.8m

Instrument type

contract518 · £4.9bn
Source:Find a Tender: 516Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 547 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Ireland Housing Executive is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Professional Services (all stages from survey through to completion of works on site) in relation to Braniel Wilson Masonry RepairsW H STEPHENS LIMITED£315kest.active
Response Maintenance and Improvement45000000£143.7mest.active
MENTAL HEALTH AWARENESS TRAINING PROGRAMME AND STAFF BOOKLETACTION MENTAL HEALTH£490k21 May 2026active
P1168 - Supply and Delivery of Power Tools for the Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveNilfisk Gerni£91kest.active
P1168 - Supply and Delivery of Power Tools for the Northern Ireland Housing ExecutiveNilfisk Gerni£70k15 May 2026active
Professional Services (all stages from survey through to completion on site) in relation to MEI at Creevy/Marlfield, Belfast.WATTS GROUP LIMITED£150kest.active
P-0483- Professional Services (all stages from survey through to completion of works on site) in relation to Braniel Wilson Masonry RepairsW H STEPHENS LIMITED£263k29 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Legal Services - Framework - Commercial Dispute Resolution SolicitorsCLEAVER FULTON RANKIN LIMITED£970kest.active
Provision of Legal Services - Framework - Commercial Dispute Resolution SolicitorsArthur Cox Northern Ireland£970kest.active
Provision of Agency Workers to the Northern Ireland Housing Executive79620000£89.0mest.planning
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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
£1.5bnest.
17% of total
2
GG
7 contracts · SME
£906.1mest.
11% of total
3
PL
2 contracts · SME
£733.6mest.
9% of total
4
BC
3 contracts · SME
£629.2mest.
7% of total
5
ER
£624.8mest.
7% of total
6
PM
17 contracts · SME
£565.8mest.
7% of total
7
CF
£511.6mest.
6% of total
8
PO
9 contracts · SME
£332.9mest.
4% of total
9202
···
194 other suppliers
long tail · 146 SMEs
£2.7bn
32% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
157 contracts
£8.8bn
72%
Business, legal, advisory
49 contracts
£1.5bn
12%
Repair & maintenance
13 contracts
£869.0m
7%
Other
134 contracts
£433.3m
4%
Agriculture, forestry services
15 contracts
£320.5m
3%
Support transport services
13 contracts
£201.5m
2%
Sewage, waste, environment
27 contracts
£49.0m
0%
Furniture, cleaning
35 contracts
£43.3m
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
Business, legal, advisory
Repair & maintenance
Other
0
0
1
1
11
0
9
30
9
3
1
Agriculture, forestry services
Support transport services
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 · 2 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 2 notices 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.

78%
SME supplier share
target 33%
386
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
202
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UK
Contact
Christopher Brown
Email
james.mcerlean@nihe.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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