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# University of Northumbria at Newcastle · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle is a Education based in North East England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 82 published procedures, with 0 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** University of Northumbria at Newcastle
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** North East England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-157919` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 0
- **Total Published Procedures:** 82
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £1.3m (median award: £221k) across 7 of 7 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** dfe-gias (University of Northumbria At Newcastle)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 1.5 bids (median of 2 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 50% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 40 (91%), Framework: 4 (9%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Limited / restricted: 13 (30%), Direct award: 11 (25%), Open: 9 (20%), Route not published: 9 (20%), Selective: 2 (5%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Laboratory, optical and precision](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/laboratory-optical-and-precision-equipments-excl-glasses-38000000) (CPV 38):** 5 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
2. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 4 notices, last 24 months (9% of this period)
3. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 3 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
4. **[Business services: law, marketing, consulting](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/business-services-consultancy-79000000) (CPV 79):** 3 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
5. **[Office and computing machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/office-and-computing-machinery-equipment-and-supplies-except-30000000) (CPV 30):** 2 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oxford-instruments-nanotechnology-tools-limited-coh-00704320):** 3 procedures
2. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 3 procedures
3. **[Wagstaff Bros Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wagstaff-bros-limited-coh-00295393):** 2 procedures
4. **[BMG LABTECH LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bmg-labtech-limited-coh-03254572):** 2 procedures
5. **[Global Life Sciences Solutions Operations  UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/global-life-sciences-solutions-operations-uk-ltd-coh-12063780):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Illumina Cambridge Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/illumina-cambridge-ltd-coh-03625145):** £300k · [Call-Off terms and conditions for the supply of Equipment, and/or Materials and/or Services](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sequencing-system-consumables-ocds-h6vhtk-0545b9)
2. **[Oxford Instruments Nanotechnology Tools Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oxford-instruments-nanotechnology-tools-limited-coh-00704320):** £290k · [OXFORD INSTRUMENTS UK - TERMS AND CONDITIONS OF QUOTATION AND SALE FOR GOODS AND SERVICES - May 2020 onwards](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sem-picomechanical-indenter-nu-pico-ocds-h6vhtk-04c8f3)
3. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** £262k · [NEEST Aruba Network Equipment under Lot 5 JISC Network Equipment Framework](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t24-0010-further-competition-under-lot-5-aruba-jisc-network-equipment-framework-for-nesst--ocds-h6vhtk-04b1cb)
4. **[FEI UK Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/fei-uk-limited-coh-02380120):** £221k · [Call-Off terms and conditions for the supply of High Value Laboratory Equipment](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/t24-0084-environmental-sem-ocds-h6vhtk-056605)
5. **[Wagstaff Bros Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/wagstaff-bros-limited-coh-00295393):** £129k · [Glass Meeting Pods for Coach Lane Campus](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/glass-meeting-pods-for-coach-lane-campus-ocds-h6vhtk-06efab)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 3
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 5
- **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 Northumbria at Newcastle intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854#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-northumbria-at-newcastle-urn-133854
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt