Top suppliers
Top suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND
Top-five suppliers hold 23% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.
Procurement categories
What UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND buys
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV) breakdown of contracts awarded over the reporting period.
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Latest UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND contracts awarded
The most recently published award notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Replacement Load Balancers
CDW Limited · 2026-07-30
Educational Recording Agency Licence
Educational Recording Agency Limited · 2026-07-28
£80K
Systems Approach to Shared Mobility
CoMoUK Trust · 2026-07-28
£24K
Group hotel booking
Renaissance Harbour View Hotel Hong Kong · 2026-07-26
£35K
Hospitality and Centre for Music Licence Royalties
PPL PRS Limited · 2026-07-15
£25K
Wycliffe boat fleet
Woodpark Limited · 2026-07-13
£83K
Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies
Nationwide Hygiene Supplies Limited · 2026-07-12
PC USB Oscilloscope
Onecall · 2026-07-06
£26K
Bathroom refurb works
M E Building and Maintenance Limited · 2026-07-06
£21K
CWCT fee for teaching
Centre for Window & Cladding Technology · 2026-06-21
£70K
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Contracts expiring in the next 12 months
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Market analysis
Bidding into UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND — what to expect
Supplier concentration and timing patterns that shape SME bid strategy.
48%
Awards to SMEs
23%
Top-5 supplier share
23%
Framework call-offs
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Awards to social enterprises
Around 48% of UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND’s classified awards go to small and medium-sized enterprises. Around 23%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 THE WEST OF ENGLAND
How much does UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND spend on procurement?
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND awarded 598 contracts totalling £35.9M between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, working with 342 unique suppliers. Average contract value is £83K.
Who are UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND's top suppliers?
The largest suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND by total award value are E W Beard Limited, ACTIAN EUROPE LIMITED, M Square Business Solutions Inc (MSM). The top five suppliers together hold 23% of contract value.
What does UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND buy from suppliers?
UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND's procurement is concentrated in education and training services, software package and information systems, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security, 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 UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND's largest spend area.
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Sources & methodology
How this profile is compiled
Analysed by ENKII · Updated 2026-09-15
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
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