Top suppliers
Top suppliers to Swansea University
Top-five suppliers hold 60% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What Swansea University buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest Swansea University contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
SU11(27) Subscription to Law Trove (Complete Law Collection 2026 + Criminology & Criminal Justice)
Oxford University Press · 2026-10-22
£219K
Supply of clinical simulation and skills training equipment
Limbs & Things Ltd · 2026-10-15
£35K
Supply of Benchtop High-Resolution Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Instrument
Massmend Ltd · 2026-10-15
£50K
SU123(26) Margam and Union House Over-Cladding Digarbon Works
D&B Facades UK Ltd · 2026-10-13
£6.8M
Upgrade of Zeiss 980 confocal microscope
CARL ZEISS LTD · 2026-10-07
£50K
Glovebox System for Inert-atmosphere Optical Spectroscopy (INOS)
MBraun Inertgas-Systeme GmbH · 2026-10-07
£50K
Tender for UV-Enhanced Tuneable Light Source
Hamamastsu Photonics UK Ltd · 2026-10-06
£83K
SU06(27) Zoom Rooms and Telephony
Zoom Communications Inc. · 2026-10-01
£219K
Research Gate platform
Research Gate · 2026-09-30
£30K
SU30(26) Creative Design, Publications and End to End Print
The Pierce Partnership Limited t/a The Foundation · 2026-09-16
£750K
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Market analysis
Bidding into Swansea University — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
46%
Awards to SMEs
60%
Top-5 supplier share
0%
Framework call-offs
1
Awards to social enterprises
Around 46% of Swansea University’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 Swansea University
How much does Swansea University spend on procurement?
Swansea University awarded 83 contracts totalling £31.2M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 68 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £410K.
Who are Swansea University's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to Swansea University by total award value are D&B Facades UK Ltd, Online Education Services Limited, UCAS Media Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 60% of contract value.
What does Swansea University buy from suppliers?
Swansea University's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, printed matter and related products, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-11-08
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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