Belfast City Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Northern Ireland·Belfast
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 84 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
152 awarded tenders, 321 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting33 procedures · 28%80 Education and training services23 procedures · 19%92 Recreational, cultural and sporting17 procedures · 14%45 Construction work13 procedures · 11%50 Repair and maintenance services10 procedures · 8%71 Architectural, construction, engineering10 procedures · 8%98 Other community, social and personal services10 procedures · 8%75 Administration, defence and social security9 procedures · 8%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 118 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 89% (105 notices)
- Framework 8% (10 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 3% (3 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Open 66% (78 notices)
- Route not published 21% (25 notices)
- Selective 9% (11 notices)
- Direct award 2% (2 notices)
- Limited / restricted 2% (2 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 84 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 34 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 118 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 42 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Avenue Recycling Ltd | 5 | 3.3% | 2 | 6 | 22 Dec 2025 |
| DFPF Ltd t/a People 1st | 4 | 2.6% | 3 | 7 | 26 Nov 2025 |
| WJM Building Services Ltd | 4 | 2.6% | 2 | 4 | 6 Oct 2025 |
| GEMS NI Ltd | 4 | 2.6% | 2 | 4 | 26 Nov 2025 |
| John McQuillan Contracts Ltd | 3 | 2% | 3 | 3 | 22 May 2026 |
| MayWe Events Ltd | 3 | 2% | 3 | 3 | 11 May 2026 |
| Sunbelt Rentals Ltd | 3 | 2% | 2 | 3 | 5 Jan 2026 |
| Clive Richardson Ltd | 3 | 2% | 1 | 5 | 2 Jul 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 9% of 152 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 321 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Belfast City Council Private Sector Partner (PSP) | John Graham Construction Ltd | — | — | £630,000,000 † |
| Supply of Electricity - Lots 1 & 2 | 3t Power Ltd | — | — | £20,500,000 † |
| T2656 - Provision of Skip and Hook Lift Service and Hire of Skips | Avenue Recycling Ltd | 22 Dec 2025 | 2.9 yrs · up to 4.9 yrs | £6,000,000 ≈ £2.1m/yr |
| Main Contractor for Strand Arts Centre | Martin Hamilton Ltd | — | — | £5,748,855 † |
| Main Contractor for Cathedral Gardens (& Blitz Memorial) | John McQuillan Contracts Ltd | 24 Sept 2025 | 1 yrs | £3,257,922 ≈ £3.3m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 41 of 444 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
Soonest 10 of 21 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 227 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| T2690 Supply and Delivery of Playground EquipmentPark and playground equipment | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | £1,250,000 |
| Framework Agreement for the Provision of Marketing and Communications ServicesAdvertising and marketing services | Planning | 10 Sept 2026 | £5,000,000 |
| Measured Term Contract for Building repairs & maintenance at various Council PropertiesRepair and maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 10 Sept 2026 | £800,000 |
| T2715 - Supply of Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) approved parts to support vehicle warrantyParts and accessories for vehicles and their engines | Open | 12 Aug 2026 | £2,450,000 |
| T2754 Provision of Traffic Management Services Fleadh Cheoil na HÉireann 2027Car park services | Open | 3 Aug 2026 | £400,000 |
| Belfast Stories Experience Design TeamArchitectural design services | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2026 | £1,500,000 |
| Term Contract for Legionella Monitoring & Risk Management Programme at various Council properties and locationsConsulting services for water-supply and waste-water other than for construction | Open | 24 Jul 2026 | £400,000 |
| T2689 - Framework Agreement for the Delivery of Various Employability and Skills RequirementsAdult and other education services | Open | 17 Jul 2026 | £6,000,000 |
| Regeneration FrameworkConstruction consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 10 Jul 2026 | — |
| Delivery of Minority Ethnic Casework & Advice Services in BelfastMiscellaneous services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jul 2026 | £760,000 |
| NIESS - Go SucceedBusiness and management consultancy and related services | Planning | 30 Jun 2026 | £32,000,000 |
| T2679 PEACEPLUS Animation activity for Access to the Hills projectCultural event organisation services | Awarded / complete | 24 Jun 2026 | £85,600 |
| T2742 - Supply and Erection of Street Nameplates - Pre-Market-EngagementInstallation of road signs | Awarded / complete | 22 Jun 2026 | £240,000 |
| T2684 - Energy Management ServicesEnergy-management services | Awarded / complete | 19 Jun 2026 | £250,000 |
| T2738 - Provision of a Fully Integrated Waste Management Service at Fleadh Cheoil na h'Eireann 2026Refuse and waste related services | Awarded / complete | 5 Jun 2026 | £450,000 |
| T2720 Hire of Marquees and associated equipmentAssembly and erection of prefabricated structures | Awarded / complete | 2 Jun 2026 | £380,000 |
| Belfast Stories – Operational assurance reviewBuilding and facilities management services | Planning | 22 May 2026 | £50,000 |
| T2692 Provision of Fairground Rides and Entertainment Packages for Council EvenitsAmusement park services | Awarded / complete | 15 May 2026 | £800,000 |
| T2730 - Development, Management and Delivery of Culture Night Belfast 2026Cultural event organisation services | Awarded / complete | 11 May 2026 | £300,000 |
| Belfast Stories Main Works Integrated Supply Team (IST)Building construction work | Open | 28 Apr 2026 | £70,000,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£802m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 154 award records on 76 procedures (130 to a single canonical supplier, 23 multi-supplier, 1 with no supplier published). 38 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 8 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 41 of 444 published contracts carry a period end; 21 end within 18 months, 8 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (28 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
+4 further identifiers not listed here.
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