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# Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service-gov-ea725). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service is a UK Contracting Authority based in Northern Ireland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 12 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service
- **Classification:** UK Contracting Authority
- **Delivery Region:** Northern Ireland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-138527` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 12
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £104m (median award: £500k) across 5 of 5 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service-gov-ea725

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4.5 bids (median of 4 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 25% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 2 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 6 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 4 (67%), Direct award: 1 (17%), Route not published: 1 (17%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Administration, defence and social security](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/administration-defence-and-social-security-services-75000000) (CPV 75):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
3. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
4. **[Security, fire-fighting, police](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipment-35000000) (CPV 35):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
5. **[Postal and telecommunications services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/postal-and-telecommunications-services-64000000) (CPV 64):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **Withheld Section94 supplier:** £102m · [DOJ NICTS — Provision of Security and Ancillary Services 2026](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doj-nicts-provision-of-security-and-ancillary-services-2026-ocds-h6vhtk-06aca3) · Awarded: 2 Oct 2026
2. **Withheld for security reasons:** £1.0m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/doj-nicts-provision-of-transcription-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04b66f)
3. **Details Withheld for security reasons:** £500k · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-5531726-doj-nicts-provision-of-court-funds-office-it-upgrade-and-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf85)
4. **Withheld Section94 supplier:** £175k · [NICTS Appointment of a Broker to commission the sale of an arrested shipping vessel](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/nicts-appointment-of-a-broker-to-commission-the-sale-of-an-arrested-shipping-vessel-ocds-h6vhtk-06eb3c) · Awarded: 25 Aug 2026
5. **Withheld Section94 supplier:** £148k · [ID 6399517 - DoJ - Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS) Window Cleaning Services Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-6399517-doj-northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service-nicts-window-cleaning-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06984f) · Awarded: 15 Sept 2026

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **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 Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service-gov-ea725#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-courts-and-tribunals-service-gov-ea725
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt