Northern Ireland Prison Service: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

GOV.UK register: Executive agencyOther public bodyNorthern IrelandBelfast

Official UK PPONPRMX-2692-MXQX

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 16 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract100%(16 notices)
    16 of 16 notices are Contract (100%).
Procedure route
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  • Open75%(12 notices)
    12 of 16 notices are Open (75%).
  • Direct award13%(2 notices)
    2 of 16 notices are Direct award (13%).
  • Selective6%(1 notice)
    1 of 16 notices is Selective (6%).
  • Route not published6%(1 notice)
    1 of 16 notices is Route not published (6%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 15 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

5robust · n=1526.7% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 5 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

50 daysrobust · n=5
Notice amendments
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Based on 16 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

0.58 of 16 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 5 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

0% at estimaterobust · n=5

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Epi-Use Limited1100%1119 Mar 2026

1 awarded procedures across 1 suppliers: too few to describe concentration.

Published award value (24m)
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£31mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 16 of 16 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 85%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£650k middle valuerobust · n=16Middle half £206k–£1.8m.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
DoJ – NIPS - Supply and Delivery of General ‘Food to Go’, Sundry Items and Tobacco Items for Tuck Shop 2026Withheld Section94 supplier9 Jul 20265 yrs£16,260,500
≈ £3.3m/yr
ContractWithheld for security reasons——£3,500,000 †
Lot 3 – Brushes, Mops, Buckets and AccessoriesWithheld for security reasons——£2,365,000 †
ID 5949915 - NIPS Supply and Delivery of Toiletries & Personal Hygiene Items for Stores & Tuck Shop 2025Withheld Section94 supplier7 Nov 20255 yrs£2,150,000
≈ £430k/yr
Lot 4 – Cleaning Products and AccessoriesWithheld for security reasons——£1,705,000 †

Contracts ending
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49 of 50 contracts carry an end date, 42 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
ContractInformation withheld for security reasons10 Dec 2026 estimated£5,500,000
ID 6278672 DOJ DAC 16/25 DOJ - NIPS - SAP LicensesWithheld Section94 supplier31 Dec 2026£550,567
Lot 1 – Maghaberry Prison and Hydebank Wood College and Women’s PrisonInformation withheld for security reasons4 Jul 2027 estimated£1,300,000
Lot 2 - Magilligan PrisonInformation withheld for security reasons4 Jul 2027 estimated£700,000
Lot 4 - Stab Proof VestInformation withheld for security reasons31 Dec 2027 estimated£300,000
ContractInformation withheld for security reasons19 Jan 2028 estimated£1,000,000
Lot 1 – Delph Plates, Bowls, Beakers, Cups and SaucersWithheld for security reasons6 Feb 2028 estimated£5,000
Lot 2 – Plastic Jugs, Bowls, Beakers, Bottles and Cooking UtensilsWithheld for security reasons6 Feb 2028 estimated£10,000
Lot 3 – Stainless Steel Cooking Utensils, Cutlery and ContainersWithheld for security reasons6 Feb 2028 estimated£10,000
Lot 4 – Polypropylene and Polycarbonate ItemsWithheld for security reasons6 Feb 2028 estimated£300,000

Soonest 10 of 19 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 36 of 36 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
ID 5177126 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Fresh and Prepared Fruit and Vegetablescentral purchasing body2 lotsFruitAwarded / complete19 Jul 2024£2,000,000
ID 5279337 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Mattressescentral purchasing bodyMattressesOpen17 Apr 2024£1,500,000
NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Inmates Clothingcentral purchasing body2 lotsClothing accessoriesAwarded / complete20 Dec 2023£710,000
ID 4573120 - NIPS – Supply, Delivery and Refurbishment of Cell Snatch Rescue EquipmentBreathing apparatus for firefightingAwarded / complete1 Sept 2023£250,000
New Female Facility at Hydebank WoodConstruction project management servicesPlanned25 Aug 2023£2,500,000
ID 4859781 - DoJ - NIPS - Provision of a Transport Shuttle Service for HMP Maghaberry for the Northern Ireland Prison Servicecentral purchasing bodyRoad transport servicesAwarded / complete15 Aug 2023£200,000
ID 4769963 - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Control and Restraint Equipment and Accessoriescentral purchasing body6 lotsEmergency and security equipmentAwarded / complete9 Aug 2023£400,000
DOJ 4707530 NIPS General Facilities Management Contract (2023)central purchasing bodyElectrical installation workOpen3 Mar 2023£24,000,000
ID 4542395 NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Bedding, Towels and Curtainscentral purchasing bodyBed linenAwarded / complete15 Feb 2023£700,000
ID 4239643 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Control and Restraint Equipmentcentral purchasing body7 lotsClothingAwarded / complete31 Jan 2023£1,000,000
DOJ - 3488088 - NIPS Minor Works Term Service Contractcentral purchasing bodyBuilding construction workAwarded / complete25 Aug 2022—
ID 4088812 - DoJ NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Fresh and Prepared Fruit and Vegetablescentral purchasing body2 lotsFruit vegetablesAwarded / complete6 Jun 2022£2,000,000
DOJ NIPS Supply and Delivery of Personal Protection Equipment and Consumables 20223 lotsOccupational clothingPlanned5 Apr 2022£10,000,000
ID 3784056 - DoJ - NIPS - Supply and Delivery of Frozen Foodcentral purchasing bodyDeep-frozen productsAwarded / complete5 Jan 2022£3,300,000
DOJ NIPS Supply and Delivery of Personal Protection Equipment and Consumables 2021central purchasing body2 lotsDisposable glovesOpen7 Jul 2021£10,000,000
DOJ - 3488088 - NIPS Minor Works Term Service Contractcentral purchasing bodyBuilding construction workOpen2 Apr 2021£45,000,000

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About this data
  • 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. 49 of 50 published contracts have an end date; 42 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.