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# Police Service of Northern Ireland · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-service-of-northern-ireland-gov-ot657). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Police Service of Northern Ireland is a Police & fire based in Northern Ireland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 55 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Police Service of Northern Ireland
- **Classification:** Police & fire
- **Delivery Region:** Northern Ireland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-134580` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 55
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £5.1m (median award: £785k) across 4 of 4 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** govuk-organisations (Police Service of Northern Ireland)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-service-of-northern-ireland-gov-ot657

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 50% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 5 (83%), Framework: 1 (17%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 4 (67%), Limited / restricted: 2 (33%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Security, fire-fighting, police](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/security-fire-fighting-police-and-defence-equipment-35000000) (CPV 35):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
2. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
3. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 2 notices, last 24 months (33% of this period)
4. **[Clothing, footwear, bags](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/clothing-footwear-luggage-articles-and-accessories-18000000) (CPV 18):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 1 notices, last 24 months (17% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Name with-held for security reasons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/name-with-held-for-security-reasons-GB-FTS-34):** 1 procedures
2. **[Restricted for security reasons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/restricted-for-security-reasons-GB-FTS-80692):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **Withheld for security reasons:** £3.3m · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-5642366-psni-the-provision-of-maintenance-services-for-fixed-wing-aircraft-ocds-h6vhtk-04db4d)
2. **Sensitive Information:** £800k · [ID 5823353 - PSNI DAC 18/24 -CiFEx IBIS - Integrated Ballistic Identification System DAC](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-5823353-psni-dac-18-24-cifex-ibis-integrated-ballistic-identification-system-dac-ocds-h6vhtk-04dee3)
3. **Information withheld for security reasons:** £770k · [Contract](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-5823353-psni-dac-18-24-cifex-ibis-integrated-ballistic-identification-system-dac-ocds-h6vhtk-04dee3)
4. **Information withheld for security reasons:** £174k · [Specialist Clothing and Equipment](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-5315142-psni-supply-and-delivery-of-outdoor-clothing-ocds-h6vhtk-04cede)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 5
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 11
- **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 Police Service of Northern Ireland intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-service-of-northern-ireland-gov-ot657#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/police-service-of-northern-ireland-gov-ot657
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt