Quick answer — Tourism Northern IrelandLast refreshed 13 Nov 2025

At a glance

Tourism Northern Ireland has awarded £127.2m across 18 suppliers, with 32 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 28% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 87% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration28%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share87%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Tourism Northern Ireland is a contracting authority, based in UKN06. Tracks 30 published notices and 23 awards on PublicSupply.

30
Notices published
23
Awards
18
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£4.0m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£830k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Tourism Northern Ireland — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services28 · £59.6m
Unspecified2 · £4.0m

Instrument type

contract30 · £63.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 30

Awarded contracts · 32 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Tourism NI - Managed Professional Services - Economic and Commercial Appraisals, Post project and Event Evaluations - Market Engagement79000000£1.0mest.planning
ID 5926179 - DFE Tourism NI Employer Recognition Programme73000000£364kest.active
DFE Tourism NI Managed Business Support ServicesPROFILETREE WEB DESIGN AND DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED£4.0mest.active
DFE Tourism NI Managed Business Support ServicesPROFILETREE WEB DESIGN AND DIGITAL MARKETING LIMITED£4.0m13 Nov 2025pending
ID 5351281 - DfE Tourism NI - Advertising and Marketing ServicesCAWLEY NEA LIMITED79340000£35.0mest.active
ID 5351281 - DfE Tourism NI - Advertising and Marketing ServicesMC SAATCHI UK LTD79340000£35.0mest.active
ID 5351281 - DfE Tourism NI - Advertising and Marketing ServicesARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTD79340000£35.0mest.active
ID 5351281 - DfE Tourism NI - Advertising and Marketing ServicesARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTD79340000£35.0mest.active
ID 5351281 - DfE Tourism NI - Advertising and Marketing ServicesMAMMOTH DESIGN CONSULTANTS LTD79340000£35.0mest.active
DfE - Tourism NI - Northern Ireland Tourism Industry ResearchCOGNISENSE LTD79311000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
CN
1 contract · SME
£35.0mest.
28% of total
2
AA
£35.0mest.
28% of total
3
MS
£17.5mest.
14% of total
4
MD
£17.5mest.
14% of total
5
PW
£8.0mest.
6% of total
New
6
WS
£7.5mest.
6% of total
7
SL
1 contract · SME
£2.8mest.
2% of total
8
QC
2 contracts · SME
£1.0mest.
1% of total
918
···
10 other suppliers
long tail · 8 SMEs
£2.9m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
23 contracts
£190.9m
94%
Other
7 contracts
£8.0m
4%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£2.8m
1%
Transport services
2 contracts
£1.0m
0%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£400k
0%
R&D services
1 contract
£364k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Other
4
Software packages, IT
Transport services
Architecture, engineering
R&D 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 · 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.

Tourism 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.

87%
SME supplier share
target 33%
26
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
18
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
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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