Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Translink
Top-five suppliers hold 93% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Translink buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
34507945246072303918807044099092Recent contracts
Latest Translink contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
P-3372 Supply of Road Rail Recovery Vehicle
ALLAN J HARGREAVES PLANT ENGINEERS LIMITED · 2026-09-01
P-3352 Cyber Security and PCI DSS Auditing Services
NCC Group Security Services Limited · 2026-08-30
£210K
P-3352 Cyber Security and PCI DSS Auditing Services
Salus Digital Security Limited · 2026-08-25
£350K
P-3423 Corporation Tax Services
RSM UK Risk Assurance Services LLP · 2026-08-19
£240K
C9368 Supply of Bus Body Panels - Bamford
LPW (Europe) Limited · 2026-08-10
£618K
C9370 Supply of Bus Body Panels - ADL
Bamford Bus Company t/a Wrightbus · 2026-08-10
£22K
P-3370 Supply of Double Deck Diesel Buses
Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbus · 2026-08-09
£60.0M
P-3449 Supply of Bus, Coach and Support Vehicle Replacement Parts
Ardee Coach Trim Ltd · 2026-07-23
P-3431 Network Information Systems (NIS) - Cyber Assessment Audit 2026
BRIDEWELL CONSULTING LIMITED · 2026-07-07
P-3271 IT Hardware Maintenance and Support Services
CAPITA BUSINESS SERVICES LTD · 2026-05-28
£3.0M
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SUPPLY AND INSTALL OF RAIL CARRIAGE LIFTING JACKS
Deadline: 2026-09-24
£2.0M
P-3186 Translink Bus Coach and Support Vehicle Warranty and Accident/Defect Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Deadline: 2029-02-28
£950K
P-3187 Northern Ireland Railways (NIR) Supplies, and Plant Service and Repair Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Deadline: 2029-02-28
£500K
P- 3043 Translink Engineering Training and Competency Management Programme Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)
Deadline: 2029-07-30
£1.0M
P-3449 Supply of Bus, Coach and Support Vehicle Replacement Parts
Deadline: 2034-05-19
P-3462 Revenue Generating Sale of Buses and Coaches
Deadline: 2034-08-31
Market analysis
Bidding into Translink — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
68%
Awards to SMEs
93%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 68% of Translink’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to Translink
How much does Translink spend on procurement?
Translink awarded 74 contracts totalling £1.0bn between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 68 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £25.3M.
Who are Translink's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Translink by total award value are Bamford Bus Company Ltd Trading as Wrightbus, LCC Group Ltd, VOLVO GROUP UK LIMITED. The top five suppliers together hold 93% of contract value.
What does Translink buy from suppliers?
Translink's procurement is concentrated in transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation, repair and maintenance services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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GUIDE
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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.
Source portals
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- · Contracts Finder
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