Top suppliers
Top suppliers to THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
Top-five suppliers hold 62% of contract value — a concentrated market.
Procurement categories
What THE OPEN UNIVERSITY buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest THE OPEN UNIVERSITY contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
ZetaView Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis
ANALYTIK LIMITED · 2026-10-21
£94K
Courier Services - Royal Mail
Royal Mail Group Ltd · 2026-10-06
£832K
Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026
HOBBS THE PRINTERS LIMITED · 2026-10-05
£6.5M
Courier Services DHL
DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED · 2026-10-04
£145K
Experian Data Quality Enterprise Licence
Academia Limited · 2026-09-28
£417K
Renewal to July 2027
COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LIMITED(THE) · 2026-09-22
£34K
Training Consultancy
VANGUARD CONSULTING LIMITED · 2026-09-08
£25K
Media Monitoring
AIMEDIADATA LTD · 2026-09-03
£30K
Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector
Teledyne UK Limited · 2026-08-31
£585K
Library Publications
SPRINGER NATURE LIMITED · 2026-07-31
£77K
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67
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9
planned procurements
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3
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Market analysis
Bidding into THE OPEN UNIVERSITY — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
25%
Awards to SMEs
62%
Top-5 supplier share
15%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 25% of THE OPEN UNIVERSITY’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises.
Frequently asked
Common questions about selling to THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
How much does THE OPEN UNIVERSITY spend on procurement?
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY awarded 261 contracts totalling £299.9M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 213 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.2M.
Who are THE OPEN UNIVERSITY's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to THE OPEN UNIVERSITY by total award value are Infosys Limited, KAINOS SOFTWARE LIMITED, Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited. The top five suppliers together hold 62% of contract value.
What does THE OPEN UNIVERSITY buy from suppliers?
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY's procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.
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PQQ & Selection Questionnaire — Procurement Act 2023
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SECTOR
UK Government IT Services
G-Cloud, DOS, Crown Commercial frameworks. Software + consultancy is THE OPEN UNIVERSITY's largest spend area.
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Sources & methodology
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.
Source portals
- · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
- · Contracts Finder
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