University of Cumbria: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

Companies House: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)DfE school register: Higher education institutionsEducationNorth West England-Carlisle

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Open now0no live notices

Notices, last 12 months40+18% vs prior 12 months (34)

Typical bids per lot5.530% single-bid · median of 10 lots

Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Top-3 supplier share5%of 191 awarded procedures · 169 suppliers

191 awarded tenders, 169 different suppliers.

Contracts ending ≤18 months4111 within 6 months

Published award value, 24m£9.1mnet · on 55 of 55 published values · top 5 = 30%

What they buy
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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, consulting12 procedures · 16%

48 Software package and information systems9 procedures · 12%

45 Construction work5 procedures · 7%

72 IT services: consulting, software, internet5 procedures · 7%

66 Financial and insurance services4 procedures · 5%

30 Office and computing machinery3 procedures · 4%

50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 4%

90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental3 procedures · 4%

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 74 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool

Contract97%(72 notices)
72 of 74 notices are Contract (97%).
Framework3%(2 notices)
2 of 74 notices are Framework (3%).

Procedure route

Route not published30%(22 notices)
22 of 74 notices are Route not published (30%).
Direct award27%(20 notices)
20 of 74 notices are Direct award (27%).
Limited / restricted23%(17 notices)
17 of 74 notices are Limited / restricted (23%).
Open20%(15 notices)
15 of 74 notices are Open (20%).

Typical bids per lot

Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

5.5robust · n=1030% of lots drew a single bid

Deadline → award

Based on 10 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

32 daysrobust · n=10

Notice amendments

Based on 74 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

012 of 74 notices amended

Award vs estimate

Based on 7 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.

16.2% below estimaterobust · n=7

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
Logicalis UK Limited	4	2.1%	2	4	31 Jul 2024
Northern Security Ltd	3	1.6%	3	3	22 Apr 2025
Cumbria Mechanical & Plumbing Ltd	3	1.6%	3	3	26 Feb 2026
The Networking People (TNP) Limited	3	1.6%	2	3	7 Jun 2024
Charterhouse Voice & Data Limited	3	1.6%	2	3	25 Feb 2026
Phoenix Software Ltd	3	1.6%	1	3	25 Jul 2023
ANS Group Limited	3	1.6%	1	3	21 Aug 2023
Aptem Ltd	3	1.6%	0	4	1 Apr 2024

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 5% of 191 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 169 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)

£9.1mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 55 of 55 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 30%; a further 17 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.

Typical single-supplier award (24m)

£124k middle valuerobust · n=55Middle half £57k–£214k.

Largest published awards i	Supplier	Awarded	Term	Published value
Security Services	Northern Security Ltd	—	—	£613,501 †
Digital Workspace Solutions	TET LTD	—	4 yrs · up to 6 yrs	£599,165 ≈ £150k/yr
Supply of a Student Management System (SMS) & Associated Services	Tribal Education Limited	—	5 yrs	£571,378 ≈ £114k/yr
Microsoft Enrolment for Education Solutions	Phoenix Software Ltd	—	—	£522,385 †
Library Management System	Ex Libris UK Ltd.	—	—	£430,036 †

Contracts ending
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169 of 191 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Contract	Holder	Ends	Published value
Multifunctional Devices and Digital Transformation Solutions (CPC FW Agreement CPC/DU/MFD/03A) - AWARD	Konica Minolta Business Solutions (UK) Ltd	15 Nov 2026	Not published
Security Operations Centre-12 month extension	QUORUM CYBER SECURITY LIMITED	4 Dec 2026	£84,000
Provision of External Audit Services for University of Cumbria - AWARD	HW Fisher LLP	31 Dec 2026	Not published
SSJ-Schiller	Schiller UK Ltd	31 Dec 2026	£45,264
Waste Management Services	Cumbria Waste Recycling Ltd	19 Jan 2027	£208,127
Audio Visual Equipment and Installation - Mini-Competition via Lot 2 of the NWUPC Framework Ref AV13084 NW - AWARD	GV Multi Media	27 Feb 2027	£350,000
Estates Multi Lot Consultancy Framework - AWARD	Align Property Partners, Day Architectural Limited, Howarth Litchfield +6	28 Feb 2027	Not published
Content Management System	TerminalFour Solutions Limited	11 Mar 2027	£130,691
Apprenticeship Management Software	Aptem Ltd	31 Mar 2027	£675,313
Digital Media Buying Services (2025) - AWARD	Education Cubed Ltd	31 Mar 2027	Not published

Soonest 10 of 41 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 99 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

Procedure	Status	Published	Published value
For the provision of a Learning management system	Awarded / complete	12 Mar 2026	—
Purchase of 2 4x4 vehicles and project base set up equipment and services	Awarded / complete	20 Feb 2026	—
Provision of an Online Payments Management SystemFinancial consultancy	Awarded / complete	10 Feb 2026	£150,000
Website Search Engine Functionality	Awarded / complete	16 Dec 2025	—
For the provision of the Servicing & Maintenance of Air Handling, Air Conditioning, Domestic Extract Fans and Associated Equipment for the campuses in Carlisle x 2, Ambleside & LancasterRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations	Awarded / complete	16 Dec 2025	£180,000
Provision of replacement boiler in the William Thompson Building-Lancaster CampusBoiler installation work	Awarded / complete	15 Dec 2025	£14,999
Provision of a Learning Management systemEducational software package	Cancelled	5 Dec 2025	£60,000
For the provision of an Emergency lighting testing service contractEmergency lighting equipment	Cancelled	19 Nov 2025	£128,148
Timetabling PackageIndustry specific software package	Awarded / complete	17 Nov 2025	—
Graduation Live TV coverage, video link, lighting and live webcasting services.	Awarded / complete	9 Sept 2025	—

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Contracts Finder adds 146 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. 169 of 191 published contracts have an end date; 4 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.