Quick answer — Probation Board for Northern IrelandLast refreshed 15 May 2026

At a glance

Probation Board for Northern Ireland has awarded £88.0m across 15 suppliers, with 25 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 85% · 9 open notices now · 3 awards in last 90 d (£133k) · SME share 59% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration85%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share59%
Pipeline · open now9
Awards · 90 d3

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Probation Board for Northern Ireland is a contracting authority, based in UKN06. Tracks 21 published notices and 15 awards on PublicSupply.

21
Notices published
15
Awards
15
Suppliers engaged
2026
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£133k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Probation Board for Northern Ireland — 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)

9

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

3

£133k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services19 · £108.5m
goods1 · £133k
Unspecified1 · £40k

Instrument type

contract21 · £108.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 21

Awarded contracts · 25 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Probation Board for Northern Ireland is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DoJ – Probation Board for Northern Ireland – Personal Protective EquipmentWithheld for security reasons£40k15 May 2026pending
DoJ – Probation Board for Northern Ireland – Personal Protective EquipmentWithheld for security reasons£59k15 May 2026pending
DoJ – Probation Board for Northern Ireland – Personal Protective EquipmentWithheld for security reasons£35k15 May 2026pending
CFT 901285 – DoJ PBNI Electronic Case Management SystemSensitive Information72000000active
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTAvenue Recycling30200000£250kest.active
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTSonet Communications30200000£250kest.active
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTTES-AMM UK Ltd30200000£250kest.active
ID 5590036 - DoF - IT Assist - FRAMEWORK FOR DISPOSAL SERVICES FOR IT EQUIPMENT, ELECTRONIC AND ELECTRICAL EQUIPMENTVyta Secure Ltd30200000£250kest.active
ID 5063576 - DoJ - PBNI - Drug Testing ServicesInformation withheld for security reasons71600000£240kest.active
DoJ Provision of Electronic Monitoring Services in Northern IrelandInformation withheld for security reasons79714000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WT
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
85% of total
2
AT
3 contracts · SME
£4.4mest.
5% of total
3
HM
£2.4mest.
3% of total
4
EY
2 contracts
£2.0mest.
2% of total
5
AL
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
1% of total
6
LP
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
1% of total
7
NL
1 contract · SME
£804kest.
1% of total
8
IW
£540kest.
1% of total
915
···
7 other suppliers
long tail · 3 SMEs
£383k
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
58%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
17%
Business, legal, advisory
2 contracts
£20.0m
16%
Health & social work
1 contract
£10.0m
8%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Postal, telecoms
1 contract
£300k
0%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£240k
0%
Other
4 contracts
£133k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Support transport services
Education, training
Business, legal, advisory
Health & social work
Office equipment, IT
Postal, telecoms
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.

Probation Board for Northern Ireland 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.

59%
SME supplier share
target 33%
13
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
15
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKN06
Email
Justice.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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