DfI Transport and Road Asset Management (TRAM): Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Central government·Northern Ireland·Belfast
Official UK PPONPYQH-8789-DZPG
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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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 36 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.
27 awarded tenders, 44 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.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
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
45 Construction work15 procedures · 43%34 Transport equipment and products5 procedures · 14%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 9%44 Construction structures and materials2 procedures · 6%77 Agricultural, forestry, horticultural services2 procedures · 6%80 Education and training services2 procedures · 6%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental2 procedures · 6%14 Mining, basic metals and related products1 procedures · 3%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 · 35 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.
Contract63%(22 notices)
22 of 35 notices are Contract (63%).Framework37%(13 notices)
13 of 35 notices are Framework (37%).
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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.
Open66%(23 notices)
23 of 35 notices are Open (66%).Direct award17%(6 notices)
6 of 35 notices are Direct award (17%).Route not published17%(6 notices)
6 of 35 notices are Route not published (17%).
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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 36 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 14 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 35 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 20 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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| FP McCann Ltd | 6 | 22.2% | 4 | 31 | 18 Sept 2026 |
| John McQuillan Contracts Ltd | 5 | 18.5% | 4 | 27 | 22 Sept 2026 |
| WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES LTD t/a BREEDON | 5 | 18.5% | 3 | 8 | 12 May 2026 |
| GIBSON QUARRIES BANBRIDGE LIMITED | 4 | 14.8% | 3 | 7 | 18 Sept 2026 |
| Northstone Materials Limited | 3 | 11.1% | 2 | 7 | 12 May 2026 |
| PATRICK KEENAN | 3 | 11.1% | 1 | 5 | — |
| Patrick Keenan Quarries | 2 | 7.4% | 2 | 15 | 1 Sept 2026 |
| I.C.B. Emulsions Ltd t/a Colas NI | 2 | 7.4% | 1 | 12 | 1 Sept 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 30% of 27 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 44 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 published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
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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| DfI Roads and Rivers - Supply and Delivery of Ground Rock Salt | THE IRISH SALT MINING EXPLORATION COMPANY LTD | — | — | £17,615,000 † |
| DAC-0193 Motorway Control Instation | KAPSCH TRAFFICCOM LIMITED | 14 Apr 2026 | 6 yrs · up to 8.3 yrs | £11,220,000 ≈ £1.9m/yr |
| Supply and delivery of Ground Rock Salt | IRISH SALT MINING AND EXPLORATION COMPANY LIMITED-THE | 22 Sept 2026 | 3 yrs | £9,000,000 ≈ £3.0m/yr |
| DfI TRAM T-1170 Interim Surfacing Contract 2026 - ISCS1 Down | John McQuillan Contracts Ltd | 22 Sept 2026 | 2 mo · up to 1 yrs | £4,300,000 |
| DfI TRAM T-1171 Interim Surfacing Contract 2026 - ISCW1 Dungannon | FP McCann Ltd | 18 Sept 2026 | 2 mo · up to 1 yrs | £4,300,000 |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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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.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
Published end dates only · 24 of 74 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of 3 no. Semi Low loader/Machinery Carrier Trailers up to 44000k | MCCAULEY TRAILERS LTD | 3 Feb 2027 | £208,500 |
| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of Four Engine Driven Snow Blowers | Bucher Municipal Limited, Bucher Municipal Limited | 6 Feb 2027 | £411,860 |
| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of 4x4 Wheeled Loaders | COWAN BROS. NI LTD | 11 Mar 2027 | £355,002 |
| Lot 1 - Traffic Cones and Cylinders, Linked Pedestrian Barrier Board System and Hazard Warning Tape | CID Trading Limited | 20 Aug 2027 | £129,615 |
| Lot 2 – Warning Lamps | PWS Ireland Ltd | 20 Aug 2027 | £57,605 |
| Lot 3 - Delineator Posts and Retro Reflectors | PWS Ireland Ltd | 20 Aug 2027 | £155,480 |
| Lot 4 - Sign Fixings and Accessories | PWS Ireland Ltd | 20 Aug 2027 | £13,450 |
| Lot 5. NON TRANS-ILLUMINATED BOLLARDS | PWS Ireland Ltd | 20 Aug 2027 | £123,655 |
| Lot 6. Metal Decorative Bollards | PWS Ireland Ltd | 20 Aug 2027 | £185,250 |
| Lot 1 Eastern (Greater Belfast) | John Beers Ltd | 29 Jan 2028 | £1,350,000 |
Soonest 10 of 11 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 38 of 38 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Road Asset Management - Small Works FrameworkConstruction work for pipelines | Planning | 27 Mar 2026 | — |
| Supply and Delivery of Ground Rock SaltRock salt | Not published | 19 Mar 2026 | — |
| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of 4x4 Wheeled LoadersTransport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation | Awarded / complete | 15 Mar 2026 | £390,000 |
| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of Four Engine Driven Snow BlowersSnowploughs and snowblowers | Awarded / complete | 2 Mar 2026 | £500,000 |
| Framework for Watercourse MaintenanceConstruction work for water projects | Planning | 20 Feb 2026 | — |
| DfI TRAM Road Asset Management - Surfacing Framework BVarious surface works | Awarded / complete | 10 Feb 2026 | £181,500,000 |
| DfI TRAM – Supply & Delivery of 3 no. Semi Low loader/Machinery Carrier Trailers up to 44000kgTrailers | Awarded / complete | 9 Feb 2026 | £255,000 |
| Provision of Commercial Vehicle and Specialist Body Maintenance for the Greater Belfast and Northwest Areas. (2 Lots)Repair and maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 1 Feb 2026 | £2,250,000 |
| DfI TRAM T-1151 Interim Surfacing FrameworkConstruction work for pipelines | Awarded / complete | 13 Nov 2025 | £95,000,000 |
| IP Transmission Service | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2025 | — |
| WINTER SERVICE AND FOYLE BRIDGE - DATA AND WEATHER STATION MANAGEMENT | Awarded / complete | 3 Sept 2025 | — |
| DfI Tram T-1144 Term Contract for Road MarkingsConstruction work for pipelines | Awarded / complete | 8 Aug 2025 | £17,900,000 |
| Spare and Replacement Parts including Provision of Support for Cummins Engines | Awarded / complete | 21 Jul 2025 | — |
| DfI TRAM - Supply and Delivery of Traffic Signs and PostsIlluminated traffic signs | Awarded / complete | 12 Jun 2025 | £4,150,000 |
| DfI TRAM T-1129 Term Contract for Minor Improvement WorksConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 6 Jun 2025 | £114,000 |
| Major Civil Engineering Works FrameworkSite preparation work | Planning | 7 May 2025 | — |
| DfI TRAM - Provision of SCANNER Survey ServicesTechnical inspection services of engineering structures | Awarded / complete | 7 Apr 2025 | £1,400,000 |
| DfI TRAM T-1142 Term Contract for Environmental MaintenanceConstruction work for pipelines | Awarded / complete | 20 Mar 2025 | £41,250,000 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 24 of 74 published contracts state an end date; those feed “Contracts ending”.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.