OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE): Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South East England·MILTON KEYNES
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287 awarded tenders, 234 different suppliers.
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
48 Software package and information systems16 procedures · 7%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting14 procedures · 6%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet6 procedures · 3%64 Postal and telecommunications services5 procedures · 2%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental4 procedures · 2%09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas3 procedures · 1%65 Public utilities3 procedures · 1%71 Architectural, construction, engineering3 procedures · 1%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 228 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract98%(224 notices)
224 of 228 notices are Contract (98%).Framework2%(4 notices)
4 of 228 notices are Framework (2%).
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Route not published61%(140 notices)
140 of 228 notices are Route not published (61%).Direct award32%(72 notices)
72 of 228 notices are Direct award (32%).Limited / restricted4%(9 notices)
9 of 228 notices are Limited / restricted (4%).Selective3%(7 notices)
7 of 228 notices are Selective (3%).
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Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.
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Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 228 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD | 6 | 2.1% | 6 | 6 | 5 Oct 2026 |
| Academia Ltd | 5 | 1.7% | 5 | 5 | 29 Sept 2026 |
| Teledyne UK LTD | 5 | 1.7% | 3 | 7 | 20 Aug 2026 |
| Salesforce UK Limited | 5 | 1.7% | 3 | 6 | 26 Apr 2022 |
| Jisc Services Ltd | 4 | 1.4% | 4 | 4 | — |
| INNOVATION TECHNOLOGY AND BUSINESS SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 4 | 1.4% | 1 | 4 | 22 Feb 2024 |
| Public Digital | 4 | 1.4% | 0 | 4 | 11 Sept 2023 |
| LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3 | 1% | 3 | 3 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 6% of 287 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 234 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Technology Partner: Run and Maintain | Infosys Limited | 23 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 10.1 yrs | £83,333,333 ≈ £17m/yr |
| Graduation Ceremony | The Barbican Centre | — | — | £11,281,260 † |
| Technology Partner: Moodle Specialist | NashTech Limited | 23 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 10.1 yrs | £8,333,333 ≈ £1.7m/yr |
| DBFB Internet Connectivity | DATABASE FOR BUSINESS LTD | — | 3 yrs | £3,104,376 † ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| ZetaSafe Software 2025 - 2028 3year software (SSJ2147) | Micad | — | 3 yrs | £3,030,000 † ≈ £1.0m/yr |
Contracts endingi
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279 of 295 contracts carry an end date, 10 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Cyber Incident Response | QUORUM CYBER SECURITY LIMITED | 18 Nov 2026 | £45,000 |
| Spectrometry components - HRS300 monochromators | Teledyne UK LTD | 19 Nov 2026 | £27,242 |
| Replacement of 11kV Transformer at Wellingborough Warehouse | Hitachi Energy UK Limited | 20 Nov 2026 | £34,590 |
| CEI Test Chip Manufacture (HDR3) | X-FAB Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. | 4 Dec 2026 | €104,929 |
| Raman microscope upgrade | Horiba UK Limited | 8 Dec 2026 | £51,624 |
| TohoSpec 3100-T Thick Film Thickness Measurement System | JPK Semiconductor Ltd | 10 Dec 2026 | £77,955 |
| Supply of Platinum Crucibles to KAMC-QMS-QP-0002 | KNIGHTS AMC LIMITED | 10 Dec 2026 | £27,526 |
| Sky Guest Wifi | Sky | 27 Dec 2026 | £25,536 |
| Library Publications Geology | GeoScience World | 31 Dec 2026 | US$44,199 |
Soonest 9 of 82 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 259 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Venue Hire (Southbank Centre) | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Upgrade to LED of All Lights | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Belfast: Terrace decking replacement | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| NanoSims Annual Service Contract | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Online Donation Platform | Awarded / complete | 16 Jul 2026 | — |
| Milton Keynes Council Rates 2026/27 East Campus | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| BR27AB Venue Hire (Brighton Centre) | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Manchester City Council Rates 2026/27 | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| BR28AB Venue Hire (Brighton Centre) | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Access Abintegro Careers Services | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | — |
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Contracts Finder adds 70 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. 279 of 295 published contracts have an end date; 10 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.