University of Reading: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)·Companies House: Private Limited Company·Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South East England·Reading
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52 awarded tenders, 171 different suppliers.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services | 19 Feb 2027 | 96d | £80,000,000 |
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, consulting8 procedures · 53% · 1 open48 Software package and information systems6 procedures · 40%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet5 procedures · 33%80 Education and training services4 procedures · 27%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 20%22 Printed matter and related products2 procedures · 13%30 Office and computing machinery2 procedures · 13%42 Industrial machinery2 procedures · 13%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 15 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Framework87%(13 notices)
13 of 15 notices are Framework (87%).Contract13%(2 notices)
2 of 15 notices are Contract (13%).
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Route not published73%(11 notices)
11 of 15 notices are Route not published (73%).Open13%(2 notices)
2 of 15 notices are Open (13%).Selective13%(2 notices)
2 of 15 notices are Selective (13%).
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Based on 15 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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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| XMA Limited | 8 | 15.4% | 0 | 10 | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Softcat Plc | 8 | 15.4% | 0 | 8 | 13 Dec 2022 |
| CDW Limited | 6 | 11.5% | 0 | 6 | — |
| EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC | 5 | 9.6% | 0 | 15 | — |
| INSIGHT DIRECT (UK) LTD | 5 | 9.6% | 0 | 5 | — |
| Dell Corporation Ltd | 4 | 7.7% | 0 | 7 | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Netapp UK Ltd | 4 | 7.7% | 0 | 4 | 13 Dec 2022 |
| Otto Harrassowitz GmbH & Co. KG | 4 | 7.7% | 0 | 4 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 15% of 52 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 171 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
Contracts endingi
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113 of 131 contracts carry an end date, 81 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
Soonest 10 of 13 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 75 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Curriculum Management & Timetabling Software Solutions & Associated ServicesBusiness and management consultancy and related services | Planned | 10 Sept 2026 | £0 |
| Travel Management, Meetings & Events ServicesBusiness travel services | Planning | 1 Sept 2026 | £800,000,000 |
| Bursary servicesAdministration services | Planning | 24 Aug 2026 | £100,000,000 |
| Laundry Equipment & ServicesInstallation services of laundry washing | Planning | 17 Aug 2026 | £0 |
| Library Subscription ServicesJournals | Planned | 27 Jul 2026 | £350,000,000 |
| Framework Agreement for Servers, Storage, High Performance Computing & Managed InfrastructureComputer equipment and supplies | Planned | 26 Feb 2026 | £3,000,000,000 |
| Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (NERARS)Advertising and marketing services | Planning | 11 Feb 2026 | £120,000,000 |
| Legal Service Framework - 3 lotsLegal services | Open | 29 Jan 2026 | £400,000 |
| Laboratory Gases and Associated Equipment & ServicesArgon | Awarded / complete | 7 Nov 2025 | £120,000,000 |
| Responsible ProcurementBusiness and management consultancy services | Planning | 15 Oct 2025 | £0 |
| Books, e-books and associated servicesDictionaries | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2025 | £450,000,000 |
| Responsible ProcurementEnvironmental services | Planned | 11 Jun 2025 | — |
| Recruitment ServicesAssessment centre services for recruitment | Open | 6 May 2025 | £200,000,000 |
| Education Recruitment Advertising and Resourcing Services (National) NERARSAdvertising services | Planned | 1 Apr 2025 | — |
| SUMS Group Resource Management ToolAdministration software package | Planned | 17 Jan 2025 | £150,000 |
| IT Related Accessories and Parts (ITRAP)Computer-related equipment | Awarded / complete | 20 Sept 2024 | £100,000,000 |
| CRIS SystemSoftware package and information systems | Cancelled | 22 Aug 2024 | £700,000 |
| Laboratory Gases & Associated EquipmentArgon | Planned | 25 Jul 2024 | £120,000,000 |
| Temporary and Permanent Recruitment ServicesBusiness services: law | Open | 18 Mar 2024 | £200,000,000 |
| Software License Resellers Agreement (SLRA)Business transaction and personal business software package | Planned | 5 Feb 2024 | £450,000,000 |
Search all 75 procedures for this authority →
Contracts Finder adds 41 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. 113 of 131 published contracts have an end date; 81 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.