# eTendersNI (Department of Finance Northern Ireland) · UK E-Sourcing Portal Intelligence

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/platforms/etendersni). Official UK public procurement portal intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Portal Summary:** eTendersNI (operated by Department of Finance Northern Ireland) is an electronic tendering system used across the UK public sector. Tracked across 2,310 published procedures (521 in the last 12 months) by 280 contracting authorities, with 54 live opportunities routing submissions through this gateway right now.

## Key Portal Information

- **Portal:** eTendersNI

- **Operator:** Department of Finance Northern Ireland

- **Primary Domains / Hosts:** `etendersni.gov.uk`, `etendersni.gov.uk.epps`

- **Live Open Tenders:** 54

- **Notices in Last 12 Months:** 521

- **Total Catalogue Procedures:** 2,310

- **Contracting Authorities (12m):** 74 (280 lifetime)

- **Typical Tender Window:** 30 days (median, notice publication to submission deadline)

- **Median Published Estimate:** £700k

- **Tenderline Portal Dossier:** https://tenderline.uk/platforms/etendersni

## How to Bid & Registration Prerequisites

eTendersNI is the public sector portal for all Northern Ireland departments, agencies, health and social care trusts, and local councils.

- **Registration Advice:** Free Northern Ireland registration

## Competition & Bidding Benchmarks

- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (middle half 2–5) (median of 682 contested contract procedures, 36 months)

- **Single-Bid Rate:** 24% of lots drew only one bidder

- **SME Win Rate:** 73% of declared awards won by small & medium enterprises

## Live Open Tenders Routing through eTendersNI

Currently open for bidding with submission on this portal (soonest deadline first):

1. [T26/27-013 DIIB Catering and Bar Operator](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t26-27-013-diib-catering-and-bar-operator-ocds-h6vhtk-06b1a1): £300,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

2. [P1172 - Provision of Taxi Services (Causeway and West Area)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/p1172-provision-of-taxi-services-causeway-and-west-area-ocds-h6vhtk-077eaf): £200,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · Northern Ireland Housing Executive

3. [ID 6251236 - PSNI - Provision of NIRSP/PSNI FPPC Support Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/id-6251236-psni-provision-of-nirsp-psni-fppc-support-services-ocds-h6vhtk-050a05): £16,000,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · Police Service of Northern Ireland (PSNI)

4. [DOF - Office Portering Service and Short-term Storage of Furniture for Department of Finance Properties Division](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dof-office-portering-service-and-short-term-storage-of-furniture-for-department-of-finance-ocds-h6vhtk-0778c6): £825,000 · Deadline: 26 Oct 2026 · Department of Finance

5. [APX052 - Supply of Electricity](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/apx052-supply-of-electricity-ocds-h6vhtk-077eff): £1,700,000 · Deadline: 27 Oct 2026 · Apex Housing Association

6. [Student Counselling Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/student-counselling-services-ocds-h6vhtk-06907f): £1,200,000 · Deadline: 27 Oct 2026 · THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER

7. [High Voltage Maintenance Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/high-voltage-maintenance-services-ocds-h6vhtk-0776ed): £219,616 · Deadline: 27 Oct 2026 · THE UNIVERSITY OF ULSTER

8. [Consultation Services for Existing Town Plan Reviews, and Rural Place Plan Review Development for Gilford, Keady and Rathfriland](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultation-services-for-existing-town-plan-reviews-and-rural-place-plan-review-developme-ocds-h6vhtk-0782c8): £54,000 · Deadline: 28 Oct 2026 · Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council

## Leading Contracting Authorities on eTendersNI

Top public authorities routing procurements through this portal:

1. [Procurement and Logistics Service](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/procurement-and-logistics-service-GB-FTS-4533): 146 notices (0 in last 12m) · **1 open**

2. [the Education Authority](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-education-authority-GB-PPON-PPHJ-6982-JPXY): 144 notices (31 in last 12m) · **1 open**

3. [Northern Ireland Housing Executive](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/northern-ireland-housing-executive-gov-pb1212): 122 notices (34 in last 12m) · **3 open**

4. [Derry City and Strabane District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/derry-city-and-strabane-district-council-ons-n09000005): 104 notices (0 in last 12m)

5. [Fermanagh and Omagh District Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/fermanagh-and-omagh-district-council-ons-n09000006): 93 notices (40 in last 12m) · **6 open**

6. [Translink](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/translink-GB-PPON-PTMT-7134-NRMV): 93 notices (26 in last 12m) · **5 open**

7. [Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/lisburn-castlereagh-city-council-ons-n09000007): 93 notices (25 in last 12m) · **4 open**

8. [Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/armagh-city-banbridge-and-craigavon-borough-council-ons-n09000002): 92 notices (47 in last 12m) · **3 open**

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)

Key sectors procured via eTendersNI:

1. [Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45): 276 notices (12%)

2. [Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79): 275 notices (12%)

3. [Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71): 215 notices (9%)

4. [Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/medical-devices-pharma-33000000) (CPV 33): 186 notices (8%)

5. [Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50): 145 notices (6%)

6. [Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85): 144 notices (6%)

## Delivery Geography (ITL-1 Regions)

Key delivery regions for procurements published on eTendersNI:

1. [Northern Ireland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/northern-ireland): 1,963 notices (100%)

2. [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london): 4 notices (0%)

3. [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland): 3 notices (0%)

4. [East of England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/east-of-england): 1 notices (0%)

5. [Wales (Cymru)](https://tenderline.uk/regions/wales): 1 notices (0%)

## Leading Awarded Suppliers on eTendersNI

Top winning suppliers on notices routing through this portal:

1. [Withheld for security reasons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/withheld-for-security-reasons-GB-FTS-73325): 34 procedures (55 awards) across 13 contracting authorities

2. [Information withheld for security reasons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/information-withheld-for-security-reasons-GB-FTS-186639): 29 procedures (55 awards) across 13 contracting authorities

3. [ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/anderson-spratt-group-ltd-coh-ni026707): 18 procedures (19 awards) across 14 contracting authorities

4. [Withheld Section94 supplier](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/withheld-section94-supplier-GB-FTS-167711): 17 procedures (21 awards) across 9 contracting authorities

5. [FP McCann Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fp-mccann-ltd-coh-ni013563): 15 procedures (25 awards) across 6 contracting authorities

6. [Henderson Foodservice Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/henderson-foodservice-limited-coh-ni006894): 11 procedures (36 awards) across 6 contracting authorities

7. [John McQuillan Contracts Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/john-mcquillan-contracts-ltd-coh-ni003255): 11 procedures (19 awards) across 4 contracting authorities

8. [WHITEMOUNTAIN QUARRIES LTD t/a BREEDON](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/whitemountain-quarries-ltd-t-a-breedon-coh-ni018140): 9 procedures (10 awards) across 4 contracting authorities

## Interactive Intelligence & Provenance

> **Complete Portal Dossier:** Historical tender flows, portal hosts, buyer types, and direct submission routes are available on Tenderline:

> [Explore interactive eTendersNI intelligence on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/platforms/etendersni)

## Provenance and Open Data

- **Data Source:** Official procurement notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.

- **Canonical Platform URL:** https://tenderline.uk/platforms/etendersni

- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt