Business services tenders in Northern Ireland

CPV category: Business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, security) (79*)

We track 198 awarded business services (legal, marketing, consulting, recruitment, security) contracts (CPV 79*) in Northern Ireland. 14 of them have a published end date between 7 Jan 2027 and 7 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £816k, and half of awards fall between £250k and £1.9m (192 awards with a value). 145 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months14

Open tenders2

Median award£816k

Contracts tracked198

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 14)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends
ANDBC tender for the Provision of Tourism Destination Awareness Marketing Campaigns Find a Tender · CPV 79342000	Ards and North Down Borough Council	LIGHTHOUSE N.I. LTD	£226k	15 Jan 2027 re-tender may already be under way
The Provision of a Consultant Team to Develop a Playing Pitch Strategy Find a Tender · CPV 79000000	Armagh, Banbridge & Craigavon Borough Council	Otium Leisure Consultancy	£34k	28 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way
Provision of Stewarding and Crowd Control for Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council Find a Tender · CPV 79710000	Lisburn and Castlereagh City Council	EVENTSEC LTD	£59.8m	15 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way
Provision of Advertising & Related Service for DAERA Climate Change Public Awareness Campaign Find a Tender · CPV 79340000	Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs	Navigator Blue Ltd	£215k	2 Jun 2027 re-tender likely from ~2 Dec 2026
ID 6317199 - DFE - Consumer Council - NI HOUSEHOLD EXPENDITURE TRACKER Find a Tender · CPV 79310000	Consumer Council for Northern Ireland	Centre for Economics and Business Research	£124k	22 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~22 Mar 2027
T26-066BUS Project Evaluator - DNA Museum Project Find a Tender · CPV 79419000	Derry City and Strabane District Council	Harlow Consulting	£26k	30 Sep 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Mar 2027
Provision of Event Plant, Equipment and Crew Hire Services for ACBCBC Tourism, Arts and Culture Department Events Find a Tender · CPV 79952000	Armagh City, Banbridge and Craigavon Borough Council	Castle Stage Hire Ltd	£250k	19 Oct 2027 re-tender likely from ~19 Apr 2027
ID 6207077 - DFE - The Consumer Council - Market Research Find a Tender · CPV 79300000	Consumer Council for Northern Ireland	COGNISENSE LTD	£2.0m	26 Oct 2027 re-tender likely from ~26 Apr 2027
T153 - Executive Search Partner Find a Tender · CPV 79000000	NI Water	MCS PERSONNEL LTD	£240k	5 Jan 2028 re-tender likely from ~5 Jul 2027
T115 - Legal Services Lot 1 Find a Tender · CPV 79100000	Northern Ireland Water Limited	TLT LLP	£7.0m	31 Mar 2028 re-tender likely from ~30 Sep 2027

See all 14 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (2 of 2)

Opportunity	Buyer	Value	Deadline	Region
Tender for the Provision of Legal Services Find a Tender · CPV 79100000	Ards and North Down Borough Council	£1.8m	28 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time	Northern Ireland
APX058 - Framework for the Provision of Agency Nursing, Care, Support and Ancillary Staff Find a Tender · CPV 79624000	Apex Housing Association	£17.0m	30 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time	Northern Ireland

All open tenders in this category

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
Invest Northern Ireland	21	£4.4m
Invest NI	13	£19.1m
Education Authority NI	13	£13.9m
Queen's University Belfast	11	£9.6m
Translink	9	£39.9m
Belfast City Council	8	£7.4m
NI Water and its subsidiaries	7	£11.0m
Northern Ireland Housing Executive	6	£74.6m
Department of Finance	5	£153.3m
Tourism Northern Ireland	5	£39.0m

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
CLEAVER FULTON RANKIN LTD	17	£15.4m
Tughans	13	£2.0m
Carson McDowell LLP	10	£13.1m
ERNST YOUNG LLP	9	£4.9m
Deloitte - Main Account MCS/LLP	7	£13.7m
A L Goodbody Northern Ireland	7	£800k
CPL RESOURCES PUBLIC LIMITED COMPANY	6	£75.8m
COGENT MANAGEMENT CONSULTING LLP	6	£4.3m
KPMG	6	£4.3m
ANDERSON SPRATT GROUP LTD	5	£13.0m

Sub-categories

Business and management consultancy and related services (3050)Recruitment services (2178)Market and economic research; polling and statistics (1431)Miscellaneous business and business-related services (1430)Legal services (951)Accounting, auditing and fiscal services (681)Investigation and security services (605)Printing and related services (290)Office-support services (287)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.