University of Cumbria: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: PRI/LBG/NSC (Private, Limited by guarantee, no share capital, use of 'Limited' exemption)·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·North West England·-Carlisle
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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 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 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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.
81 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
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting6 procedures · 8%45 Construction work4 procedures · 6%48 Software package and information systems4 procedures · 6%50 Repair and maintenance services3 procedures · 4%42 Industrial machinery2 procedures · 3%71 Architectural, construction, engineering2 procedures · 3%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet2 procedures · 3%31 Electrical machinery1 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 · 71 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.
Contract97%(69 notices)
69 of 71 notices are Contract (97%).Framework3%(2 notices)
2 of 71 notices are Framework (3%).
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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 published30%(21 notices)
21 of 71 notices are Route not published (30%).Direct award28%(20 notices)
20 of 71 notices are Direct award (28%).Limited / restricted21%(15 notices)
15 of 71 notices are Limited / restricted (21%).Open21%(15 notices)
15 of 71 notices are Open (21%).
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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 10 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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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 10 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 71 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 7 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months.
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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| Cumbria Mechanical & Plumbing Ltd | 3 | 3.7% | 3 | 3 | 26 Feb 2026 |
| Gresham Office Furniture Limited | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 3 | 30 Jun 2025 |
| Logicalis UK Limited | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Hla Services Ltd | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | 8 Sept 2026 |
| Herbert Kasozi | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | 8 May 2026 |
| Jisc Services Ltd | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | 2 | 2.5% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Phoenix Software Ltd | 2 | 2.5% | 1 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 9% of 81 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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| Digital Workspace Solutions | TET LTD | — | 4 yrs · up to 6 yrs | £599,165 ≈ £150k/yr |
| Supply of a Student Management System (SMS) & Associated Services | Tribal Education Limited | — | 5 yrs | £571,378 ≈ £114k/yr |
| Microsoft Enrolment for Education Solutions | Phoenix Software Ltd | — | — | £522,385 † |
| Library Management System | Ex Libris UK Ltd. | — | — | £430,036 † |
| Water Treatment-V2 | Integrated Water Services Ltd | — | 3 yrs · up to 5 yrs | £367,317 † ≈ £122k/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.
61 of 81 contracts carry an end date, 4 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| SSJ-Schiller | Schiller UK Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £45,264 |
| Pension Consultancy | Mercer | 30 Apr 2027 | £25,000 |
| Pebblepad | PEBBLE LEARNING LTD | 31 Jul 2027 | £169,280 |
| Property Asset Appraisal | Faithful+Gould | 31 Jul 2027 | £98,420 |
| Copyright Licensing | THE COPYRIGHT LICENSING AGENCY LTD | 31 Jul 2027 | £54,977 |
| Network Interconnectivity Services | Jisc Services Ltd | 31 Jul 2027 | £72,273 |
| Health Studies Students Uniforms | Coniston Corporate Embroidery UK Ltd | 31 Jul 2027 | £54,167 |
| Motor Fleet Insurance | ZURICH INSURANCE COMPANY LTD | 31 Jul 2027 | £33,739 |
| Material Damage and Business Interruption Policy | AVIVA INSURANCE LIMITED | 31 Jul 2027 | £158,002 |
| Content Creator with the Innovation for Conservation (ICON) Programme | Zuali Creative Ltd | 31 Jul 2027 | £36,000 |
Soonest 10 of 15 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 96 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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| Occupational Health Services (Staff) | Awarded / complete | 20 Oct 2026 | — |
| Water and Waste Water ServicesOperation of water supplies | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Provision of a new boiler system in the Skiddaw Building at Fusehill Street Campus,CarlisleBoiler installation work | Awarded / complete | 8 Sept 2026 | £250,000 |
| Apprenticeship Management SoftwareSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Fire Doors Betterment-Replacement Programme | Awarded / complete | 24 Aug 2026 | — |
| Asbestos Annual Condition SurveysSurveying services | Awarded / complete | 11 Aug 2026 | £25,000 |
| Fire Damper, Inspection, Testing and Maintenance | Awarded / complete | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
| Blencathra BoilerBoiler installation work | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | £250,000 |
| Timetabling Package & Maintenance Syllabus Plus Software Licence | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | — |
| CISCO Hardware Support | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | — |
| Combined Higher Education Policy | Awarded / complete | 5 Aug 2026 | — |
| 27-SSJ-04 | Awarded / complete | 4 Aug 2026 | — |
| Network Connectivity and TelecommunicationsNetwork connectivity terminal emulation software package | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2026 | — |
| Postage Services | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2026 | — |
| SSJ-Schiller | Awarded / complete | 28 Jul 2026 | — |
| Library Management SystemLibrary management services | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Mobile Image Equipment | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2026 | — |
| Refurbishment of Campus Gyms | Awarded / complete | 24 Jul 2026 | — |
| Content Creator with the Innovation for Conservation (ICON) Programme | Awarded / complete | 21 Jul 2026 | — |
| Material Damage and Business Interruption Policy | Awarded / complete | 20 Jul 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. 61 of 81 published contracts have an end date; 4 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.