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Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security contracts in Northern Ireland

2 live and 46 total public-sector opportunities matched to CPV 79000000 in Northern Ireland.

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Procuring business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Northern Ireland

This page tracks public-sector demand for business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security (CPV 79000000) published by contracting authorities in Northern Ireland. Tendarix has indexed 46 matching contracts here, 2 of which are open for bids right now.

Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.

Northern Ireland's public procurement is highly centralised: the Construction and Procurement Delivery (CPD) unit tenders for most departments, alongside centres of procurement expertise for health (PaLS), education, housing (NIHE) and utilities. Notices publish through eTendersNI. Eleven councils handle local services, and the Northern Ireland Housing Executive is one of the UK's largest social-housing buyers.

Notices are aggregated from Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, the devolved-nation portals and 400+ council procurement sites, then summarised in plain English. Suppliers working in Northern Ireland use the chart below to gauge how active this category is month-to-month, and the list to find live opportunities to bid on.

Procurement activity over the last 12 months

18 contracts worth £507.4m in disclosed value were published for Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Northern Ireland in the last year. Bars show monthly contract volume; the line tracks known award value.

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security opportunities in Northern Ireland

CA18545 - RFQ 2026/41 - Regeneration and Economic Development Strategy 2027 - 2030

£30k
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 23/10/2026

TEO - CVSNI - The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families

The Executive Office

CA18488 - RFQ2026/37 - Appointment of Specialist Consultancy Team to present options regarding appropriate operating models for a new Theatre and Conference facility in Newry City.

£29k
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 07/10/2026

CA18406 - Tender 48/2026 - Facilitation for Mourne Gullion Strangford Sustainable Tourism Network Development Programme

£95k
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 16/09/2026

CA18403 - RFQ 2026/32 - PR Agent for DTFF Celebration Event

£30k
Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 15/09/2026

CA18136 - Tender 22/2026 - Provision of Marquees and Tents for NMDDC Events Department

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 17/07/2026

CA18123 - RFQ 2026/17 - Newry, Mourne and Down Residents Survey 2026

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 08/07/2026

CA18086 - Tender 16/2026 - Public Address & Lighting Systems for NMDDC Events Department

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 10/07/2026

TEO - CVSNI - The Needs and Experiences of Troubles/conflict bereaved families

The Executive Office·Closes 22/07/2026

CA18071 - Tender 17/2026 - Event Staging and Auxiliary Services for Newry, Mourne & Down District Council Events

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 08/07/2026

CA18022 - ITT 30/2026 - PEACEPLUS PP1005 Altnaveigh House Refurbishment Project

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 08/07/2026

CA17987 - Tender 18/2026 - Event Stewarding to include Event Safety and Safeguarding Duties for NMDDC Events Department

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 26/06/2026

ID 5029674 - EONI - Printing of Ballot Papers and Associated Documents

£400k
The Electoral Office for Northern Ireland

Agency Workers – Medical and Dental

£310000k–380000k
Regional Business Services Organisation Procurement and Logistics Service

CA17511 - RFQ 2025/74 - Specialist Consultancy Team to support the implementation of an operating model for a new Theatre and Conference facility

Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD)·Closes 22/04/2026

S1132 (2020) Security Services

£3314k
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd

TENDER FOR THE PROVISION OF LOCK, UNLOCK, KEY HOLDING AND ALARM RESPONSE SERVICES

£104012k
Lisburn & Castlereagh City Council

Framework for the Provision of Agency Workers to the NI Housing Executive – Lot Three – Technical & Professional Specialist Roles.

£19500k
Northern Ireland Housing Executive

S1210 (2025) Public Information and Awareness Campaigns

£2420k
Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd

SONI039 -Workplace and Facilities Management (FM) Services

£3742k
SONI Ltd

Frequently asked questions

How many Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security tenders are live in Northern Ireland?

There are 2 live Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security opportunities in Northern Ireland right now, out of 46 indexed in total. This page updates daily as buyers publish new notices.

Who buys Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security in Northern Ireland?

The most active buyers in Northern Ireland for this category on Tendarix include Newry, Mourne and Down District Council (NMD), Queen's University Belfast, Northern Ireland Electricity Networks Ltd. Every tier of the public sector buys here: councils (legal frameworks, agency staff, comms campaigns), NHS (recruitment, interpretation), central government (consultancy via CCS MCF, security via CCS frameworks) and universities.

What does CPV code 79000000 cover?

Division 79 covers business services — legal, marketing, management consulting, recruitment, printing management, security guarding, cleaning-adjacent facilities services and translation. It is the highest-volume services division and the default code for professional services.

How do I win Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security contracts in Northern Ireland?

Identify the framework that channels your niche — MCF for consultancy, the legal panels, staffing frameworks for recruitment — because direct open tenders are the minority of spend. Interpretation/translation, security guarding and marketing are frequently regional and SME-winnable: evaluations score sector-specific case studies, named account teams and measurable outcomes (fill rates, response times, campaign metrics), so quantify everything. Register on eTendersNI — it is the single gateway for almost everything, and CPD's pipeline notices give unusually good forward visibility. Social-value scoring (minimum 10% under NI's Procurement Policy Note 01/21) applies to most tenders; for construction and maintenance, NIHE's cyclical programmes are the recurring prize and prequalification through its frameworks is the entry ticket.

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