Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Department for Communities
Top-five suppliers hold 99% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Department for Communities buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
7977456642Recent contracts
Latest Department for Communities contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
DfC - Work and Health Group - Home Heating Oil Support Scheme
Huggg Limited · 2026-07-27
£570K
C001224APR-River Lagan Maintenance Works Contract 2026
CUAN MARINE SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-06-01
£360K
ID 5871816 - DfC - Historic Environment Division (HED) Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services at NI State Care Monuments - Northeast, Northwest and Southeast
Landscaping Centre LTD · 2026-03-01
£500K
ID 5871816 - DfC - Historic Environment Division (HED) Provision of Grounds Maintenance Services at NI State Care Monuments - Northeast, Northwest and Southeast
R & M GREENKEEPER LTD · 2026-03-01
£372K
ID 6338418 - DAC 01/26 - DfC - HED - 8x2 Cheese Wedge Crane Mounted Lorry for Conservation Works Team
MAC'S TRUCK SALES LIMITED · 2026-02-25
£310K
ID 6120389 - DfC - Grounds Maintenance - Poleglass
THE CONSERVATION VOLUNTEERS · 2025-12-08
£728K
ID 5827421 - DfC - Print Services Contract
GPS Colour Graphics Ltd · 2025-07-31
£400K
Contract
Sumer Accountants NI Ltd · 2025-04-22
£165K
Contract
ABCO MARINE SERVICES LTD · 2024-10-25
£1.3M
DfC Discretionary Support Scheme Direct Debit Management
Accountis Europe Limited · 2024-07-25
£49K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Department for Communities — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
68%
Awards to SMEs
99%
Top-5 supplier share
2%
Framework call-offs
1
Awards to social enterprises
Around 68% of Department for Communities’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 1 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Department for Communities
How much does Department for Communities spend on procurement?
Department for Communities awarded 14 contracts totalling £148.6M between 2023-10-17 and 2026-10-17, working with 12 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £10.6M.
Who are Department for Communities's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Department for Communities by total award value are G4S SECURE SOLUTIONS UK LTD, FP McCann, ABCO MARINE SERVICES LTD. The top five suppliers together hold 99% of contract value.
What does Department for Communities buy from suppliers?
Department for Communities's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, agricultural, forestry, horticultural, aquacultural and apicultural services, construction work, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-10-17
This profile aggregates public-record procurement data published by the UK Government under the Open Government Licence v3.0. ENKII fetches, deduplicates, and aggregates source records; we don't edit the underlying facts.
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