University of Bristol: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South West England·Bristol
Companies HouseRC000648 ↗Websitebristol.ac.uk ↗
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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.
75 awarded tenders, 80 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
42 Industrial machinery3 procedures · 25%38 Laboratory, optical and precision2 procedures · 17%32 Radio, television, communication1 procedure · 8%50 Repair and maintenance services1 procedure · 8%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet1 procedure · 8%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 · 12 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.
Contract100%(12 notices)
12 of 12 notices are Contract (100%).
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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.
Limited / restricted42%(5 notices)
5 of 12 notices are Limited / restricted (42%).Direct award33%(4 notices)
4 of 12 notices are Direct award (33%).Open25%(3 notices)
3 of 12 notices are Open (25%).
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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 1 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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 12 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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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| FEI UK Limited | 5 | 6.7% | 1 | 6 | — |
| Oakland Construction Limited | 3 | 4% | 3 | 3 | 19 Jun 2026 |
| SA Global | 2 | 2.7% | 0 | 2 | — |
| Cygnet Texkimp Limited | 2 | 2.7% | 0 | 2 | — |
| Sirona Dental Systems GmbH | 2 | 2.7% | 0 | 2 | — |
| Bristol Energy Network | 1 | 1.3% | 1 | 1 | 6 Aug 2026 |
| Loop Technology Limited | 1 | 1.3% | 1 | 1 | — |
| Electroimpact UK, Ltd | 1 | 1.3% | 1 | 1 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 13% of 75 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 80 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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| HRM-CAP WP1.1 - NCF Deposition System | Loop Technology Limited | — | — | £3,100,000 † |
| Non-Terrestrial Networks Monitoring & Testing | Keysight Technologies UK Limited | — | — | £3,000,000 † |
| Spectrum Monitoring Systems | CRFS LTD | — | — | £2,000,000 † |
| Spectrum Emulation Systems | National Instruments Corp. U.K. Ltd | — | — | £2,000,000 † |
| Supply of a machine head capable of carbon fibre material deposition using Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) technology in both 2D and 3D applications. | iCOMAT Ltd | — | — | £1,600,000 † |
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.
59 of 84 contracts carry an end date, 44 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Research Funding Search Tool | Ex Libris UK Ltd. | 25 Nov 2026 estimated | £264,134 |
| Funeral and Associated Services | Funeral Services Limited T/A Co-op Funeralcare | 31 Dec 2026 | £853,000 |
| Supply and Installation of Mechanical Locks, Keys and Associated Ironmongery | Guardian Security (GB) Ltd | 10 Jan 2027 estimated | £995,000 |
| Procurement of an Autoclave Moulding Facility | ASC Process Systems Ltf | 7 Jul 2027 estimated | £333,765 |
| Merchant Acquirer | GPUK LLP trading as Global Payments | 7 Aug 2027 estimated | £1,710,000 |
| Procurement of a Transmission Electron Microscope | FEI UK Limited | 24 Sept 2027 estimated | £697,686 |
| Planned Preventative Maintenance of Mechanical Gas & Air 2022 | JCW Energy Services Ltd. | 4 Mar 2028 estimated | £1,012,025 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 114 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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| Isambard AI – Purchase Power Agreement | Awarded / complete | 6 Aug 2026 | — |
| Isambard AIDF Contract Change v2 | Awarded / complete | 19 Jun 2026 | — |
| Hydraulic System Support - 5 Year Maintenance ContractRepair and maintenance services for pumps | Open | 11 May 2026 | £240,000 |
| Isambard AI Data Facility (AIDF) Main Contractor Appointment | Awarded / complete | 20 Mar 2026 | — |
| Design and Build Consultant including Planning Application Services and Principal Designer Role | Awarded / complete | 4 Feb 2026 | — |
| Procurement of a Multi-purpose Confocal Imaging SystemChecking and testing apparatus | Open | 30 Oct 2025 | £600,000 |
| Fiduciary Management Services for Pension & Assurance SchemeInsurance and pension services | Awarded / complete | 11 Jul 2025 | £13,500,000 |
| Cloud Resale and FinOps for Education & Research in AWSAdded-value database services | Awarded / complete | 26 Feb 2025 | — |
| Procurement of a CryoFIB SEMLaboratory | Awarded / complete | 14 Feb 2025 | £1,500,000 |
| Non-Terrestrial Networks & Spectrum Monitoring & TestingCommunications network | Awarded / complete | 13 Feb 2025 | — |
| Supply of a machine head capable of carbon fibre material deposition using Rapid Tow Shearing (RTS) technology in both 2D and 3D applications.Miscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery | Awarded / complete | 21 Jan 2025 | — |
| An automated fibre placement machine headMiscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery | Awarded / complete | 21 Jan 2025 | — |
| Supply of upgraded deposition systemMiscellaneous general and special-purpose machinery | Awarded / complete | 7 Jan 2025 | — |
| www.tenders.bris.ac.ukRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations | Open | 1 Oct 2024 | — |
| Cold Storage ContractLaboratory | Awarded / complete | 27 Sept 2024 | £450,000 |
| Merchant AcquirerBanking services | Awarded / complete | 17 Sept 2024 | — |
| Removals, Relocation and Re-use FrameworkRefuse disposal and treatment | Awarded / complete | 5 Sept 2024 | £2,000,000 |
| Wing Accelerator WP5.2 - In process 3D Inspection System (NDA)Industrial machinery | Open | 9 Aug 2024 | — |
| University of Bristol Group Pension Plan Insurances (UBGPP)Insurance and pension services | Awarded / complete | 23 Jul 2024 | £5,000,000 |
| Procurement of 1 UV Laser Writer for Maskless LithographyInstallation services of laboratory equipment | Awarded / complete | 4 Jul 2024 | £206,000 |
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. 59 of 84 published contracts have an end date; 44 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.