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# University of Exeter · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** University of Exeter is a Central government based in South West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 459 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** University of Exeter
- **Classification:** Central government
- **Delivery Region:** South West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PZYG-2396-XCRZ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 459
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £25m (median award: £60k) across 162 of 162 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (UNIVERSITY OF EXETER), dfe-gias (University of Exeter)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 22 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 36% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 4% below the published estimate (median of 8 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 341 (97%), Framework: 12 (3%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 236 (67%), Open: 57 (16%), Route not published: 50 (14%), Limited / restricted: 10 (3%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[IT services: consulting, software, internet](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/it-services-software-72000000) (CPV 72):** 14 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
2. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 14 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
3. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 11 notices, last 24 months (3% of this period)
4. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 8 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 7 notices, last 24 months (2% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Intoheat Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/intoheat-ltd-coh-02069640):** 10 procedures
2. **[Illumina Cambridge Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/illumina-cambridge-ltd-coh-03625145):** 7 procedures
3. **[Oxford Nanopore Technologies](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oxford-nanopore-technologies-coh-05386273):** 6 procedures
4. **[Advance HE](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/advance-he-coh-04931031):** 5 procedures
5. **[AGLIENT TECHNOLOGIES LDA UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/aglient-technologies-lda-uk-limited-GB-PPON-PCQP-6172-GDRX):** 4 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Intoheat Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/intoheat-ltd-coh-02069640):** £5.5m · [District Heating Secondary side works](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/heat-network-project-secondary-side-works-ocds-h6vhtk-0554dd) · Awarded: 20 Feb 2026
2. **[Illumina Cambridge Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/illumina-cambridge-ltd-coh-03625145):** £3.0m · [Array sequencing consumables](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/array-sequencing-consumables-ocds-h6vhtk-0672b5) · Awarded: 24 Mar 2026
3. **[Emergya Wind Technologies (EWT) DirectWind UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/emergya-wind-technologies-ewt-directwind-uk-ltd-coh-sc696795):** £1.6m · [Roscrow Wind Turbine and associated service & maintenance agreement](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/roscrow-wind-turbine-supply-ocds-h6vhtk-04dca7)
4. **[QS Quacquarelli Symonds Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/qs-quacquarelli-symonds-limited-coh-02563879):** £875k · [International Student Recruitment - PGT International Conversion](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/international-student-recruitment-pgt-international-conversion-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0523fe) · Awarded: 13 Aug 2025
5. **[Intoheat Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/intoheat-ltd-coh-02069640):** £591k · [Geoffrey Pope M&E works](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/geoffrey-pope-m-e-works-ocds-h6vhtk-067650)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 50
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 118
- **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 Exeter intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-exeter-urn-133817#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-exeter-urn-133817
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt