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# University of Lincoln · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-lincoln-urn-133836). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** University of Lincoln is a Education based in East Midlands. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 35 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** University of Lincoln
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** East Midlands
- **Authority ID:** `GB-PPON-PGYJ-5468-QTPJ` (Official UK PPON)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 35
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £8.5m (median award: £134k) across 10 of 10 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** dfe-gias (University of Lincoln)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-lincoln-urn-133836

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 0% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 17% below the published estimate (median of 1 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 25 (96%), Dynamic purchasing system: 1 (4%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Direct award: 11 (42%), Route not published: 5 (19%), Limited / restricted: 4 (15%), Open: 3 (12%), Selective: 3 (12%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 3 notices, last 24 months (12% of this period)
2. **[Office and computing machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/office-and-computing-machinery-equipment-and-supplies-except-30000000) (CPV 30):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
3. **[Radio, television, communication](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/radio-television-communication-telecommunication-and-related-32000000) (CPV 32):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
4. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)
5. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 1 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Shakespeare Martineau LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/shakespeare-martineau-llp-coh-oc319029):** 3 procedures
2. **[Veale Wasbrough Vizards LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/veale-wasbrough-vizards-llp-coh-oc384033):** 2 procedures
3. **[Penningtons Manches Cooper LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/penningtons-manches-cooper-llp-coh-oc311575):** 2 procedures
4. **[Pinsent Masons LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/pinsent-masons-llp-coh-oc333653):** 2 procedures
5. **[Birketts LLP](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/birketts-llp-coh-oc317545):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[XMA Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/xma-limited-coh-02051703):** £7.0m · [Digital Technology Equipment Supply](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/digital-technologies-equipment-supply-ocds-h6vhtk-04ddbe)
2. **[Hiden Isochema Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/hiden-isochema-limited-coh-02865845):** £350k · [Sorption Analysis Suite](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sorption-analysis-suite-ocds-h6vhtk-04c78a)
3. **[AppsAnywhere Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/appsanywhere-limited-coh-07018761):** £275k · [Remote Access to Academic Applications](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/remote-access-to-academic-applications-ocds-h6vhtk-05cdf2) · Awarded: 7 Nov 2025
4. **[Health Assured](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/health-assured-coh-06314620):** £266k · [Student Counselling Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/student-counselling-service-ocds-h6vhtk-06f5db)
5. **[SIM & SKILLS LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/sim-skills-ltd-coh-13016933):** £139k · [Anatomy Tables](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/anatomy-tables-ocds-h6vhtk-05fc53)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 1
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 8
- **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 Lincoln intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-lincoln-urn-133836#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-lincoln-urn-133836
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt