UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) contracts, tenders & suppliers

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)

Top-five suppliers hold 68% of contract value — a concentrated market.

Supplier	Awards	Total value
OCS Group UK Ltd	1	£120.0M
ADECCO UK LIMITED	1	£30.0M
Adecco UK Ltd	1	£30.0M
Capita Business Services Ltd	2	£13.7M
SIEMENS HEALTHCARE LIMITED	1	£12.2M
MILLS & REEVE LLP	1	£12.0M
ADVANCED DEMAND SIDE MANAGEMENT LIMITED	2	£7.0M
SOFTCAT PLC	5	£4.4M
EDF ENERGY LIMITED	1	£4.0M
UCAS MEDIA LIMITED	1	£3.8M
Totalenergies gas and power limited	1	£3.5M
QED PRODUCTIONS LIMITED	1	£3.0M
KEY TRAVEL LIMITED	1	£2.7M
Oracle Corporation Uk Limited	2	£2.4M
U.M.Association Ltd	1	£2.2M
Softcat	2	£2.1M
GPUK LLP t/a Global Payments	1	£2.1M
EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC.	2	£1.9M
ACADEMIA LIMITED	4	£1.4M
I4 PROJECTS LIMITED	4	£1.4M

Procurement categories

What UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) buys

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

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

79

53 awards£200.6M

Software package and information systems

48

39 awards£10.5M

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71

31 awards£4.3M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72

28 awards£15.7M

Construction work

45

25 awards£19.8M

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38

19 awards£3.9M

Printed matter and related products

22

14 awards£3.5M

Financial and insurance services

66

7 awards£5.6M

Education and training services

80

7 awards£1.5M

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33

6 awards£887K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32

5 awards£508K

Real estate services

70

5 awards£504K

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73

5 awards£169K

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

44

4 awards£1.3M

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

39

3 awards£328K

Industrial machinery

42

3 awards£200K

Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

09

2 awards£7.5M

Clothing, footwear, luggage articles and accessories

18

2 awards£0

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31

2 awards£410K

Musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials and accessories

37

2 awards£220K

Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment

43

2 awards£205K

Repair and maintenance services

50

2 awards£760K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55

2 awards£229K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63

2 awards£2.8M

Public utilities

65

2 awards£7.0M

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92

2 awards£88K

Chemical products

24

1 award£1.0M

Installation services (except software)

51

1 award£31K

Administration, defence and social security services

75

1 award£140K

Health and social work services

85

1 award£12.2M

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90

1 award£351K

Recent contracts

Latest UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) contracts awarded

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

Flywire payment solution renewal

FLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED · 2026-09-22

£156K

Red Hat Enterprise Linux Academic Site Subscription

Insight Direct (UK) Ltd · 2026-09-21

£77K

CHP - Design Services

HOARE LEA LLP · 2026-08-25

£69K

Provision of Simulated Patients for Brighton and Sussex Medical School

SIMACTORS LIMITED · 2026-08-16

£522K

MathWorks

The MathWorks Limited · 2026-08-02

£58K

Proofpoint Renewal

KHIPU Networks Limited · 2026-07-26

£138K

ULEV Salary Sacrifice Scheme

Tuskerdirect Limited · 2026-07-26

£720K

Microsoft EES Licenses

Softcat PLC · 2026-07-13

£1.9M

Proofpoint Renewal

ACADEMIA LIMITED · 2026-07-13

Adobe ETLA 2026-2029

Jisc · 2026-07-09

£761K

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44%

Awards to SMEs

68%

Top-5 supplier share

28%

Framework call-offs

Awards to social enterprises

Around 44% of UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises, and 2 have gone to voluntary, community or social enterprises. Around 28%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 SUSSEX(THE)

How much does UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) spend on procurement?

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) awarded 279 contracts totalling £302.1M between 2023-11-08 and 2026-11-08, working with 224 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £1.1M.

Who are UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)'s top suppliers?

The largest suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) by total award value are OCS Group UK Ltd, ADECCO UK LIMITED, Adecco UK Ltd. The top five suppliers together hold 68% of contract value.

What does UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE) buy from suppliers?

UNIVERSITY OF SUSSEX(THE)'s procurement is concentrated in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, software package and information systems, architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services, 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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