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TENDERRedcar and Cleveland Borough Council · South Tees All Age Carers Support Serviced·£7.1M·North East
GRANTMinistry of Housing, Communities and Local… · Common Ground Award 2026-2027·£250k·England
TENDEREduco · DMAT - Catering Tender·£2.8M·East Midlands
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Sir James Knott Fund·Value TBC·North East
TENDERLondon Borough of Croydon · Best Start In Life Family Hubs Services·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK, part of UK Research and… · Battery Innovation: Concept Development Rd 3·£4.0M·National
TENDERStotfold Town Council · Stotfold Cemetery - Toilet and Storage·£168k·East of England
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · START - West of England·Value TBC·South West
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Dunnock Way·Value TBC·London
GRANTInnovate UK on behalf of the Department for… · Battery Innovation: Feasibility Studies Rd 3·£500k·National
TENDERPost Office Limited · Post Office Branch - Southall·Value TBC·London
PROGRAMMEDepartment for Business and Trade · Peer Networks - Redbridge Council·Value TBC·London
UOT

UK GOVERNMENT PROCUREMENT

Public-sector buyer · United Kingdom

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND

UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND 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: 2023-09-15 to 2026-09-15Updated 2026-09-15

£35.9M

Total spend

598

Contract awards

342

Unique suppliers

£83K

Avg contract

According to ENKII, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND has awarded 598 contracts worth £35.9M to 342 suppliers between 2023-09-15 and 2026-09-15, at an average contract value of £83K, with the top five suppliers holding 23% of contract value.

Top suppliers

Top suppliers to UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND

Top-five suppliers hold 23% of contract value — a moderately competitive market.

SupplierAwardsTotal value
E W Beard Limited1£3.4M
ACTIAN EUROPE LIMITED2£1.6M
M Square Business Solutions Inc (MSM)5£1.2M
Lancer Scott Construction Limited6£1.0M
21St Century Building Services Ltd.5£993K
OXFORD INNOVATION LIMITED1£816K
Bristol Zoo Gardens3£714K
Stellar (Bristol Tower) Ltd5£713K
Wang Shuo2£573K
M/S Higher Educational Consultancy3£513K
Guangzhou Meiyu Education Consulting Co Ltd2£474K
BMT Enterprises Limited4£463K
Chinese Service Center for Scholarly Exchange2£428K
IDP Education Pty Limited4£423K
Dat Viet Service & Trading Join Stock Company5£393K
Creation Way Limited2£383K
Study International UK Ltd (Jersey)4£378K
Bristol Zoo1£356K
Studiosity PTY Limited1£354K
DEFENSOR MAINTENANCE LIMITED7£342K

Procurement categories

What UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND buys

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

Education and training services

80
186 awards£13.0M

Software package and information systems

48
84 awards£6.0M

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

79
73 awards£3.3M

IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

72
35 awards£694K

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

30
29 awards£126K

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

39
26 awards£710K

Construction work

45
25 awards£5.5M

Other community, social and personal services

98
16 awards£1.4M

Printed matter and related products

22
14 awards£390K

Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

31
13 awards£899K

Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

71
12 awards£876K

Radio, television, communication, telecommunication and related equipment

32
12 awards£236K

Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services

63
11 awards£270K

Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services

55
10 awards£464K

Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

38
9 awards£332K

Recreational, cultural and sporting services

92
8 awards£183K

Industrial machinery

42
8 awards£326K

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

44
5 awards£272K

Transport equipment and auxiliary products to transportation

34
5 awards£187K

Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products

33
4 awards£156K

Repair and maintenance services

50
4 awards£129K

Real estate services

70
2 awards£47K

Administration, defence and social security services

75
2 awards£175K

Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

90
1 award£25K

Health and social work services

85
1 award£120K

Installation services (except software)

51
1 award£36K

Research and development services and related consultancy services

73
1 award£24K

Security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment

35
1 award£44K

Recent contracts

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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Pipeline

Contracts expiring in the next 12 months

When these contracts end, UNIVERSITY OF THE WEST OF ENGLAND typically re-tenders. SMEs preparing bids 3-6 months ahead win disproportionately often.

Springer Nature Read & Publish

Expires: 2026-12-31

2026 OIA core subscription

Expires: 2026-12-31

Explorance MLY subscription

Expires: 2027-02-01

Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies

Expires: 2027-03-31

Subscription Renewal to Scopus to 31/03/2027

Expires: 2027-03-31

Business Source Ultimate

Expires: 2027-05-31

Qualtrics - Cloud Professional

Expires: 2027-06-01

£47K

Rescale Software Platform Access

Expires: 2027-06-30

£24K

Smartbear Test Tools: TestComplete, ReadyAPI Test and BitBar

Expires: 2027-07-28

£100K

SM-BI-C - Ivanti Service Manager - SaaS BI Reporting Server Cloud Subscription to 30/07/2027

Expires: 2027-07-30

£169K

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

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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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

  • · Find a Tender (find-tender.service.gov.uk)
  • · Contracts Finder
Full methodology — calculations, refresh cadence & caveats

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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