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# THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM is a Education based in West Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 347 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** West Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-COH-03478477` (Companies House)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 347
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £56m (median award: £95k) across 129 of 129 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM), dfe-gias (University of Birmingham)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 2 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 50% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 152 (87%), Framework: 23 (13%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 99 (57%), Route not published: 37 (21%), Open: 17 (10%), Limited / restricted: 13 (7%), Selective: 9 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 9 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 8 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 6 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
4. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 5 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
5. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 4 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[BRUKER UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bruker-uk-limited-coh-00923986):** 5 procedures (6 awards)
2. **[FEI UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fei-uk-limited-coh-02380120):** 4 procedures
3. **[ServiceNow](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/servicenow-coh-06299383):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
4. **[Medidata Solutions International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/medidata-solutions-international-limited-coh-09639306):** 4 procedures
5. **[SThree Partnership LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sthree-partnership-llp-coh-oc387148):** 3 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Manufacturing Technology Centre](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-manufacturing-technology-centre-ltd-coh-06815480):** £30m · [Provision of Technical Services to the High Temperature Research Centre](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-technical-services-to-the-high-temperature-research-centre-ocds-h6vhtk-04c98e)
2. **[Orient Insurance P.J.S.C.](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/orient-insurance-p-j-s-c-coh-10006955):** £3.7m · [Provision of Health Insurance Cover to University of Birmingham Dubai](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-health-insurance-cover-to-university-of-birmingham-dubai-ocds-h6vhtk-04cf48)
3. **[Oxford Nanopore Technologies](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oxford-nanopore-technologies-coh-14680804):** £3.0m · [Sequencing Technologies in Clinical Research](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sequencing-technologies-in-clinical-research-ocds-h6vhtk-04c19f)
4. **[ServiceNow](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/servicenow-coh-06299383):** £2.1m · [Workflow Automation and Business Process Integration Platform](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/workflow-automation-and-business-process-integration-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-051c9e)
5. **[Medidata Solutions International Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/medidata-solutions-international-limited-coh-09639306):** £685k · [Glo-BNHL Central Review of Imaging and Clinical Data](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/glo-bnhl-central-review-of-imaging-and-clinical-data-ocds-h6vhtk-04d4e5)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 10
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## 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 THE UNIVERSITY OF BIRMINGHAM intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-university-of-birmingham-urn-133784
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt