Translink: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Other public body·Northern Ireland·Belfast
Official UK PPONPTMT-7134-NRMV
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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 many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 32 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
158 awarded tenders, 231 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
5 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| P-3380 Accounts Payable Document Capture Solution | 18 Nov 2026 | 21d | £298,400 |
| P-3187 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Supplies, and Plant Service and Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | 28 Feb 2029 | 854d | £500,000 |
| P-3186 Translink Bus Coach and Support Vehicle Warranty and Accident/Defect Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) | 28 Feb 2029 | 854d | £950,000 |
| P-3449 Supply of Bus, Coach and Support Vehicle Replacement Parts | 19 May 2034 | 2,761d | — |
| P-3462 Revenue Generating Sale of Buses and Coaches | 31 Aug 2034 | 2,865d | — |
What they buyi
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.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
34 Transport equipment and products23 procedures · 27% · 2 open79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting15 procedures · 17%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet11 procedures · 13% · 1 open50 Repair and maintenance services10 procedures · 12% · 2 open48 Software package and information systems8 procedures · 9%71 Architectural, construction, engineering7 procedures · 8%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental6 procedures · 7%42 Industrial machinery5 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 86 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract69%(59 notices)
59 of 86 notices are Contract (69%).Framework26%(22 notices)
22 of 86 notices are Framework (26%).Dynamic purchasing system6%(5 notices)
5 of 86 notices are Dynamic purchasing system (6%).
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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.
Open60%(52 notices)
52 of 86 notices are Open (60%).Route not published22%(19 notices)
19 of 86 notices are Route not published (22%).Selective16%(14 notices)
14 of 86 notices are Selective (16%).Direct award1%(1 notice)
1 of 86 notices is Direct award (1%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 32 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 25 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 86 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 19 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
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.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Dennison Commercials Ltd | 6 | 3.8% | 2 | 6 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| FP McCann Ltd | 6 | 3.8% | 0 | 6 | — |
| Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbus | 5 | 3.2% | 4 | 5 | 30 Sept 2026 |
| BALLYMENA ENGINES SPARES LIMITED | 5 | 3.2% | 3 | 5 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| McLaughlin and Harvey Limited | 5 | 3.2% | 0 | 5 | — |
| ARCADIS CONSULTING (UK) LIMITED | 4 | 2.5% | 1 | 4 | 26 Mar 2026 |
| ROAD TRUCKS LIMITED | 4 | 2.5% | 1 | 4 | 17 Jun 2026 |
| HEAVY DUTY PARTS LIMITED | 4 | 2.5% | 1 | 4 | 17 Jun 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 10% of 158 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 231 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Supply and Delivery of Liquid Fuel (2026-30) | LCC GROUP LIMITED | 27 May 2026 | 4 yrs · up to 7 yrs | £245,000,000 ≈ £61m/yr |
| Contract | British Telecommunications Plc | — | — | £9,000,000 † |
| Contract | PSV GLASS GLAZING LIMITED | — | — | £6,000,000 † |
| P-3226 Managed Service for the Supply and Delivery of Corporate Clothing and Workwear | Hunter Apparel Solutions Limited | 29 Apr 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £5,690,000 ≈ £1.9m/yr |
| Merchant Acquiring Services 2025-2031 | U.S. BANK EUROPE DAC | 1 Oct 2025 | 3.9 yrs · up to 5.9 yrs | £4,307,200 ≈ £1.1m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
135 of 192 contracts carry an end date, 97 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Contract | ARDMORE ADVERTISING MARKETING LTD, MORROW COMMUNICATIONS LTD, Whitenoise Design Ltd | 29 Oct 2026 estimated | £540,000 |
| Contract | COGNISENSE LTD, Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP, Social Market Research | 23 Dec 2026 estimated | £600,000 |
| Contract | ALL SERVICE ONE LIMITED, Autoradz Limited, BALLYMENA ENGINES SPARES LIMITED +5 | 23 Jan 2027 estimated | Not published |
| Contract | GEM OILS LIMITED | 24 Feb 2027 estimated | £1,737,666 |
| Contract | PLASSER UK LTD | 8 Mar 2027 estimated | Not published |
| Contract | KARCHER CRAIGMORE BELFAST LTD | 17 Mar 2027 estimated | £145,737 |
| Contract | FONACAB BELFAST LIMITED | 14 Apr 2027 estimated | £210,000 |
| Contract | SNC-Lavalin Rail Transit Limited | 22 Apr 2027 estimated | £225,000 |
| Contract | Client Analysis Relationship Development CARD GROUP | 2 May 2027 estimated | £850,000 |
| Contract | J K COACHES LTD | 27 May 2027 estimated | £8,000,000 |
Soonest 10 of 26 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 290 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| PSV Inspection Training and Competency Management ProgrammeAdult and other education services | Awarded / complete | 21 Oct 2026 | £655,000 |
| C9407 Supply of Parts for Volvo Vehicles | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | — |
| P-3370 Supply of Double Deck Diesel BusesBuses and coaches | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | £60,000,000 |
| Framework for Rail Fleet Engineering SupportManagement-related services | Planning | 13 Oct 2026 | £30,000,000 |
| FW126 Independent Environmental ServicesEnvironmental services | Planning | 8 Oct 2026 | — |
| P-3477 Ballast Regulator – Brush Box and Dust Suppression SystemRailway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts | Awarded / complete | 30 Sept 2026 | £550,000 |
| P-3051 Supply of Heavy Duty Electric Vehicle Charging SolutionsElectronic equipment | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | £60,000,000 |
| P-3467 Supply of Fluid Servicing Line at Fortwilliam DepotRepair and maintenance services | Awarded / complete | 22 Sept 2026 | £250,000 |
| Multibrand Diagnostic SystemBuses and coaches | Awarded / complete | 21 Sept 2026 | £280,000 |
| Pre-Market Engagement - P-3503 Provision of End User DevicesComputer equipment and supplies | Planning | 15 Sept 2026 | £1 |
| Fortwilliam and York Road Train Wash ReplacementsRailway equipment | Planning | 14 Sept 2026 | £3,500,000 |
| PRE MARKET ENGAGEMENT FW137 QUANTITY SURVERYING AND COMMERIAL SERVICESQuantity surveying services | Planning | 10 Sept 2026 | £5,000,000 |
| FW130 Civil Engineering Contractors FrameworkWorks for complete or part construction and civil engineering work | Planning | 4 Sept 2026 | — |
| FW127 - Infrastructure Professional ServicesCivil engineering consultancy services | Open | 4 Sept 2026 | £78,000,000 |
| C9370 Supply of Bus Body Panels - ADL | Awarded / complete | 4 Sept 2026 | — |
| P-3352 Cyber Security and PCI DSS Auditing ServicesComputer audit and testing services | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | £560,000 |
| P-3372 Supply of Road Rail Recovery VehicleRailway and tramway locomotives and rolling stock and associated parts | Awarded / complete | 2 Sept 2026 | £750,000 |
| C9368 Supply of Bus Body Panels - Bamford | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | — |
| P-3423 Corporation Tax ServicesAccounting and auditing services | Awarded / complete | 25 Aug 2026 | £240,000 |
| SUPPLY AND INSTALL OF RAIL CARRIAGE LIFTING JACKSLifting and handling equipment and parts | Open | 17 Aug 2026 | £2,000,000 |
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.
- 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. 135 of 192 published contracts have an end date; 97 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.
- 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.