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%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 12 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

3.5robust · n=1216.7% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 13 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

34 daysrobust · n=13

Notice amendments

Based on 113 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

013 of 113 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 8 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

11.1% below estimaterobust · n=8

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

Supplier	Procedures	Share	Last 24m	Award records	Last activity
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.

Published award value (24m)

£14mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 91 of 91 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 48%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£72k middle valuerobust · n=91Middle half £36k–£122k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
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 ending
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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
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

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
Million plus annual membership	Awarded / complete	28 Jul 2026	—
Lighting replacement projects	Awarded / complete	28 Jul 2026	—
Egress renewal	Awarded / complete	17 Jul 2026	—
Provision of Paramedic simulation equipment in HSS Faculty	Awarded / complete	17 Jul 2026	—
Advance HE Strategic Membership Renewal	Awarded / complete	17 Jul 2026	—
Southern Universities Management Services (SUMS Consulting)-Membership Fees	Awarded / complete	16 Jul 2026	—
Million plus annual membership	Awarded / complete	15 Jul 2026	—
The Provision of Call Centre Support Services (UoB) 2026Call centre	Awarded / complete	6 Jul 2026	£125,000

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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.