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Quick answer — Northern Regional CollegeLast refreshed 31 Mar 2026

At a glance

Northern Regional College has awarded £3.0m across 8 suppliers, with 14 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 7 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£500k) · SME share 62% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share62%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d1
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northern Regional College is a contracting authority, based in UKN0F. Tracks 20 published notices and 13 awards on PublicSupply.

20
Notices published
13
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£724k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
—
YoY change
£500k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northern Regional College — 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)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£500k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works5 · £41.2m
services6 · £11.3m
Unspecified5 · £1.3m
goods4 · £380k

Instrument type

contract20 · £54.2m
Source:Find a Tender: 19Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 14 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Northern Regional College is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ID 5828520 DfE - FE BMC - IT Security ServicesVM Forensics Limited£500kest.—active
ID 5828520 DfE - FE BMC - IT Security servicesVM Forensics Limited£500k31 Mar 2026pending
ID 6183310 DFE - Northern Regional College - Purchase of 3 Axis CNC Milling Centres (2 off)Mills CNC Limited£220kest.—active
FE Colleges Property Management Framework 2026—45210000£41.2mest.—active
ID 6183310 DFE - Northern Regional College - Purchase of 3 Axis CNC Milling Centres (2 off)Mills CNC Limited£224k06 Feb 2026pending
ID 5314168 - DfE - NRC - Provision of Public Relations, Media Relations and Communications Services for NRCRumour Mill Creative Communications79400000£250kest.—active
New Building for Northern Regional College — Coleraine CampusHeron Bros Limited45210000——active
New Buildings for Northern Regional College, Ballymena CampusHeron Bros Ltd——active
ID 4024822 - DoF - NICSHR - Employee Assistance Programme (EAP) Service for the NI Public Sector - 2022—85100000£10.0mest.—active
ID 3722374 - DfE NRC - Supply and Deliver of 4 x Combinational Manual LathesXYZ MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED42600000£160kest.—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
VF
VM Forensics Limited
2 contracts · SME · 31 Mar
£1.0mest.
33% of total
New
2
PS
Phoenix Software Ltd
1 contract · 20 Dec
£622k
21% of total
—
3
DE
DESIGN ETHOS LTD
1 contract · SME
£550kest.
18% of total
—
4
MC
Mills CNC Limited
2 contracts · SME · 06 Feb
£444kest.
15% of total
New
5
RM
Rumour Mill Creative Communications
1 contract · SME
£250kest.
8% of total
—
6
XM
XYZ MACHINE TOOLS LIMITED
1 contract · SME
£160kest.
5% of total
—
7
HB
Heron Bros Limited
4 contracts
£0
0% of total
—
8
TM
T.I. MACHINERY SALES LIMITED
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total
—

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
4 contracts
£41.2m
76%
Health & social work
1 contract
£10.0m
18%
Other
5 contracts
£1.4m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£800k
1%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£622k
1%
Industrial machinery
2 contracts
£160k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Health & social work
Other
0
1
Business, legal, advisory
Software packages, IT
Industrial machinery
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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 Regional College 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.

62%
SME supplier share
target 33%
8
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
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
UKN0F
Contact
SSDAdmin.CPDfinance-ni.gov.uk
Email
SSDAdmin.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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