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# UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON · UK Public Sector Contract Record

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-of-southampton-coh-rc000668). Official UK public procurement supplier dossier compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Supplier Summary:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON is a Large organisation public sector supplier in the UK. Tracked in Tenderline with 37 published contract awards across official contracting authorities.

## Key Information
- **Supplier Name:** UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
- **Organisation Scale:** Large organisation
- **Companies House number:** `RC000668`
- **Publisher identifier:** `GB-FTS-83710` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Total Published Awards:** 37
- **Primary Sector:** [Research services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/research-services-73110000)
- **Company Status:** Active

- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-of-southampton-coh-rc000668

## Bidding & Win Rate Record
- **Lots Won:** 0 won, 0 lost, 0 pending
- **Total Bid Activity:** 7 lots bid across 3 procurement procedures
- **Framework & DPS Appointments:** 2 panel appointments across 7 framework or DPS lots
- **Buyer Relationships:** Bid with 2 distinct contracting authorities

## Winning Pricing & Discount Benchmarks
- **Median Award Pricing:** 11% below published budget estimate (median of 5 comparable winning awards)

## Market Volume & Benchmarks
- **Attributable award value:** £144m (published values on awards made to this supplier alone, VAT excluded; not spend or turnover)
- **Typical attributable award:** £117k
- **Places on approved provider lists and panels:** 1 on 1 procedures; the lists total £70m, shared with other providers (not this supplier's revenue)

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

## Top Public Sector Clients
1. **[Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
2. **[National Grid Electricity Transmission plc](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc-coh-02366977):** 4 procedures
3. **[NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481):** 3 procedures
4. **[Forestry Commission](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/forestry-commission-gov-d85):** 2 procedures
5. **[UK Research and Innovation](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/uk-research-and-innovation-gov-pb1221):** 2 procedures

## Largest Contract Awards Won
Top public sector contracts awarded to this supplier:
1. **[Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12):** £89m · [DHSC: CSA: NIHR Research Commissioning and Management Services Lot 6](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-csa-nihr-research-commissioning-and-management-services-lot-6-ocds-h6vhtk-048940)
2. **[Department of Health & Social Care](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/department-of-health-social-care-gov-d12):** £39m · [DHSC: CSA: NIHR Research Commissioning and Management Services Lot 6](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/dhsc-csa-nihr-research-commissioning-and-management-services-lot-6-ocds-h6vhtk-048940)
3. **[NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481):** £9.3m · [Cancer Vaccine Launchpad (CVLP) Scale-up](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cancer-vaccine-launchpad-cvlp-scale-up-ocds-h6vhtk-05deb2) · Awarded: 7 Nov 2025
4. **[NHS England](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nhs-england-gov-pb481):** £1.4m · [Cancer Vaccines Launch Pad](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/cancer-vaccines-launch-pad-ocds-h6vhtk-040e7a)
5. **[National Grid Electricity Transmission plc](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/national-grid-electricity-transmission-plc-coh-02366977):** £1.3m · [Subsea Cable Health/security Utilising Backscatter and Established Repeater Technologies (SCHUBERT)](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/subsea-cable-health-security-utilising-backscatter-and-established-repeater-technologies-s-ocds-h6vhtk-078179) · Awarded: 3 Aug 2026

## Contract Expiries & Upcoming Recompetes
- **Active Contracts Ending in 18 Months:** 6

## 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 UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON public contract history on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/university-of-southampton-coh-rc000668#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/university-of-southampton-coh-rc000668
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt