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# UNIVERSITY OF DERBY · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-derby-urn-133811). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF DERBY is a Education based in East Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 53 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** UNIVERSITY OF DERBY
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** East Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-COH-03079282` (Companies House)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 53
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.6m (median award: £324k) across 5 of 5 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (UNIVERSITY OF DERBY), dfe-gias (University of Derby)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-derby-urn-133811

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 3 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** at the published estimate (median of 2 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 15 (94%), Framework: 1 (6%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 6 (38%), Open: 6 (38%), Selective: 2 (13%), Route not published: 2 (13%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 4 notices, last 24 months (25% of this period)
2. **[Electrical machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consumables-lig-31000000) (CPV 31):** 1 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
3. **[Transport equipment and products](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/transport-equipment-vehicles-34000000) (CPV 34):** 1 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
4. **[Construction structures and materials](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-materials-prefab-44000000) (CPV 44):** 1 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)
5. **[Repair and maintenance services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/repair-maintenance-50000000) (CPV 50):** 1 notices, last 24 months (6% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Express Recruitment Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/express-recruitment-ltd-coh-01916049):** 2 procedures
2. **[Perrett Laver Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/perrett-laver-ltd-coh-04337808):** 2 procedures
3. **[GatenbySanderson Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/gatenbysanderson-limited-coh-04451141):** 2 procedures
4. **[James Andrews Recruitment Solutions Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/james-andrews-recruitment-solutions-ltd-coh-06834852):** 2 procedures
5. **[GLOBAL FIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/global-fire-systems-limited-coh-03889628):** 1 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Hudl](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hudl-coh-06962812):** £525k · [HUDL Sports Performance and Analysis Software (Enhanced)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hudl-sports-performance-and-analysis-software-enhanced-ocds-h6vhtk-06be2b)
2. **[CBRE Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/cbre-limited-coh-03536032):** £325k · [Consultancy Project](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/consultancy-services-ocds-h6vhtk-066c9a)
3. **[PEBBLE LEARNING LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pebble-learning-ltd-coh-04922922):** £324k · [PebblePad ePortfolio system](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/pebblepad-eportfolio-system-ocds-h6vhtk-05d646)
4. **[Quba Digital Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/quba-digital-limited-coh-04038459):** £240k · [Managed Email Delivery Platform](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/managed-email-delivery-platform-ocds-h6vhtk-060b8b)
5. **[VLE SUPPORT LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/vle-support-limited-coh-03322835):** £149k · [eTracker eSuite eSign](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/etracker-esuite-esign-ocds-h6vhtk-05d60e)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 20
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 21
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full UNIVERSITY OF DERBY intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-derby-urn-133811#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-derby-urn-133811
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt