eTendersNI: Login, Guide & Open Tenders
Operated by Department of Finance Northern Ireland·National portal (devolved government)·Login required to see documents
Official portaletendersni.gov.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How long bidders get to respond.
Middle value in days from the tender notice to its deadline.
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,057 lots from 682 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
How to bid on eTendersNI
Portal facts checked against the live portal in September 2026 · the notice always names the exact portal instance to use
eTendersNI is the public sector portal for all Northern Ireland departments, agencies, health and social care trusts, and local councils.
Suppliers register on the eTendersNI portal to express interest in government competitions and submit responses electronically.
- Registration
- Free Northern Ireland registration
- Access
- Login required to see documents
- Time to respond
- The middle value is 30 days from notice to deadline on 677 tender notices, register before the notice you want, not after.
Who buys through eTendersNIi
Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.
Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.
All notices naming this portal · official UK_CA_TYPE where published (NHS bodies are central government authorities for threshold purposes), else derived from the authority name
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.
Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.
Central government41%(935 notices)
935 of 2,271 notices are Central government (41%).Local authorities20%(447 notices)
447 of 2,271 notices are Local authorities (20%).Other public bodies7%(168 notices)
168 of 2,271 notices are Other public bodies (7%).Education & universities4%(97 notices)
97 of 2,271 notices are Education & universities (4%).Housing associations4%(81 notices)
81 of 2,271 notices are Housing associations (4%).Not classified24%(543 notices)
543 of 2,271 notices are Not classified (24%).
| Contracting authority | Type | Notices | Last 12 months | Open now |
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| Procurement and Logistics Service | not classified | 146 | 0 | 1 |
| the Education Authority | Central government | 144 | 31 | 1 |
| Northern Ireland Housing Executive | Central government | 122 | 34 | 3 |
| Derry City and Strabane District Council | Local authorities | 104 | 0 | 0 |
| Fermanagh and Omagh District Council | Local authorities | 93 | 40 | 6 |
| Translink | Other public bodies | 93 | 26 | 5 |
| Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council | Local authorities | 93 | 25 | 4 |
| Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council | Local authorities | 92 | 47 | 3 |
| NI Water and its subsidiaries | not classified | 78 | 0 | 0 |
| Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service | Central government | 74 | 26 | 2 |
280 distinct authorities in total · the ten most active shown.
Portal instances named in notices
2 distinct hosts in submission addresses · a multi-tenant portal runs one registration per instance, the notice names yours
etendersni.gov.uk2,309 notices · 100% · 54 openetendersni.gov.uk.epps1 notices · <1%What is procured on eTendersNIi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
CPV divisions on the notices naming this portal · a notice with several divisions counts in each · commercial tool and route as published, not a legal-regime claim
45 Construction work276 notices · 12%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting275 notices · 12%71 Architectural, construction, engineering215 notices · 9%33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals186 notices · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services145 notices · 6%85 Health and social work services144 notices · 6%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet131 notices · 6%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental104 notices · 5%i
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract82%(1,891 notices)
1,891 of 2,310 notices are Contract (82%).Framework17%(403 notices)
403 of 2,310 notices are Framework (17%).Dynamic purchasing system1%(16 notices)
16 of 2,310 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (1%).
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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.
Open84%(1,931 notices)
1,931 of 2,310 notices are Open (84%).Selective15%(357 notices)
357 of 2,310 notices are Selective (15%).Limited / restricted1%(17 notices)
17 of 2,310 notices are Limited / restricted (1%).Route not published0%(5 notices)
5 of 2,310 notices are Route not published (0%).
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How much of this market is above the legal threshold.
Notices by whether the buyer marked them above or below the threshold that triggers the full rules.
Above threshold64%(563 notices)
563 of 879 notices are Above threshold (64%).Below threshold36%(316 notices)
316 of 879 notices are Below threshold (36%).
Where the work is deliveredi
Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
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Where the work on these notices is delivered.
Delivery regions published on the notices. A notice with several regions counts in each.
Where the work is, not where the buyer is based.
Delivery regions (ITL1) published on 1,963 of 2,310 notices · a notice covering several regions counts in each
Competition and winners on eTendersNIi
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.
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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.
Bid counts as published per lot on contested contract notices of the last 36 months · winners ranked by distinct procedures won, award records shown alongside, single-supplier active awards with a canonical supplier · SME scale as declared on the award
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How many companies usually bid for a lot here.
The middle value of the bid counts that award notices publish, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 1,057 lots from 682 competitions on this portal, last 36 months.
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How often only one company bid.
Share of lots that received exactly one bid, on the same competitions as the bids figure.
249 of 1,057 lots, last 36 months.
High means a thin market or an incumbent that is hard to beat.
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What share of bids come from small and medium firms.
SME bids divided by all bids, on lots where the buyer published the split.
1,944 SME bids out of 4,352, where the buyer published the split.
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What share of contracts go to small and medium firms.
Awards to a single supplier that declared its size. SME divided by all.
1,960 of 2,673 awards where the winner declared its size.
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What buyers on this portal usually estimate.
Middle value of the estimates published on notices, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.
Based on 1,654 notices with a usable estimate.
An estimate on the notice, not what was awarded.
| Supplier | Procedures | Single-supplier awards | Buyers |
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| Withheld for security reasons | 34 | 55 | 13 |
| Information withheld for security reasons | 29 | 55 | 13 |
| ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD | 18 | 19 | 14 |
| Withheld Section94 supplier | 17 | 21 | 9 |
| FP McCann Ltd | 15 | 25 | 6 |
| Henderson Foodservice Limited | 11 | 36 | 6 |
| John McQuillan Contracts Ltd | 11 | 19 | 4 |
| WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES LTD t/a BREEDON | 9 | 10 | 4 |
2,691 single-supplier awards to 1,296 suppliers on notices naming this portal · the most frequent winners shown.
Open tenders on eTendersNI
54 open now · soonest deadline first · every row links to the notice page with the portal reference and documents
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- What counts as eTendersNI. A notice whose submission link points to this portal, including buyer-specific instances (2 addresses so far). Award notices rarely publish that link, so the awards side is undercounted. Notices from 14 Jan 2021 to 23 Oct 2026.
- Portal facts. Registration and login notes were checked on the live portal in September 2026. Portals change their sign-up steps; the notice’s own instructions take precedence.
- Independent. Portal and operator names belong to their owners and appear only to show where notices are published; Tenderline is not affiliated with, endorsed by or connected to any portal.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.