Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtLocal authorityNorthern IrelandLisburn

Official UK PPONPHHT-5875-NTNM

Open now3next deadline 2 Oct 2026
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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.

Notices, last 12 months50+16% vs prior 12 months (43)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot236.7% single-bid · 30 bid reports
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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 30 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share12%of 73 awarded procedures · 80 suppliers
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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.

73 awarded tenders, 80 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months72 within 6 months
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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 award value, 24m£148mnet · on 22 of 38 single-supplier awards · top 5 = 96%
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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.

Open notices

3 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build

What they buy
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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

How they buy
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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 · 93 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract 81% (75 notices)
  • Dynamic purchasing system 10% (9 notices)
  • Framework 10% (9 notices)
Procedure route
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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 74% (69 notices)
  • Route not published 12% (11 notices)
  • Limited / restricted 9% (8 notices)
  • Direct award 4% (4 notices)
  • Selective 1% (1 notices)
Typical bids per lot
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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 30 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

2robust · n=3036.7% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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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 19 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

41 daysrobust · n=19
Notice amendments
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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 93 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

042 of 93 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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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 13 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

A past pattern, not a price to bid.

Last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=13

Who wins here
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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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Cobra Specialist Security Services34.1%3420 Jul 2026
THE MOUNT CHARLES GROUP LTD34.1%2421 Nov 2025
Irish Waste Services34.1%1413 Nov 2024
Whiteisland Nursery34.1%1327 Jan 2025
Stepping Stones34.1%1310 Oct 2024
Skipway Waste Management and Recycling34.1%0326 Sept 2022
H & J Martin Ltdframework/DPS on 122.7%226 May 2026
COMMUNITY ADVICE LISBURN & CASTLEREAGH22.7%1222 Apr 2026

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 12% of 73 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 80 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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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.

£148mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 22 of 38 single-supplier awards; the five largest make 96%; a further 14 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£62m inc. VAT, kept apart).
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£419k middle valuerobust · n=22Middle half £259k–£828k.
Largest published awards
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The 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.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF LOCK, UNLOCK, KEY HOLDING AND ALARM RESPONSE SERVICESCobra Specialist Security Services——£104,012,100 †
Carryduff Waste Recycling Centre Integrated Consultancy Team Services for Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilWDR & RT Taggart15 Aug 20252 yrs£24,575,200
≈ £12m/yr
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF LOCK, UNLOCK, KEY HOLDING AND ALARM RESPONSE SERVICES T21/22-037Cobra Specialist Security Services——£11,363,316 †
TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF LOCK, UNLOCK, KEY HOLDING AND ALARM RESPONSE SERVICES T21/22-037Cobra Specialist Security Services——£1,136,316 †
Static Attendants T2627-002Cobra Specialist Security Services20 Jul 20261 yrs · up to 3 yrs£943,460
≈ £943k/yr

Contracts ending
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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 · 15 of 91 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 178 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
T26/27-030 Mediation Service within Private Rented Sector Northern IrelandFrameworkCall centreAwarded / complete25 Sept 2026£250,000
Pre-Market Engagement Exercise relating to Food and Drink Programme 2027-2029DPSCatering servicesPlanning1 Sept 2026—
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 04 - Boiler Plant and Combustion SystemsDPSHeating-plant repair and maintenance workPlanning21 Aug 2026—
Pre-Market Engagement - Service for the Collection, Transportation and Recovery of Waste Wood from Council Household Recycling CentresRefuse and waste related servicesPlanning14 Aug 2026—
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 08 - Emergency Lighting SystemsDPSElectrical-system repair servicesPlanning14 Aug 2026—
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 03 - Intruder Alarm Systems and MonitoringDPSAlarm systemsPlanning7 Aug 2026—
T2627 012 - PM and RM 12 - Building Energy Management Systems BEMSRepair and maintenance servicesOpen30 Jul 2026£260,000
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 09 - Lift Maintenance ServicesDPSLift and escalator installation workPlanning24 Jul 2026—
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 011 - CCTV Maintenance ServicesDPSClosed-circuit surveillance systemPlanning24 Jul 2026—
Pre Market Engagement Exercise relating to the procurement of PPM and RM 07 - Fire Alarm and Life Safety SystemsDPSFire-alarm systemsPlanning24 Jul 2026—
Static Attendants T2627-002RecreationalAwarded / complete21 Jul 2026£943,460
Lock and Unlock Services T2627-0014 lotsSecurity servicesAwarded / complete21 Jul 2026£516,981
Works in Relation to the Carryduff Household Recycling Centre UpgradBuilding construction workOpen1 Jul 2026£5,160,000
Retender of PPM / RM of Rain and Wastewater Drainage Systems for Lisburn & Castlereagh City CouncilDrainage systemOpen19 Jun 2026£301,378
PPM and RM 06 Airconditioning and Ventilation Systems for Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilInspection of ventilation systemAwarded / complete18 Jun 2026£462,114
PPM and RM 10 Legionella Management for Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilEnvironmental safety servicesAwarded / complete18 Jun 2026£631,671
REVISED T25/26-056 PPM and RM 03 Fire, Security and Communication Systems for Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilClosed-circuit surveillance systemAwarded / complete10 Jun 2026£91,093,400
Supply of Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council2 lotsProtective and safety clothingOpen2 Jun 2026£508,000
T25/26-089 PROVISION OF CARETAKER AND RECEPTION SERVICES AT THE BRADFORD COURT OFFICECaretaker servicesAwarded / complete14 May 2026£211,800
PPM and RM 20 - Rain and Wastewater Drainage Systems for Lisburn and Castlereagh City CouncilDrainage systemAwarded / complete22 Apr 2026£3,013,781

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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 (£118m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
  • Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 42 award records on 30 procedures (38 to a single canonical supplier, 2 multi-supplier, 2 with no supplier published). 16 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 14 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: 15 of 91 published contracts carry a period end; 7 end within 18 months, 2 within 6.
  • Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (10 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-FTS-161930GB-FTS-162147GB-FTS-18335GB-FTS-24333GB-FTS-35157GB-FTS-37405GB-FTS-37520GB-FTS-563GB-FTS-66460GB-FTS-78990

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