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UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY is a UK public-sector contracting authority. This profile aggregates its public-record procurement — top suppliers, categories, recent awards, open tenders and expiring contracts.

Data period: 2023-11-08 to 2026-11-08Updated 2026-11-08

£123.1M

Total spend

236

Contract awards

204

Unique suppliers

£533K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, UNIVERSITY OF DERBY has awarded 236 contracts worth £123.1M to 204 suppliers between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, at an average contract value of £533K, with the top five suppliers holding 54% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

Top-five suppliers hold 54% of contract value — a concentrated market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
GV AV The Audio Visual Specialist2£26.2M
Seddon Construction Limited1£11.5M
Speller Metcalfe1£11.5M
ITGL LIMITED1£9.4M
Diversity Travel Limited2£8.0M
GLOBAL FIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED2£3.2M
Anglian Water Business (National) Limited Trading as Wave1£2.1M
Alumni Executive Search UK Limited1£2.0M
EBSCO Subscription Services1£1.9M
GETECH LIMITED1£1.5M
KAYS MEDICAL LIMITED1£1.5M
Kortext Ltd1£1.5M
Worktribe Ltd1£1.3M
GPUK LLP trading as Global Payments1£1.3M
BARBRI GLOBAL LIMITED2£1.2M
Silktide Ltd1£1.1M
ONEADVANCED LIMITED2£994K
ACADEMIA LIMITED2£940K
Upbeat Communities1£865K
Pinsent Masons LLP1£800K

Procurement categories

What UNIVERSITY OF DERBY buys

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.

Software package and information systems

48
70 awards£13.8M

Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

79
51 awards£11.5M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
16 awards£1.8M

Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages

30
8 awards£36.1M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
7 awards£562K

Education and training services

80
7 awards£2.2M

Industrial machinery

42
6 awards£674K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43
6 awards£221K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
6 awards£1.0M

Printed matter and related products

22
5 awards£4.6M

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
5 awards£2.9M

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
4 awards£2.9M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
4 awards£458K

Construction work

45
4 awards£24.2M

Repair and maintenance services

50
4 awards£1.5M

Other community, social and personal services

98
4 awards£1.3M

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
3 awards£535K

Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products

39
3 awards£132K

Financial and insurance services

66
3 awards£2.1M

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18
2 awards£500K

Chemical products

24
2 awards£125K

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
2 awards£248K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
2 awards£8.0M

Real estate services

70
2 awards£575K

Health and social work services

85
2 awards£1.7M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
2 awards£975K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
2 awards£69K

Agricultural, farming, fishing, forestry and related products

03
1 award£324K

Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)

44
1 award£60K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
1 award£109K

Public utilities

65
1 award£2.1M

Administration, defence and social security services

75
1 award£70K

Recent contracts

Latest UNIVERSITY OF DERBY contracts awarded

The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Checkpoint Firewall Support

BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES LIMITED · 2026-10-20

£117K

Lansweeper Enterprise Subscription

PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED · 2026-09-24

£77K

Library e-books and e-textbooks

Kortext Ltd · 2026-09-02

£1.5M

Provision of Manual Handling & Basic Life Safety Training

A-TO-E TRAINING AND SOLUTIONS LTD · 2026-08-27

£590K

Red Hat Site License

Academia Ltd · 2026-08-25

£62K

Beyond Trust Renewal

Academia Ltd · 2026-08-03

£182K

Education and training technologies suite - Prosolution, BKSB and Smart Assessor

OneAdvanced Limited · 2026-07-31

£542K

Provision of Education and Training Technologies Suite

ONEADVANCED LIMITED · 2026-06-30

£452K

Simulation Devices and Services

Gener8 Spaces Ltd · 2026-06-29

£200K

HUDL Sports Performance and Analysis Software (Enhanced)

HUDL UK LIMITED · 2026-06-26

£525K

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42

contracts ending in 12 months

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2

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6

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Market analysis

Bidding into UNIVERSITY OF DERBY — what to expect

Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.

56%

Awards to SMEs

54%

Top-5 supplier share

30%

Framework call-offs

16

Awards to social enterprises

Around 56% of UNIVERSITY OF DERBY’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 16 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 30%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 UNIVERSITY OF DERBY

How much does UNIVERSITY OF DERBY spend on procurement?

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY awarded 236 contracts totalling £123.1M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 204 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £533K.

Who are UNIVERSITY OF DERBY's top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF DERBY by total award value are GV AV The Audio Visual Specialist, Seddon Construction Limited, Speller Metcalfe. The top five suppliers together hold 54% of contract value.

What does UNIVERSITY OF DERBY buy from suppliers?

UNIVERSITY OF DERBY's procurement is concentrated in software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, it services: consulting, software development, internet and support, alongside specialist categories. See the full CPV breakdown below.

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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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Source records remain subject to Open Government Licence v3.0 attribution. ENKII doesn't warrant accuracy beyond the source portals' own publication.

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