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# NI Water and its subsidiaries · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** NI Water and its subsidiaries is a UK Contracting Authority based in Northern Ireland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 155 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** NI Water and its subsidiaries
- **Classification:** UK Contracting Authority
- **Delivery Region:** Northern Ireland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-94` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 155
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £11m (median award: £3.8m) across 3 of 3 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 13 bids (median of 8 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 12 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 5 (42%), Selective: 5 (42%), Route not published: 2 (17%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 6 notices, last 24 months (50% of this period)
2. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 3 notices, last 24 months (25% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 2 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
4. **[Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33):** 1 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)
5. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 1 notices, last 24 months (8% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[RPS Environmental Management Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/rps-environmental-management-limited-coh-01756175):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
2. **[Thermo Electron Manufacturing Ltd t/a Thermo Fisher Scientific](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thermo-electron-manufacturing-ltd-t-a-thermo-fisher-scientif-coh-00441506):** 3 procedures (5 awards)
3. **[John McQuillan Contracts Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/john-mcquillan-contracts-ltd-coh-ni003255):** 3 procedures (5 awards)
4. **[CURIO GROUP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/curio-group-coh-08207271):** 2 procedures
5. **[DRILLING PUMPING SUPPLIES LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/drilling-pumping-supplies-ltd-GB-FTS-81268):** 2 procedures (11 awards)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Cobra Specialist Security Services](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cobra-specialist-security-services-coh-ni034725):** £5.6m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c1264-provision-of-security-and-ancillary-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf46)
2. **[ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/anderson-spratt-group-ltd-coh-ni026707):** £3.8m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/c1245-full-services-marketing-ocds-h6vhtk-04e5a0)
3. **[CURIO GROUP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/curio-group-coh-08207271):** £1.2m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/a016-maintenance-of-ozone-equipment-and-the-provision-of-spare-parts-ocds-h6vhtk-04e6c9)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 0
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 3
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full NI Water and its subsidiaries intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ni-water-and-its-subsidiaries-GB-FTS-94
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt