Top suppliers
Top suppliers to NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
Top-five suppliers hold 100% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
793033804548Recent contracts
Latest NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
NU1433-60 RecoVolt: Novel Battery Discharge System Commercialisation of university research through provision of management skills to assist in successful spin-out company creation
Smart Origin · 2024-07-25
£30K
NU1589-85 Web Services Retainer 2024-2025
INSPIRED · 2024-04-01
£30K
NU/1589-80 Digital Media Production Support
SMRS Ltd · 2024-03-02
£750K
Temporary Contractor
Magnit Global GRI Limited · 2024-02-15
Temporary Contractor
Magnit Global GRI Limited · 2024-01-30
(NU/1853) Main Contractor for CAV Site Demolition Services
MGL Demolition Ltd · 2024-01-03
£4.5M
Dental Equipment
Henry Schein UK Holdings Limited · 2023-12-21
£1.2M
Dental Equipment
Henry Schein UK Holdings Limited · 2023-12-20
£42K
Supply of academic journals
JISC Services Ltd · 2023-12-18
£114K
Temporary Contractor
Magnit Global GRI Limited · 2023-12-15
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Pipeline
Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
When these contracts end, NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.
(NU/1886) The Supply of 18F
Expires: 2026-09-03
£600K
(NU/1647) Supply of a Digital Exam System
Expires: 2026-09-05
£645K
(NU/1784) Design Team Services for Castle Leazes Accommodation
Expires: 2026-10-25
£4.0M
(NU1748 Maintenance and Repair of Air Conditioning/Comfort Cooling Plant)
Expires: 2026-12-02
£720K
(NU/1796) The Supply, Installation and Maintenance of a Rack Washer
Expires: 2026-12-07
£218K
(NU/1818) The Supply and Installation of a Multiplexed Platform for Measuring Protein Biomarkers with Spatial Resolution at Single Cell Scale
Expires: 2027-01-11
£498K
(NU/1773) Cost Consultant Services - CAP Project: Phase 3A, King George VI Building
Expires: 2027-01-26
£98K
(NU/1851) Framework Agreement between Newcastle University and Twist Bioscience
Expires: 2027-01-29
(NU/1840) The Supply and Installation of a Long-Read Single-Molecule Sequencing Platform for Scalable Genomics, Transcriptomic, Epigenomic and Single-Cell Analysis
Expires: 2027-02-03
£386K
(NU/1774) Main Contractor for Carbon Action Plan -Phase 3 KGVI Building Works
Expires: 2027-02-13
£9.0M
Market analysis
Bidding into NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
34%
Awards to SMEs
100%
Top-5 supplier share
26%
Framework call-offs
88
Awards to social enterprises
Around 34% of NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 88 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 26%of awards are call-offs from framework agreements — getting onto the right framework matters as much as the bid itself here.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY
How much does NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY spend on procurement?
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY awarded 18 contracts totalling £6.7M between 2023-09-01 and 2026-09-01, working with 10 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £957K.
Who are NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY by total award value are MGL Demolition Ltd, Henry Schein UK Holdings Limited, SMRS Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 100% of contract value.
What does NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY buy from suppliers?
NEWCASTLE UNIVERSITY's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages, medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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SECTOR
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-01
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