UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·North West England·Lancaster
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
10 awarded tenders, 20 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Arboricultural and Landscaping / Horticultural Framework | 19 Oct 2026 | 19d | £380,000 |
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work5 procedures · 28%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental5 procedures · 28%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 17%38 Laboratory, optical and precision2 procedures · 11%42 Industrial machinery2 procedures · 11%80 Education and training services2 procedures · 11%77 Agricultural, forestry, horticultural services1 procedures · 6% · 1 open24 Chemical products1 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 18 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 67% (12 notices)
- Framework 33% (6 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Open 61% (11 notices)
- Selective 28% (5 notices)
- Direct award 6% (1 notices)
- Route not published 6% (1 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from deadline to first award notice, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 12 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 18 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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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| JOHN SHAW AND SON LIMITED | 1 | 10% | 1 | 6 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| SLine Travel Limited | 1 | 10% | 1 | 6 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| ARCHWAY TRAVEL LIMITED | 1 | 10% | 1 | 5 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| Kirkby Lonsdale Coach Hire Ltd | 1 | 10% | 1 | 5 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| FTS Coach Hire Limited | 1 | 10% | 1 | 2 | 2 Jul 2026 |
| In Depth Services (Cleaning) Limited | 1 | 10% | 1 | 2 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| Bulloughs Cleaning Services Ltd | 1 | 10% | 1 | 2 | 17 Mar 2026 |
| D & I LIMITED | 1 | 10% | 1 | 1 | 17 Mar 2026 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 10% of 10 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 20 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| General Waste (Lot One) and Recyclate & Food Waste (Lot Two) Collection Services | Lancaster City Council | 12 Jun 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £1,950,000 ≈ £975k/yr |
| Fit-Out Contractor for Charles Carter Refurbishment | Overbury Plc | 22 Jul 2026 | 4 mo | £300,000 |
| Pool Water Treatment, Service and Support | Sterling Hydrotech ltd | 17 Oct 2025 | 2 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £290,765 ≈ £145k/yr |
| Intruder Alarm, Access Control and CCTV Service and Maintenance | DH Fire and security | 11 May 2026 | 2 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £87,700 ≈ £44k/yr |
| Furness College Lift Replacement | Northern Elevator Ltd | 24 Apr 2026 | 1.5 yrs | £79,500 ≈ £53k/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 14 of 14 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| CTrap for North West: Equipment for Visualization of Single Molecular Biomolecular Dynamics for Biosciences | Lunicks B.V, Lumicks B.V | 7 Sept 2027 | £1,047,774 |
| Guestroom Cleaning | MARGARET CLEANING SOLUTIONS LTD | 12 Oct 2027 | £696,326 |
| Pool Water Treatment, Service and Support | Sterling Hydrotech ltd | 31 Oct 2027 | £290,765 |
Recent procedures
Latest 18 of 18 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Grease Trap CleaningCleaning and sanitation services | Open | 11 Aug 2026 | £150,000 |
| SP261465 / Coach Hire with Driver - Framework AgreementHire of passenger transport vehicles with driver | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| Fit-Out Contractor for Charles Carter RefurbishmentBuilding construction work | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2026 | £300,000 |
| Design and Fit Out Contractor FrameworkBuilding construction work | Open | 29 Jul 2026 | £10,000,000 |
| General Waste (Lot One) and Recyclate & Food Waste (Lot Two) Collection ServicesRefuse and waste related services | Awarded / complete | 2 Jul 2026 | £1,950,000 |
| Intruder Alarm, Access Control and CCTV Service and MaintenanceAccess control system | Awarded / complete | 12 Jun 2026 | £325,000 |
| Furness College Lift ReplacementLift installation work | Awarded / complete | 24 Apr 2026 | £133,333 |
| Window Cleaning Service FrameworkAccommodation | Awarded / complete | 24 Apr 2026 | £540,000 |
| Purchase of Cryo Free Dilution RefrigeratorLaboratory | Awarded / complete | 14 Apr 2026 | £590,000 |
| Painting and Decorating FrameworkBuilding completion work | Awarded / complete | 30 Mar 2026 | £937,500 |
| Provision of Simulated Patient ActorsEducation and training services | Open | 11 Mar 2026 | £660,000 |
| Strategic CRM PlatformSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 11 Mar 2026 | £3,500,000 |
| Pool Water Treatment, Service and SupportCleaning and sanitation services | Awarded / complete | 31 Oct 2025 | £83,000 |
| Mobile platform for tracking Carbon through agri-ecosystemsLaboratory | Awarded / complete | 23 Oct 2025 | £1,200,000 |
| Guestroom CleaningAccommodation cleaning services | Awarded / complete | 10 Oct 2025 | £150,000 |
| CTrap for North West: Equipment for Visualization of Single Molecular Biomolecular Dynamics for Biosciences | Awarded / complete | 2 Oct 2025 | — |
| Lancaster University Facilitation and Coaching Services FrameworkStaff development services | Planning | 6 Mar 2025 | — |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£3.5m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 16 award records on 10 procedures (6 to a single canonical supplier, 10 multi-supplier). 0 values come from the contract record when the award carried none; 1 awards published only a VAT-inclusive amount and are counted but not valued.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 14 of 14 published contracts carry a period end; 3 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.