List of public bodies to which NI public procurement policy applies

For a list of public bodies which can participate in CPD frameworks, visit the Public Sector Customers section of this website.

Government departments:

• The Executive Office
• Department of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs
• Department for Communities
• Department of Education
• Department for the Economy
• Department of Finance
• Department of Health
• Department for Infrastructure
• Department of Justice
• Public Prosecution Service for Northern Ireland (Non-Ministerial Department)

Other public bodies:

• Agri-Food and Biosciences Institute (AFBI)
• Armagh Observatory
• Armagh Planetarium
• Arts Council of Northern Ireland
• Attorney General for Northern Ireland
• Belfast Health and Social Care Trust
• Belfast Metropolitan College
• Business Services Organisation (BSO)
• Charity Commission for Northern Ireland (CCNI)
• CITB - ConstructionSkills NI (formerly Construction Industry Training Board)
• Citybus, Ulsterbus and Northern Ireland Railways
• Council for Catholic Maintained Schools (CCMS)
• Comhairle na Gaelscolaiochta (CnaG)
• Commissioner for Children and Young People for Northern Ireland (NICCY)
• Commissioner for Older People for Northern Ireland (COPNI)
• Commissioner for Public Appointments for Northern Ireland (CPANI)
• Commissioner for Victims and Survivors (CVSNI)
• Community Relations Council (CRC)
• Compensation Agency
• Consumer Council for Northern Ireland
• Council for the Curriculum, Examinations and Assessment (CCEA)
• Criminal Justice Inspectorate
• Driver and Vehicle Agency (DVA)
• Education Authority for Northern Ireland
• Equality Commission for Northern Ireland (ECNI)
• Exceptional Circumstances Body (ECB)
• Forensic Science Northern Ireland
• Forest Service
• General Teaching Council for Northern Ireland (GTCNI)
• Health and Safety Executive for Northern Ireland
• Health and Social Care Board (HSCB)
• ILEX Urban Regeneration Company Limited
• Invest Northern Ireland
• Labour Relations Agency (LRA)
• Land and Property Services (LPS)
• Local Government Staff Commission (LGSC)
• Livestock and Meat Commission for Northern Ireland (LMC)
• Maze Long Kesh Development Corporation (MKLDC)
• Middletown Centre for Autism
• Northern Health and Social Care Trust
• Northern Ireland Ambulance Service
• Northern Ireland Blood Transfusion Service
• Northern Ireland Building Regulations Advisory Committee
• Northern Ireland Council for Integrated Education (NICIE)
• Northern Ireland Courts and Tribunals Service (NICTS)
• Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
• Northern Ireland Fire and Rescue Service
• Northern Ireland Fishery Harbour Authority (NIFHA)
• Northern Ireland Guardian Ad Litem Agency
• Northern Ireland Housing Executive (NIHE)
• Northern Ireland Judicial Appointments Commission
• Northern Ireland Law Commission
• Northern Ireland Legal Services Commission
• Northern Ireland Local Government Officers’ Superannuation Committee (NILGOSC)
• Northern Ireland Library Authority
• Northern Ireland Medical and Dental Training Agency
• Northern Ireland Memorial Fund (NIMF)
• Northern Ireland Museums Council
• Northern Ireland Policing Board
• Northern Ireland Policing Fund
• Northern Ireland Practice and Education Council (NIPEC)
• Northern Ireland Prisoner Ombudsman
• Northern Ireland Prison Service
• Northern Ireland Screen
• Northern Ireland Social Care Council (NISCC)
• Northern Ireland Statistics and Research Agency (NISRA)
• Northern Ireland Tourist Board
• Northern Ireland Transport Holding Company / Translink incorporating
• Northern Ireland Water (NIW)
• National Museums Northern Ireland (NMNI)
• Northern Regional College
• North West Regional College
• Patient and Client Council
• Planning and Water Appeals Commission (PACWAC)
• Police Ombudsman Northern Ireland
• Police Retraining and Rehabilitation Trust
• Police Service of Northern Ireland
• Probation Board Northern Ireland
• Regional Agency for Public Health and Social Well Being (RAPHSW)
• Regulation and Quality Improvement Authority (RQIA)
• Rivers Agency
• RUC George Cross Foundation
• Social Security Agency (SSA)
• South Eastern Health and Social Care Trust
• South Eastern Regional College
• Southern Health and Social Care Trust
• Southern Regional College
• South West College
• Sport NI
• Staff Commission for Education and Library Boards (SCELB)
• Strategic Investment Board (SIB)
• Statistics Advisory Committee
• Stranmillis University College
• Ulster Supported Employment Limited (USEL)
• Victims and Survivors Service Ltd
• Western Health and Social Care Trust
• Youth Council for Northern Ireland (YCNI)
• Youth Justice Agency
• 2013 World Police and Fire Games

For further information please contact CPD on:

• telephone: 028 9081 6233
• email: procure.policy@finance-ni.gov.uk