University of Bedfordshire: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·East of England·Luton
Registry IDGB-UKPRN-10007152Websitebeds.ac.uk ↗
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Based on 12 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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269 awarded tenders, 202 different suppliers.
Open notices
2 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| Provision of HCLS Paramedic & Nursing Suite works | 20 Nov 2026 | 5d | £550,000 |
| Provision of Asbestos Management & Compliance Service | 27 Nov 2026 | 12d | £141,666 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting19 procedures · 17%45 Construction work12 procedures · 11% · 1 open71 Architectural, construction, engineering12 procedures · 11%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet11 procedures · 10%48 Software package and information systems9 procedures · 8%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances5 procedures · 4%50 Repair and maintenance services5 procedures · 4%80 Education and training services5 procedures · 4%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 113 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract98%(111 notices)
111 of 113 notices are Contract (98%).Framework2%(2 notices)
2 of 113 notices are Framework (2%).
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Direct award42%(48 notices)
48 of 113 notices are Direct award (42%).Limited / restricted28%(32 notices)
32 of 113 notices are Limited / restricted (28%).Open24%(27 notices)
27 of 113 notices are Open (24%).Selective3%(3 notices)
3 of 113 notices are Selective (3%).Route not published3%(3 notices)
3 of 113 notices are Route not published (3%).
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Based on 12 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 13 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 113 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 8 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
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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| EBSCO Information Services | 9 | 3.3% | 9 | 9 | 15 Oct 2026 |
| D J Russell Builders Ltd | 6 | 2.2% | 2 | 6 | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Stonepoint Limited | 6 | 2.2% | 2 | 6 | 24 Jul 2025 |
| THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD | 4 | 1.5% | 3 | 4 | 21 Sept 2026 |
| Concept Event Solutions LTD | 4 | 1.5% | 2 | 4 | 21 May 2026 |
| boxxe Limited | 3 | 1.1% | 3 | 3 | 3 Jul 2026 |
| London Metropolitan University | 3 | 1.1% | 3 | 3 | 15 Jul 2026 |
| HACEL LIGHTING LIMITED | 3 | 1.1% | 3 | 3 | 28 Jul 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 269 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 202 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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| The Provision of Catering Services - University of Bedfordshire | CH&CO Catering Group Limited | — | — | £3,451,221 † |
| The Provision of Campus Staff Support Services | Blue Arrow Ltd | 21 Jan 2026 | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £1,250,000 ≈ £417k/yr |
| UoB F101, CST & CDC Enabling Works | Sloane Curtis Interiors Ltd | 13 Jun 2025 | — | £794,303 |
| Unit4 Cloud Migration Contract | UNIT4 Business Software Limited | 26 Aug 2025 | 5 yrs | £762,455 ≈ £152k/yr |
| Mini Competition SBS Framework ref SBS10190 - Multi Disciplinary Design Team | RSK Environment Ltd | — | — | £639,498 † |
Contracts endingi
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188 of 224 contracts carry an end date, 9 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Provision of Web Support & Hosting Services Tender | CTI Digital | 30 Nov 2026 | Not published |
| Storage Tender | Q Associates | 11 Dec 2026 | £827,357 |
| UoB Asbestos Consultancy Services - AWARD | GBNS Partnership Limited | 31 Dec 2026 | £136,560 |
| Work Placement Software Package | Quantum IT Europe Limited | 13 Jan 2027 estimated | £68,090 |
| Work Placement Software Package | Quantum IT Europe Limited | 8 Feb 2027 | £68,090 |
| CST VMWare Infrastructure Upgrade | Ricoh UK Ltd | 16 Mar 2027 | £69,073 |
| Provision of MyBedsLife Student Engagement App Support Services - AWARD | Agile Professional Group | 30 May 2027 | £108,672 |
| Provision of Agency & Media Services - Mini-Competition ESPO Framework 3A_20 Lot 4 - Advertising Solutions - AWARD | SMRS Ltd | 31 May 2027 | £900,000 |
| Provision of Learning Management Systems - LMS - UoB | Kallidus | 30 Jun 2027 | £211,000 |
| Provision of Graduation Services UoB | Concept Event Solutions LTD | 30 Jun 2027 | £219,063 |
Soonest 10 of 33 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 143 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
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Contracts Finder adds 197 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. 188 of 224 published contracts have an end date; 9 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.