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# UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE) is a Education based in North West England. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 155 published procedures, with 3 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)
- **Classification:** Education
- **Delivery Region:** North West England
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-36525` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 3
- **Total Published Procedures:** 155
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £7.9m (median award: £65k) across 39 of 39 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** companies-house (UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)), dfe-gias (University of Salford)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 4 bids (median of 48 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 13% of lots drew only 1 bidder
- **Median Price Movement:** 2% below the published estimate (median of 42 comparable awards)

## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 121 (92%), Framework: 11 (8%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 61 (46%), Direct award: 38 (29%), Limited / restricted: 21 (16%), Route not published: 10 (8%), Selective: 2 (2%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 15 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
2. **[Software package and information systems](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/software-packages-erp-48000000) (CPV 48):** 14 notices, last 24 months (11% of this period)
3. **[Education and training services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/education-training-80000000) (CPV 80):** 9 notices, last 24 months (7% of this period)
4. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 7 notices, last 24 months (5% of this period)
5. **[Electrical machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/electrical-machinery-apparatus-equipment-and-consumables-lig-31000000) (CPV 31):** 5 notices, last 24 months (4% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[Softcat Plc](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/softcat-plc-coh-02174990):** 5 procedures
2. **[BRUKER UK LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/bruker-uk-limited-coh-00923986):** 4 procedures
3. **[Phoenix Software Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/phoenix-software-ltd-coh-02548628):** 3 procedures
4. **[AMP EV Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/amp-ev-limited-coh-10795839):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
5. **[Dixon Walter](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/dixon-walter-coh-sc476049):** 2 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[Namos Solutions Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/namos-solutions-limited-coh-08143537):** £1.2m · [Oracle HCM Co-Managed Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/oracle-hcm-co-managed-service-ocds-h6vhtk-05e278) · Awarded: 19 Feb 2026
2. **[UNIT4 Business Software Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/unit4-business-software-limited-coh-01737985):** £1.2m · [Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning renewal](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/unit4-enterprise-resource-planning-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-06f837) · Awarded: 11 Sept 2026
3. **[Planit I.E. Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/planit-i-e-limited-coh-08720367):** £1.1m · [Public Realm Programme Phase One](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/public-realm-programme-phase-one-ocds-h6vhtk-06b388) · Awarded: 18 Aug 2026
4. **[Worktribe](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/worktribe-coh-04576074):** £737k · [Software-as-a-Service-based solution for research and knowledge exchange administration](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/software-as-a-service-based-solution-for-research-and-knowledge-exchange-administration-ocds-h6vhtk-06f84c) · Awarded: 11 Sept 2026
5. **[Qualisys AB](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/qualisys-ab-GB-FTS-163107):** £423k · [Movement Analysis Equipment](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/movement-analysis-equipment-ocds-h6vhtk-06dbb6) · Awarded: 24 Sept 2026

## 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 SALFORD(THE) intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/university-of-salford-the-urn-133845#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-salford-the-urn-133845
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt