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# The Open University · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-open-university-coh-rc000391). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** The Open University is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 28 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** The Open University
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** `RC000391`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-36274` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 28
- **Primary Sector:** [Personnel services except placement and supply services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/personnel-services-except-placement-and-supply-services-79630000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-open-university-coh-rc000391

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

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £17m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £244k


## Buyer Geography
- **Regions of its buyers:** [South West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/south-west), [Yorkshire and the Humber](https://tenderline.uk/regions/yorkshire-and-the-humber), [Greater London](https://tenderline.uk/regions/london), [North West England](https://tenderline.uk/regions/north-west)

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Somerset Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/somerset-council-ons-e06000066):** 2 procedures (3 awards)
2. **[The City of Liverpool College](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/the-city-of-liverpool-college-urn-130487):** 2 procedures
3. **[Health Education England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/health-education-england-GB-FTS-1319):** 2 procedures
4. **[Yorkshire Purchasing Organisation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/yorkshire-purchasing-organisation-GB-FTS-147892):** 2 procedures
5. **[BLUELIGHT COMMERCIAL LIMITED](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/bluelight-commercial-limited-coh-12517649):** 1 procedures (2 awards)

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Health Education and Improvement Wales (HEIW)](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/health-education-and-improvement-wales-heiw-nhs-t1530):** £13m · [HEIW Provision of Part Time Distance Learning Nursing Programme](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/heiw-provision-of-part-time-distance-learning-nursing-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-039a2a)
2. **[Ministry of Justice](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-justice-gov-d18):** £3.3m · [HMPPS Higher Education](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/hmpps-higher-education-ocds-h6vhtk-04cc71)
3. **[Ministry of Defence](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/ministry-of-defence-gov-d17):** £520k · [Accreditation Services to the UK Military Aviation Academy - UK7CDN](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/accreditation-services-to-the-uk-military-aviation-academy-uk7cdn-ocds-h6vhtk-05939a)
4. **[Carmarthenshire County Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/carmarthenshire-county-council-ons-w06000010):** £447k · [Distance Learning Programme for Social Work in Wales](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/distance-learning-programme-for-social-work-in-wales-ocds-h6vhtk-054f64)
5. **[Sellafield Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sellafield-limited-gov-ot1220):** £244k · [Open University Higher Education](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/open-university-higher-education-ocds-h6vhtk-077ef0)

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 3

## 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 The Open University public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/the-open-university-coh-rc000391#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/the-open-university-coh-rc000391
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt