University of Plymouth: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South West England·Plymouth, Devon
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451 awarded tenders, 351 different suppliers.
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting17 procedures · 14%48 Software package and information systems15 procedures · 13%45 Construction work14 procedures · 12%71 Architectural, construction, engineering12 procedures · 10%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet10 procedures · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services9 procedures · 8%39 Furniture, furnishings, domestic appliances7 procedures · 6%85 Health and social work services7 procedures · 6%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 120 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract100%(120 notices)
120 of 120 notices are Contract (100%).
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Route not published55%(66 notices)
66 of 120 notices are Route not published (55%).Direct award20%(24 notices)
24 of 120 notices are Direct award (20%).Limited / restricted18%(21 notices)
21 of 120 notices are Limited / restricted (18%).Open8%(9 notices)
9 of 120 notices are Open (8%).
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Based on 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Fewer than 5 lots: a median, not a typical figure.
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Based on 120 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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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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| TARC SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 9 | 2% | 3 | 9 | 15 Nov 2024 |
| GETECH LIMITED | 6 | 1.3% | 4 | 6 | 30 Oct 2025 |
| TEC CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LTD | 6 | 1.3% | 3 | 6 | 22 Jan 2025 |
| STHREE STAFFING UK LIMITED | 6 | 1.3% | 0 | 6 | 1 Oct 2024 |
| Academia Ltd | 5 | 1.1% | 4 | 5 | 31 Dec 2025 |
| STRATEGIC PEOPLE LTD | 5 | 1.1% | 3 | 6 | 13 Jan 2025 |
| Classic Builders (South West) Ltd | 5 | 1.1% | 2 | 5 | 18 Jun 2025 |
| JEOL (UK) Ltd | 5 | 1.1% | 1 | 5 | 1 Jul 2024 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 5% of 451 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 351 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Extension and Refurbishment of Hepworth House to accommodate for the new Centre of Eyecare Excellence | Obedair | — | — | £4,580,018 † |
| Contract for Rolle Building Exterior Works | Classic Builders (South West) Ltd | 18 Jun 2025 | 1 yrs | £1,618,252 ≈ £1.6m/yr |
| Renwal of Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning solution and associated modules | UNIT4 Business Software Limited | 16 Jun 2026 | 5 yrs | £1,486,500 ≈ £297k/yr |
| Student recruitment partnership with UCAS Media | UCAS Media Ltd | 24 Aug 2026 | 1.9 yrs | £793,931 ≈ £414k/yr |
| Roofing Works to Pool Innovation Centre | TEC CONSTRUCTION (HOLDINGS) LTD | — | 5 mo | £675,431 † |
Contracts endingi
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442 of 486 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Management Software | AQXOLT LTD | 16 Dec 2026 | £46,656 |
| IT Services | QUBA SOLUTIONS LIMITED (FACTORING CO.FOR BURMAN RECRUITMENT LIMI | 31 Dec 2026 | £155,940 |
| Subscriptions | Academia Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £45,006 |
| IT Services | Q9 Elements Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £37,500 |
| Legal Services Panel | Ashfords LLP | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
| Legal Services Panel | Bevan Brittan LLP | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
| Legal Services Panel | Browne Jacobson LLP | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
| Legal Services Panel | Eversheds LLP | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
| Legal Services Panel | MILLS AND REEVE | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
| Legal Services Panel | Pinsent Masons LLP | 24 Jan 2027 | £31,250 |
Soonest 10 of 45 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 209 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Professional Services | Awarded / complete | 20 Nov 2025 | — |
| Fairtrade Clothing SuppliersClothing | Planning | 7 Nov 2025 | £0 |
| Oral Nutritional Supplements - REFRESH Trial - Nualtra | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Oral Nutritional Supplements - REFRESH Trial - Abbott | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Estates Work | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Supply Acoustic Releases | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Professional Services | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Subscriptions | Awarded / complete | 9 Oct 2025 | — |
| Exam TimetablingIT software package | Planning | 8 Oct 2025 | £0 |
| STEMM Activities | Awarded / complete | 2 Oct 2025 | — |
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Contracts Finder adds 371 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.
About this data
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 442 of 486 published contracts have an end date; 2 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.