University of Sunderland: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

DfE school register: Higher education institutionsEducationNorth East EnglandSunderland

Official UK PPONPVDN-7726-TBVN

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 21 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract100%(21 notices)
    21 of 21 notices are Contract (100%).
Procedure route
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  • Open43%(9 notices)
    9 of 21 notices are Open (43%).
  • Limited / restricted38%(8 notices)
    8 of 21 notices are Limited / restricted (38%).
  • Route not published14%(3 notices)
    3 of 21 notices are Route not published (14%).
  • Direct award5%(1 notice)
    1 of 21 notices is Direct award (5%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 7 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

4robust · n=70% of lots drew a single bid
Deadline → award
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Based on 6 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.

48 daysrobust · n=6
Notice amendments
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Based on 21 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

08 of 21 notices amended
Award vs estimate
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Based on 3 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.

0% at estimatemoderate · n=3

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
IDENTITY CONSULT LIMITEDframework/DPS on 585.3%0815 Dec 2022
Academia Ltd42.7%1414 Mar 2026
Brims Construction Limited42.7%0426 May 2023
Planon Limited32%2322 May 2025
Logicalis UK Limited32%1330 May 2025
A.BUCKLER HAULAGE LIMITED32%1312 May 2025
Work In Style32%1330 Jul 2021
DFP Services Ltdframework/DPS on 232%041 Sept 2022

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 11% of 150 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 134 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£3.4mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 9 of 9 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 80%; a further 6 published a VAT-inclusive amount only, kept apart.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£280k middle valuerobust · n=9Middle half £161k–£481k.

Contracts ending
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151 of 160 contracts carry an end date, 19 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 22 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 50 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
UoS/Student Group Travel/0924central purchasing bodyTravel management servicesAwarded / complete9 Dec 2024—
UoS Grounds Maintenance - RevisedAgriculturalAwarded / complete20 Nov 2024£650,000
Digital Experience Platform (DXP) platform with Content Management System (CMS) moduleWeb page editing software development servicesAwarded / complete20 Aug 2024£458,000
UoS Grounds MaintenanceAgriculturalOpen19 Jul 2024£650,000
Cloud Data Centre Managed Service Provider for the University of SunderlandIT services: consultingAwarded / complete25 Jun 2024£6,250,000
Occupational Health Services for Healthcare StudentsAdvisory services provided by nursesAwarded / complete24 Jun 2024£570,000
London Campus Relocation for the University of SunderlandConstruction workAwarded / complete14 May 2024—
Fire Strategy Consultant Framework for the University of SunderlandFrameworkHealth and safety consultancy servicesAwarded / complete5 Apr 2024£600,000
UoS - Civil and Structural Engineer FrameworkFrameworkStructural engineering consultancy servicesAwarded / complete18 Oct 2023£375,000
Insurance Services (excluding Brokers)9 lotsInsurance servicesAwarded / complete15 Aug 2023£2,000,000
Student Creative AgencyBusiness services: lawAwarded / complete26 Jul 2023£164,000
External Audit ServicesAccountingAwarded / complete7 Jun 2023£875,000
Managed Print, Mailroom and Offsite Bulk and Marketing Print Services4 lotsPhotocopier maintenance servicesAwarded / complete17 May 2023£4,500,000
Civils and Groundworks Framework for the University of SunderlandFrameworkConstruction workAwarded / complete16 May 2023£500,000
Healthcare Consumables University of SunderlandMedical consumablesAwarded / complete3 Apr 2023£900,000
Managed Card Bureau Service for the University of SunderlandServices related to printingOpen10 Feb 2023£375,000
Out of Hours Student Wellbeing ServiceHealth and social work servicesAwarded / complete7 Feb 2023£500,000
Cyber Security (Managed EDR Platform)Security software packageAwarded / complete3 Feb 2023£2,500,000
University of Sunderland - PM FrameworkFrameworkConstruction project management servicesAwarded / complete13 Jan 2023£312,000
University of Sunderland - Architect FrameworkFrameworkArchitecturalAwarded / complete25 Oct 2022£700,000

Search all 50 procedures for this authority →

Contracts Finder adds 145 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. 151 of 160 published contracts have an end date; 19 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.