Quick answer — Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL)Last refreshed 18 Dec 2025

At a glance

Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL) has awarded £124.2m across 17 suppliers, with 25 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 60% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 62% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration60%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share62%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL) is a contracting authority, based in UKN06. Tracks 17 published notices and 11 awards on PublicSupply.

17
Notices published
11
Awards
17
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£334k
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£1.2m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL) — 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)

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

services13 · £124.3m
goods2 · £484k
Unspecified2 · £334k

Instrument type

contract17 · £125.1m
Source:Find a Tender: 17

Awarded contracts · 25 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
DFC - USEL - Provision of Fleet Servicing and Maintenance50000000£180kest.active
DFC - Disability and Work Branch - Wholesale Supplies for the Ability CafesHENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED£334kest.active
DFC - Disability and Work Branch - Wholesale Supplies for the Ability CafesHENDERSON FOODSERVICE LIMITED£334k18 Dec 2025pending
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 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAKU TRAINING LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkAKU TRAINING LTD80420000£2.4mest.active
ID 5279958 Provision of Learning and Development Services Collaborative FrameworkERNST YOUNG LLP80420000£2.4mest.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
WT
1 contract · SME
£75.0mest.
60% of total
2
EI
1 contract · SME
£35.0mest.
28% of total
3
AT
3 contracts · SME
£4.4mest.
4% of total
4
HM
£2.4mest.
2% of total
5
EY
2 contracts
£2.0mest.
2% of total
6
AL
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
1% of total
7
LP
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
1% of total
8
NL
1 contract · SME
£804kest.
1% of total
917
···
9 other suppliers
long tail · 4 SMEs
£2.1m
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Support transport services
1 contract
£75.0m
50%
Software packages, IT
1 contract
£35.0m
24%
Education, training
9 contracts
£21.7m
15%
Health & social work
1 contract
£10.0m
7%
IT services, software
4 contracts
£4.8m
3%
Office equipment, IT
5 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Other
2 contracts
£668k
0%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£180k
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
Software packages, IT
Education, training
Health & social work
IT services, software
Office equipment, IT
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.

Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL) 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.

62%
SME supplier share
target 33%
13
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
17
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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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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