THE OPEN UNIVERSITY: UK Public Sector Contracts Won & Awards

Large organisationMilton KeynesSouth East EnglandMain market: Education and training services

Official UK PPONPQMB-1743-RHWV

Procedures with an award78 award records
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How many tenders this supplier has won.

Tenders with at least one award to it. Award records are shown too, because one framework can carry many call-offs.

Public authorities6named on published awards
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How many different public bodies have awarded to this supplier.

Buyers named on its awards, with duplicate names merged.

Attributable award value£1.1mnet · on 4 of 8 award records · single-supplier, no ceilings
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

Last 12 months3awards · 3 in the prior 24 months · last 3 Sept 2026
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Awards to this supplier in the last 12 months.

Award records dated in the last 12 months, against the two years before.

Contracts ending ≤18 months1end date published on 6 of 8 awards
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Delivery regions12most often North West England
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

Where they win
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

8 lot-level observations (7 awarded lots, 88%, plus 1 envelope awards without lot links; pending awards included) · top CPV classes

8000 Education and training services6 observations · 75% · 5 lots + 1 envelope
7512 Administrative services of agencies1 observations · 13% · lots
Attributable award value
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How much this supplier has won, by published values.

Sum of award values where it was the only winner, VAT excluded, framework ceilings left out.

Not turnover. Not every award publishes a value.

£1.1mOn 4 of 8 award records; the five largest make 100%; a further 2 published a VAT-inclusive amount only (£283k inc. VAT, kept apart). Largest rows below.
Typical attributable award
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What one of this supplier’s wins is usually worth.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

£259k middle valuemoderate · n=4
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

AuthorityAwardedTermPublished value
Accreditation Services to the UK Military Aviation Academy - UK7CDNMinistry of Defence—4 yrs£520,000 †
≈ £130k/yr
Distance Learning Programme for Social Work in WalesCarmarthenshire County Council—5 yrs£447,059 †
≈ £89k/yr
Yearly Validation ChargeThe City of Liverpool College—1 yrs£70,680 †
≈ £71k/yr
Social worker level 6 apprenticeshipNorth Somerset Council—3 yrs£46,000 †
≈ £15k/yr

Where they deliver
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Where this supplier has delivered.

Delivery regions published on its awarded tenders. A tender with several regions counts in each.

Where the work was, not where the company is based.

ITL1 delivery regions on the notice · 6 of 7 awarded procedures publish one · a procedure with several regions counts in each

North West England3 procedures · 50%
South West England2 procedures · 33%
Wales (Cymru)2 procedures · 33%
Nationwide (UK)1 procedures · 17%
North East England1 procedures · 17%
Yorkshire and the Humber1 procedures · 17%
East Midlands1 procedures · 17%
West Midlands1 procedures · 17%

Who they sell to
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Which buyers publish the most notices here.

Buyers ranked by the number of notices, duplicate names merged.

Authorities named on this supplier’s published awards · ranked by distinct procedures · award records explode on framework and DPS panels

Authority type · official UK type when published, else name/id class, else not classified · by award records (a single panel can dominate)
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What kinds of public bodies buy here.

Notices by the buyer’s type as published, otherwise by its name.

  • Education 25% (2 awards)
  • Local authority 25% (2 awards)
  • Other public body 25% (2 awards)
  • Central government 13% (1 awards)
  • Type not classified 13% (1 awards)
AuthorityProceduresShareAward recordsLast activity
The City of Liverpool College228.6%26 Nov 2025
Jiscframework/DPS on 1114.3%227 Nov 2025
Ministry of Defence114.3%13 Sept 2025
Yorkshire Purchasing Organisationframework/DPS on 1114.3%11 Sept 2022
Carmarthenshire County Council114.3%118 Jun 2025
North Somerset Council114.3%13 Sept 2026

Share = of the 7 procedures with an award naming this supplier. Last activity = award date, or notice publication when no award date was published.

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.

A likely retender, not a certain one.

Published end dates only · 6 of 8 awards carry one · not a retender forecast

ContractEndsPublished value
Open University Validated Partners30 Nov 2027£282,720

Recent awards

Latest 8 of 8 award records naming this supplier

Data coverage & method
  • Source: Find a Tender OCDS award and contract releases. An award record is one award × this supplier; a procedure can carry many (panels, call-offs).
  • Market observations are awarded lots, or one envelope award when the notice publishes no lot links. Region = delivery ITL1 on the notice, not the supplier’s registered address.
  • Authority type: official OCDS UK contracting-authority type when the notice publishes one; otherwise a Tenderline name/id class; otherwise “not classified”. Purchasing hubs with no published type stay unclassified.
  • Published value attributable to this supplier alone: £1.1m across single-supplier awards, framework / DPS ceilings excluded. Coverage is partial and the figure is not turnover, so it is not shown as a headline.
  • Contract end dates: published on 6 of 8 awards; 1 end within 18 months.
  • Each figure’s own method and sample is behind its ; the long form is on Methodology.
  • Never shown: contact details, reliability or payment scores, affiliations, predicted wins.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (3 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)

Official notices referenced this supplier under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.

GB-CHC:RC000391GB-PPON:PYNW-6296-ZJQQGB-UKPRN:10007773

Canonical page id: GB-PPON:PQMB-1743-RHWV