UNIVERSITY OF DERBY: 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 institutions·Education·East Midlands·Derby
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580 awarded tenders, 460 different suppliers.
What they buyi
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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 systems34 procedures · 189%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting16 procedures · 89%71 Architectural, construction, engineering4 procedures · 22%34 Transport equipment and products3 procedures · 17%80 Education and training services3 procedures · 17%22 Printed matter and related products2 procedures · 11%30 Office and computing machinery2 procedures · 11%33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals2 procedures · 11%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 18 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract94%(17 notices)
17 of 18 notices are Contract (94%).Framework6%(1 notice)
1 of 18 notices is Framework (6%).
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Direct award33%(6 notices)
6 of 18 notices are Direct award (33%).Open33%(6 notices)
6 of 18 notices are Open (33%).Selective17%(3 notices)
3 of 18 notices are Selective (17%).Route not published11%(2 notices)
2 of 18 notices are Route not published (11%).Limited / restricted6%(1 notice)
1 of 18 notices is Limited / restricted (6%).
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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.
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Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 18 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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| Seddon Construction Limited | 21 | 3.6% | 0 | 21 | 21 Aug 2024 |
| Academia Ltd | 15 | 2.6% | 4 | 15 | 26 Aug 2026 |
| Softcat Plc | 8 | 1.4% | 0 | 8 | 9 May 2024 |
| GLOBAL FIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED | 7 | 1.2% | 2 | 7 | 27 Mar 2026 |
| XMA Limited | 7 | 1.2% | 0 | 7 | 8 Aug 2024 |
| DOVETAIL AND SLATE LIMITED | 6 | 1% | 2 | 6 | 18 Oct 2024 |
| GVAV Limited | 6 | 1% | 1 | 6 | 29 Jan 2025 |
| UCAS Media Ltd | 6 | 1% | 0 | 6 | 14 Feb 2024 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 580 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 460 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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| HUDL Sports Performance and Analysis Software (Enhanced) | Hudl | — | 3 yrs | £524,732 ≈ £175k/yr |
| Provision of Education and Training Technologies Suite | ONEADVANCED LIMITED | — | — | £451,641 † |
| Consultancy Project | CBRE Limited | — | 1 yrs | £325,000 ≈ £325k/yr |
| PebblePad ePortfolio system | PEBBLE LEARNING LTD | — | 2.7 yrs | £323,505 ≈ £121k/yr |
| Managed Email Delivery Platform | Quba Digital Limited | — | 3.8 yrs | £240,000 ≈ £63k/yr |
Contracts endingi
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615 of 654 contracts carry an end date, 34 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| eTrackr Licence | VLE SUPPORT LIMITED | 27 Nov 2026 | £41,775 |
| CMIS Timetabling Items Renewal | Advanced Business Software & Solution Ltd | 30 Nov 2026 | £159,817 |
| Checkpoint Firewall Support | BYTES TECHNOLOGY GROUP HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3 Dec 2026 | £104,026 |
| Pitch Maintenance | REPLAY Maintenance Ltd | 14 Dec 2026 | £25,920 |
| One to one Executive Coaching | Advance HE | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
| One to one Executive Coaching | Melissa Roberts Ltd | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
| One to one Executive Coaching | New Level Results Ltd | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
| One to one Executive Coaching | Notion Limited | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
| One to one Executive Coaching | On The Up Consulting Ltd | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
| One to one Executive Coaching | Primeast Ltd | 16 Dec 2026 estimated | £250,000 ceiling |
Soonest 10 of 76 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 55 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| PROC OB RFQ 1585 N Pest Control | Awarded / complete | 9 Nov 2026 | — |
| Provision of Education and Training Technologies SuiteMiscellaneous services | Awarded / complete | 4 Nov 2026 | — |
| Supply of Higher Educational Consultancy Services in IndiaRecruitment services | Cancelled | 29 Sept 2026 | £350,000 |
| Provision of Manual Handling & Basic Life Safety TrainingHealth and first-aid training services | Awarded / complete | 28 Aug 2026 | £570,000 |
| HUDL Sports Performance and Analysis Software (Enhanced) | Awarded / complete | 26 Jun 2026 | — |
| Management of Fire & Life Safety SystemsFire-alarm systems | Awarded / complete | 27 Mar 2026 | £2,750,000 |
| University of Derby Health BusVehicle conversion and reconditioning services | Awarded / complete | 17 Mar 2026 | £230,000 |
| Consultancy Services | Awarded / complete | 17 Mar 2026 | — |
| Supply of Occupational Health Services for StudentsHealth and social work services | Awarded / complete | 11 Mar 2026 | £1,500,000 |
| Managed Email Delivery Platform | Awarded / complete | 21 Jan 2026 | — |
| EfficientIP _ Core Network Domain and Security Management | Awarded / complete | 25 Nov 2025 | — |
| Derby Theatre RebrandAdvertising and marketing services | Planning | 30 Oct 2025 | £50,000 |
| PebblePad ePortfolio system | Awarded / complete | 29 Oct 2025 | — |
| eTracker eSuite eSign | Awarded / complete | 29 Oct 2025 | — |
| Recruitment Agency Services FrameworkRecruitment services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jun 2025 | £800,000 |
| Agency Recruitment ServicesRecruitment services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jun 2025 | £2,000,000 |
| External Audit ServicesAccounting and auditing services | Open | 14 Apr 2025 | £800,000 |
| Travel Management Services TenderTravel agency and similar services | Awarded / complete | 20 Mar 2025 | — |
| ANPR Car Park Management System (hardware and software) - Prior Information Notice PINCar park control equipment | Planned | 21 Feb 2025 | — |
| Fire Door Inspections & Remedial WorksBuilding-inspection services | Open | 20 Feb 2025 | £1,750,000 |
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Contracts Finder adds 571 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. 615 of 654 published contracts have an end date; 34 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.