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University of Chester: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

DfE school register: Higher education institutionsCharityNorth West EnglandChester

Charity Commission525938 ↗Websitechester.ac.uk ↗

Open now0no live notices
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Notices, last 12 months3+200% vs prior 12 months (1)
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Top-3 supplier share17%of 94 awarded procedures · 92 suppliers
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94 awarded tenders, 92 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months256 within 6 months · 3 estimated
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Published award value, 24m£2.4mnet · on 3 of 3 published values · top 5 = 100%
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What they buy
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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 systems9 procedures · 225%
30 Office and computing machinery5 procedures · 125%
72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 100%
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting4 procedures · 100%
50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 75%
09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas2 procedures · 50%
22 Printed matter and related products2 procedures · 50%
35 Security, fire-fighting, police2 procedures · 50%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 4 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract100%(4 notices)
    4 of 4 notices are Contract (100%).
Procedure route
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  • Open50%(2 notices)
    2 of 4 notices are Open (50%).
  • Selective25%(1 notice)
    1 of 4 notices is Selective (25%).
  • Route not published25%(1 notice)
    1 of 4 notices is Route not published (25%).
Bids per lot, few lots
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Based on 3 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.

11moderate · n=30% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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Based on 4 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

2.53 of 4 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 1 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

11.1% below estimateindicative · n=1

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

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Academia Ltdframework/DPS on 277.4%7715 Sept 2026
Softcat Plc77.4%2714 Jul 2026
Dalkia Energy Services Ltd22.1%2219 Dec 2025
Kortext Limited22.1%1229 Jul 2026
Macclesfield Collegeframework/DPS on 222.1%0216 Dec 2020
SOLUTIONEERS LIMITEDframework/DPS on 222.1%0218 Dec 2020
The Better People Organisation Ltdframework/DPS on 222.1%0220 Dec 2021
SMMT Industry Forum Ltdframework/DPS on 222.1%021 Jul 2021

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 94 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 92 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£2.4mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 3 of 3 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 100%; a further 1 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£750k middle valuemoderate · n=3Middle half £615k–£975k.
Largest published awards
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SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
Gas Maintenance Services and Pressure SystemsKimpton——£1,200,000 †
Provision of Lift Maintenance Services 2026Allied Lift Services Division (UK) Ltd1 Sept 20263.2 yrs · up to 5.2 yrs£750,000
≈ £237k/yr
Professional Admissions ServicesGrok Global Services Inc—3 yrs · up to 6 yrs£480,000 †
≈ £160k/yr

Contracts ending
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102 of 106 contracts carry an end date, 7 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

ContractHolderEndsPublished value
Supply of Microsoft 365 Backup and Recovery under the Software Licence Resellers (SLRA) Framework Agreement, Number: ITS4042 SU using SLRA Lot 4 Other SoftwareSoftcat Plc30 Nov 2026£200,000
Apple Equipment & Associated ServicesAcademia Ltd30 Nov 2026£60,000
Award Notice for Provision of Student Group Travel Services Under the Travel Management Framework 2024 Reference: PFB4053 Lot 2 - Student Group TravelDiversity Travel18 Dec 2026£500,000
Award Notice for Welfare Case Management System under G-Cloud 13Symplicity Corporation17 Mar 2027£80,000
Design and Redevelopment of University of Chester’s Corporate WebsiteBloom Digital Limited31 Mar 2027 estimated£300,000
Design and Redevelopment of University of Chester's Corporate WebsiteBloom Digital Limited2 May 2027£300,000
University of Chester Corporate Website CMSTERMINALFOUR SOLUTIONS LIMITED14 May 2027£240,000
Award Notice for Curriculum Management System under G-Cloud 13CourseLoop UK LTD18 Jul 2027£420,000
Award Notice for the CRIS/RIMS Procurement using G-Cloud 13Digital Science & Research Solutions Inc.31 Jul 2027£250,000
Provision of Internal Audit Services Under Crown Commercial Service Audit & Assurance Services (A&AS) Framework Agreement ID: RM6188 Using Lot 1: Internal audit and assuranceRSM UK Risk Assurance Services LLP31 Jul 2027£250,000

Soonest 10 of 25 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 14 of 14 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Provision of Lift Maintenance Services 2026Goods liftsAwarded / complete16 Sept 2026£750,000
Statutory Compliance and Planned Preventative Maintenance Services on Fire Safety EquipmentBurglar and fire alarmsAwarded / complete21 Jul 2026£4,500,000
Professional Admissions ServicesAwarded / complete13 Mar 2026—
Gas Maintenance Services and Pressure SystemsGas appliance maintenance servicesAwarded / complete25 Jul 2025£1,200,000
External Audit Services 2024Auditing servicesAwarded / complete3 Jan 2025£800,000
24/7 Student Assistance ProgrammeCounselling servicesAwarded / complete25 Sept 2024£300,000
Card Acquiring TenderBanking servicesAwarded / complete24 Jul 2024£750,000
Higher Education Marketing Agency to Support the Implementation of Student Recruitment CampaignsMarketing servicesAwarded / complete21 Dec 2023£3,000,000
Supply of Legionella Control ServicesHygiene servicesAwarded / complete13 Mar 2023£1,000,000
Provision of Maintenance Services for Fire Alarm Systems and Fire Extinguishers to the University of Chester2 lotsBurglar and fire alarmsAwarded / complete20 Oct 2022£1,000,000
Provision of Door Inspection and Survey to the University of ChesterSurveying servicesAwarded / complete8 Sept 2022£1,400,000
Design and Redevelopment of University of Chester’s Corporate WebsiteWorld wide web (www) site design servicesAwarded / complete20 May 2022£450,000
Oxford Medical Simulation (OMS) VR Platform LicensesIndustry specific software packageAwarded / complete30 Mar 2022—
2022 and 2023 Student Recruitment CampaignsAdvertising campaign servicesAwarded / complete27 Oct 2021£3,000,000

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Contracts Finder adds 81 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.

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  • 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. 102 of 106 published contracts have an end date; 7 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.