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# Russums · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/russums-GB-FTS-82017). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** Russums is a SME public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 4 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** Russums
- **Organisation Scale:** SME
- **Companies House number:** not matched to Companies House
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-82017` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 4
- **Primary Sector:** [Occupational clothing, special workwear and accessories](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/occupational-clothing-special-workwear-and-accessories-18100000)


- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/russums-GB-FTS-82017

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 24% above published budget estimate (median of 1 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £1.6m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £456k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [Scotland](https://tenderline.uk/regions/scotland), [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Ayrshire College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ayrshire-college-GB-FTS-41961):** 1 procedures
2. **[City of Glasgow College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314):** 1 procedures
3. **[Edinburgh College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/edinburgh-college-GB-FTS-11747):** 1 procedures
4. **[Tameside College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tameside-college-urn-130516):** 1 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Ayrshire College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ayrshire-college-GB-FTS-41961):** £576k · [Supply and Delivery of Catering and Hospitality Students Clothing, Footwear and Kits](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/supply-and-delivery-of-catering-and-hospitality-students-clothing-footwear-and-kits-ocds-h6vhtk-044a9b)
2. **[City of Glasgow College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/city-of-glasgow-college-GB-FTS-169314):** £471k · [The Supply and Delivery of  Catering Kits, for  City of Glasgow College, Glasgow Clyde College and Glasgow Kelvin College](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/the-supply-and-delivery-of-catering-kits-for-city-of-glasgow-college-glasgow-clyde-college-ocds-h6vhtk-03a381)
3. **[Edinburgh College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/edinburgh-college-GB-FTS-11747):** £440k · [Professional Cookery & Hospitality Kits and Uniforms](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/professional-cookery-hospitality-kits-and-uniforms-ocds-h6vhtk-066d95)
4. **[Tameside College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/tameside-college-urn-130516):** £118k · [Catering & Hospitality](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/tameside-college-uniforms-ppe-related-course-kits-ocds-h6vhtk-03bd31)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 0

## Competitive Supplier Intelligence
> **Full Win-Loss & Award Analysis:** Complete historical contract timelines, pricing movement benchmarks, buyer relationship networks, and competitor analysis are available on Tenderline:
> [View complete Russums public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/russums-GB-FTS-82017#contract-history)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official award notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/russums-GB-FTS-82017
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt