The Business Services Organisation has been established to provide a broad range of regional business support functions and specialist professional services to the health and social care sector in Northern Ireland. There are a wide range of reasons why you might have visited this website but we have identified frequent reasons why people do and have created various pages and links to other related websites that you may wish to use.

The Education Authority (EA) is an arms-length government body of the Department of Education in Northern Ireland. It is responsible for providing education services for pre-school, primary and post primary schools across Northern Ireland, as well as providing an extensive youth service regionally. The EA Commercial Procurement Service (CPS) is a recognised CoPE (Centre of Procurement Expertise) who manage the procurement of a diverse range of supplies, services and works, with a total annual contract expenditure of £470 million and a live contract portfolio worth £1.4 billion.

InterTradeIreland has been helping small businesses in Ireland and Northern Ireland explore new cross-border markets, develop new products, processes and services and become investor ready for over two decades. Based in Newry, our services include supports for sales growth and innovation, plus funding and business insights for SMEs across the island who are looking to grow their business. Through our dedicated Brexit advisory service we also help companies to manage the new trading relationship between Britain and the EU, via a range of supports and services. InterTradeIreland has also introduced a number of specific Covid-19 supports focused around funding and recovery. As one of the cross-border bodies, InterTradeIreland is funded by the Department of Enterprise, Trade and Employment (DETE) and the Department for the Economy (DFE) in Northern Ireland.

Enterprise Ireland is the government organisation responsible for the development and growth of Irish enterprises in world markets. We work in partnership with Irish enterprises to help them start, grow, innovate and win export sales in global markets. In this way, we support sustainable economic growth, regional development and secure employment. You can find detailed information on Enterprise Ireland's activities, strategy and performance in our Reports and Publications..

The Local Government Operational Procurement Centre (LGOPC) which is based in Killarney, is a national shared service with responsibility for managing, developing and promoting procurement best practice under the Local Government sector-led categories of Plant Hire and Minor Building Works & Civils. It acts as a central purchasing body under the auspices of Kerry County Council, co-ordinating the establishment of National Framework Agreements and Dynamic Purchasing Systems for the procurement of works, goods and services under these categories to meet the needs of the local government and other public sector bodies. The LGOPC maintains a dedicated public procurement portal at www.Supplygov.ie that provides an electronic platform for contracting Authorities to operate and manage the procurement of works, goods and services from suitably qualified Suppliers in a compliant and effective manner. The arrangements currently in place by the LGOPC represent an estimated total annual spend in excess of €500m and engages more than 2,500 different suppliers, the majority of whom are micro and small enterprises. Further details are available on www.Supplygov.ie.

The Education Procurement Service (EPS) is a leading provider of sourcing services for all Public Sector Bodies (PSBs) in the education sector. With a focus on categories such as Laboratory/Research Diagnostics, Services & Equipment, Agriculture and Veterinary Goods & Services, and Library Goods & Services, the EPS is committed to delivering sustainable, value for money, professional, and compliant procurement sourcing services that adhere to the policies and processes established by the Office of Government Procurement (OGP). Through a whole life cycle cost approach, the EPS prioritises customer satisfaction and works closely with stakeholder groups to represent the unique needs of the education sector. The organisation plays an essential role in developing national frameworks and contracts, while also offering guidance on compliant performance aligned with national guidelines and EU Directives. The mission of the EPS is to support the Department of Education's central mission by representing education in the centralised procurement model, providing a sustainable and compliant procurement service to the public sector, and ensuring a positive customer experience. The EPS is dedicated to achieving excellence in sourcing, client and supplier engagement for all education-led categories across the public sector. Furthermore, the EPS is committed to implementing and promoting policies and procedures for national procurement across the education and training sector, enhancing procurement practices and delivering lasting value to its stakeholders.

Bus Átha Cliath-Dublin Bus was founded in 1987 and is a wholly owned subsidiary of the state-owned Córas Iompar Eireann Group. We operate the Public Service Obligation network in the Greater Dublin Area under a contract of services with the National Transport Authority. Our network covers a region from Newcastle in County Wicklow to the south, Balbriggan in north County Dublin and Maynooth in County Kildare to the west. Dublin Bus employs over 3,500 people from over 70 countries. Our approximately 2,6700 drivers operate our fleet of over 1000 buses which are all low-floor wheelchair accessible and fully Wi-Fi enabled

Iarnród Éireann provides passenger and freight rail services as well as operating Rosslare Europort.

Northern Ireland Water is a Government Owned Company (GoCo), set up in April 2007 to provide the water and sewerage services in Northern Ireland. We deliver clean, safe drinking water to approximately 840,000 households and businesses. We supply customers with approximately 560 million litres of good quality drinking water every day. We collect approximately 330 million litres of wastewater per day from around 669,000 households and organisations connected to the sewerage system and transfer it to a works where it is treated and disposed of safely. In order to deliver this service we require a huge system of pipes, pumping stations, water and wastewater treatment works and reservoirs. There are 26,700 kilometres of watermains and 15,600 kilometres of sewers in Northern Ireland. Though most of the time this system works well, we are planning a lot of investment over the next few years to ensure that we protect public health and the environment for generations to come. In fact, by 2020 we are planning to invest £3 billion that will reduce leakage levels, lower the threats of flooding and improve water and wastewater quality. We believe in the years to come we can deliver much more than just water and sewerage services. We own one of the most visited tourist sites in Northern Ireland, Silent Valley , situated in an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and with a fantastic new Visitor Centre. We also hope to open many more of our sites to visits from the public. We work with an array of organisations and agencies in projects to improve the quality of life for others. These range from the University of Ulster in the Step Up Programme to our nominated charity WaterAid, which saves the lives of thousands of people in Africa and Asia. So the 1300 people who work for Northern Ireland Water are working hard not just to provide world class water and sewerage services for their customers, but to put something back into their community and into communities world-wide which do not have clean water and basic sanitation.

Social Enterprise in Ireland has a home. We are here to help social enterprises, social entrepreneurs and social innovators in getting their idea off the ground and providing the supports to grow. We are here to build a network that will change and impact their social mission as well as foster an entrepreneurial sphere of passionate and groundbreaking models of social change. We are here to: Be an open and inclusive network for social enterprise social entrepreneurs and social innovators Provide and direct people to supports and training Help shape public policy Provide visibility and a channel for telling the stories of each enterprise, innovator, and entrepreneur A safe space for developing social enterprises, entrepreneurs and innovators