OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE): Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South East England·MILTON KEYNES
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
211 awarded tenders, 182 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting10 procedures · 5%48 Software package and information systems6 procedures · 3%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 1%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental2 procedures · 1%09 Petroleum, coal, oil and gas1 procedure · <1%22 Printed matter and related products1 procedure · <1%45 Construction work1 procedure · <1%55 Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services1 procedure · <1%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 215 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract98%(211 notices)
211 of 215 notices are Contract (98%).Framework2%(4 notices)
4 of 215 notices are Framework (2%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Route not published60%(128 notices)
128 of 215 notices are Route not published (60%).Direct award33%(71 notices)
71 of 215 notices are Direct award (33%).Limited / restricted4%(9 notices)
9 of 215 notices are Limited / restricted (4%).Selective3%(7 notices)
7 of 215 notices are Selective (3%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 2 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 3 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 215 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 2 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LTD | 5 | 2.4% | 5 | 5 | — |
| Jisc Services Ltd | 4 | 1.9% | 4 | 4 | — |
| Salesforce UK Limited | 4 | 1.9% | 3 | 5 | — |
| Teledyne UK LTD | 4 | 1.9% | 2 | 6 | 20 Aug 2026 |
| LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Taylor & Francis Limited | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 3 | — |
| NATIONAL EXHIBITION CENTRE LIMITED (THE) | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 3 | — |
| B:Music (Enterprises) Ltd | 3 | 1.4% | 3 | 3 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 6% of 211 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 182 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe 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. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Technology Partner: Run and Maintain | Infosys Limited | 23 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 10.1 yrs | £83,333,333 ≈ £17m/yr |
| Graduation Ceremony | The Barbican Centre | — | — | £11,281,260 † |
| Technology Partner: Moodle Specialist | NashTech Limited | 23 Mar 2026 | 5 yrs · up to 10.1 yrs | £8,333,333 ≈ £1.7m/yr |
| DBFB Internet Connectivity | DATABASE FOR BUSINESS LTD | — | 3 yrs | £3,104,376 † ≈ £1.0m/yr |
| ZetaSafe Software 2025 - 2028 3year software (SSJ2147) | Micad | — | 3 yrs | £3,030,000 † ≈ £1.0m/yr |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
198 of 214 contracts carry an end date, 10 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Training consultancy services | VANGUARD CONSULTING LIMITED | 30 Oct 2026 | £25,000 |
| Agency Services | SAVILLS (UK) LIMITED | 31 Oct 2026 | £45,000 |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | BRIGHTON DOME AND FESTIVAL LTD | 10 Nov 2026 | £34,899 |
| Observatory Control System, Installation and Support | Sybilla Technologies | 14 Nov 2026 | €10,822,866 |
| Cyber Incident Response | Quorum Cyber Security Limited | 18 Nov 2026 | £45,000 |
| Spectrometry components - HRS300 monochromators | Teledyne UK LTD | 19 Nov 2026 | £27,242 |
| CEI Test Chip Manufacture (HDR3) | X-FAB Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. | 4 Dec 2026 | €104,929 |
| Raman microscope upgrade | Horiba UK Limited | 8 Dec 2026 | £51,624 |
| TohoSpec 3100-T Thick Film Thickness Measurement System | JPK Semiconductor Ltd | 10 Dec 2026 | £77,955 |
| Supply of Platinum Crucibles to KAMC-QMS-QP-0002 | KNIGHTS AMC LIMITED | 10 Dec 2026 | £27,526 |
Soonest 10 of 57 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 247 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| ZetaView Nanoparticle Tracking Analysis | Awarded / complete | 22 Oct 2026 | — |
| Renewal to July 2027 | Awarded / complete | 15 Oct 2026 | — |
| Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026Printed books | Awarded / complete | 13 Oct 2026 | £6,500,000 |
| Innova - SAS work | Awarded / complete | 13 Oct 2026 | — |
| iRIS Connect | Awarded / complete | 8 Oct 2026 | — |
| Media Monitoring | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Training Consultancy | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Awarded / complete | 21 Sept 2026 | — |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Awarded / complete | 21 Sept 2026 | — |
| B2B Public Relations/CFP/PRO/2025Public relations services | Awarded / complete | 7 Sept 2026 | £789,189 |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector | Awarded / complete | 7 Sept 2026 | — |
| DHL Courier Services | Awarded / complete | 19 Aug 2026 | — |
| BM27AB Venue Hire - NEC (ICC) - 21 May 2027 | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | — |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | — |
| Library Publications | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Organisational Training | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| OUPA11768 | Awarded / complete | 12 Aug 2026 | — |
| Jisc Building Digital Capability (BDC) service subscription | Awarded / complete | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
| BlueCat Networks Support Renewal | Awarded / complete | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- 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. 198 of 214 published contracts have an end date; 10 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.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.