Birmingham City University: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

DfE school register: Higher education institutionsEducationWest MidlandsBirmingham

Official UK PPONPMDM-3781-JGCD

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 35 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract97%(34 notices)
    34 of 35 notices are Contract (97%).
  • Framework3%(1 notice)
    1 of 35 notices is Framework (3%).
Procedure route
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  • Limited / restricted40%(14 notices)
    14 of 35 notices are Limited / restricted (40%).
  • Open37%(13 notices)
    13 of 35 notices are Open (37%).
  • Route not published11%(4 notices)
    4 of 35 notices are Route not published (11%).
  • Direct award6%(2 notices)
    2 of 35 notices are Direct award (6%).
  • Selective6%(2 notices)
    2 of 35 notices are Selective (6%).
Bids per lot, few lots
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Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.

4.5moderate · n=40% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 4 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

91 daysmoderate · n=4
Notice amendments
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Based on 35 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

07 of 35 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 3 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

10.1% above estimatemoderate · n=3

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
OHWorks Ltd24.7%22—
The Digital Garage Group Ltd24.7%22—
University of Warwick24.7%127 Jul 2026
AMETROS FACILITIES MANAGEMENT LIMITED24.7%1228 Apr 2021
Birmingham City University24.7%025 Mar 2024
Spectrum Wellness UK Ltd trading as Spectrum.Life12.3%1119 Nov 2024
Softcat Plc12.3%11—
SKI BOUND LIMITED12.3%11—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 14% of 43 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 38 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£19mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 18 of 18 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 83%; a further 3 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£205k middle valuerobust · n=18Middle half £79k–£1.4m.

Contracts ending
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35 of 48 contracts carry an end date, 3 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 67 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
PS129BInstallation services of medical equipmentOpen2 Mar 2026£150,000
FM288 Parkside LED Lighting Replacement4 lotsElectrical wiring and fitting workOpen16 Feb 2026£4
Computer Aided Facility Management Software (CAFM) System Service Provision.Computer-related management servicesAwarded / complete16 Jan 2026£427,000
IT217 - Safety ApplicationSecurity software packageAwarded / complete30 Nov 2025—
IT197 - Unified Communications SolutionTelecommunications servicesAwarded / complete19 Nov 2025—
PS120 Occupational Health Services for StudentsHealth servicesAwarded / complete14 Nov 2025—
BSL ServicesFrameworkCommunity health servicesAwarded / complete17 Sept 2025—
Occupational Health Services for University Studentscentral purchasing bodyHospital and related servicesAwarded / complete15 Aug 2025£7,500,000
Inflatable Volleyball Dome ProvisionConstruction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)Open19 May 2025£210,000
Strategic Planning and Media Buying - Full Agency ServiceAdvertising and marketing servicesOpen21 Feb 2025£9,000,000
IT166 - Remote Software Access SolutionSoftware programming and consultancy servicesOpen3 Feb 2025£2,000,000
FM223 Biomass FuelSolid fuelsAwarded / complete29 Jan 2025—
Strategic Planning and Media Buying - Full Agency ServiceAdvertising and marketing servicesNot published12 Dec 2024—
Strategic Planning and Media Buying - Full Agency ServiceAdvertising and marketing servicesNot published11 Dec 2024—
Strategic Planning and Media Buying - Full Agency ServiceAdvertising and marketing servicesPlanned6 Dec 2024£7,000,000
Legal Service Framework AgreementFrameworkLegal servicesNot published29 Aug 2024—
Legal Service Framework AgreementFrameworkLegal servicesNot published29 Aug 2024—
Legal Service Framework AgreementFramework6 lotsBusiness services: lawOpen28 Aug 2024£1,500,000
For the provision of an Online Assessment Platform - Light Touch ProcedureTechnical and vocational secondary education servicesOpen21 Jun 2024£700,000
FM163 - Student Accommodation Laundry ServicesLaundry-operation servicesOpen2 May 2024£261,812

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Contracts Finder adds 49 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.

About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 35 of 48 published contracts have an end date; 3 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.