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# Nottingham College · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-college-urn-130776). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Nottingham College is a Education based in East Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 25 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Nottingham College
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** East Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-UKPRN-1000457` (Registry ID)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 25
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £6.8m (median award: £300k) across 13 of 13 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** dfe-gias (Nottingham College)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-college-urn-130776

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 3 bids (median of 1 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 20 (100%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 13 (65%), Open: 4 (20%), Direct award: 2 (10%), Route not published: 1 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 4 notices, last 24 months (20% of this period)
2. **[Office and computing machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/office-and-computing-machinery-equipment-and-supplies-except-30000000) (CPV 30):** 3 notices, last 24 months (15% of this period)
3. **[Radio, television, communication](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/radio-television-communication-telecommunication-and-related-32000000) (CPV 32):** 3 notices, last 24 months (15% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 3 notices, last 24 months (15% of this period)
5. **[Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/cleaning-environmental-services-90000000) (CPV 90):** 2 notices, last 24 months (10% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 2 procedures
2. **[Biffa Waste Services Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/biffa-waste-services-ltd-coh-00946107):** 2 procedures
3. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** 1 procedures
4. **[Servace Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/servace-solutions-limited-coh-05839034):** 1 procedures
5. **[Thomas & Sons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomas-sons-coh-06572450):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Servace Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/servace-solutions-limited-coh-05839034):** £2.8m · [Apprenticeship Hotel Management](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/apprenticeship-hotel-management-and-support-ocds-h6vhtk-0696ed)
2. **[GVAV Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/gvav-limited-coh-04141235):** £1.0m · [Audio Visual Technology](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/audio-visual-technology-ocds-h6vhtk-069b40)
3. **[Thomas & Sons](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/thomas-sons-coh-06572450):** £733k · [Refurbishment and Improvements works at Adams Building](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/refurbishment-and-improvements-works-at-adams-building-ocds-h6vhtk-06ce1b)
4. **[Arden Winch & Co.Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/arden-winch-co-ltd-coh-01253792):** £488k · [PPE and Uniform](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/ppe-and-uniform-ocds-h6vhtk-06acce)
5. **[CIPHR](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/ciphr-coh-04616229):** £370k · [HR and Payroll Software](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hr-and-payroll-software-ocds-h6vhtk-06ca40)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Nottingham College intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-college-urn-130776#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nottingham-college-urn-130776
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt