University of Plymouth: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·South West England·Plymouth, Devon
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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 4 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months. Small sample.
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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.
140 awarded tenders, 123 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.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
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| PDSE Patient Record Management Solution | 3 Nov 2026 | 8d | £890,000 |
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
48 Software package and information systems11 procedures · 10% · 1 open72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 6% · 1 open85 Health and social work services5 procedures · 4% · 1 open30 Office and computing machinery5 procedures · 4%45 Construction work5 procedures · 4%33 Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals4 procedures · 4%50 Repair and maintenance services4 procedures · 4%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting3 procedures · 3%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 · 112 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%(112 notices)
112 of 112 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.
Route not published57%(64 notices)
64 of 112 notices are Route not published (57%).Direct award21%(24 notices)
24 of 112 notices are Direct award (21%).Limited / restricted13%(14 notices)
14 of 112 notices are Limited / restricted (13%).Open9%(10 notices)
10 of 112 notices are Open (9%).
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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 4 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 112 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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| THEATRE ROYAL (PLYMOUTH) LTD | 4 | 2.9% | 3 | 4 | 30 Jul 2026 |
| STRATEGIC PEOPLE LTD | 3 | 2.1% | 3 | 3 | — |
| TARC SOLUTIONS LIMITED | 3 | 2.1% | 2 | 3 | — |
| City Electrical Factors Limited | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| SANCTUARY MANAGEMENT SERVICES | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| NATIONAL GRID TELECOMS LTD | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| First Advantage Europe Limited | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Mercury Construction (sw) Ltd | 2 | 1.4% | 2 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 140 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 123 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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| Extension and Refurbishment of Hepworth House to accommodate for the new Centre of Eyecare Excellence | Obedair | — | — | £4,580,018 † |
| Contract for Rolle Building Exterior Works | Classic Builders (South West) Ltd | 18 Jun 2025 | 1 yrs | £1,618,252 ≈ £1.6m/yr |
| Renwal of Unit4 Enterprise Resource Planning solution and associated modules | UNIT4 Business Software Limited | 16 Jun 2026 | 5 yrs | £1,486,500 ≈ £297k/yr |
| Student recruitment partnership with UCAS Media | UCAS Media Ltd | 24 Aug 2026 | 1.9 yrs | £793,931 ≈ £414k/yr |
| Roof Replacement at the John Bull Building | MERCURY CONSTRUCTION (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED | — | 1.5 yrs | £654,474 † ≈ £436k/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.
97 of 141 contracts carry an end date, 2 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Replacement of the Roof using the Bauder system | MERCURY CONSTRUCTION (SOUTH WEST) LIMITED | 28 Feb 2027 | £654,474 |
| STEMM Services | BMM WESTON LIMITED | 31 Mar 2027 | £35,568 |
| Estates Work | SANCTUARY MANAGEMENT SERVICES | 6 Jul 2027 | £31,020 |
| Network Equipment Refresh | Specialist Computer Centres Plc | 31 Jul 2027 | £3,500,000 |
| Orthotics students programme. | LEAMINGTON SPA ORTHODONTIC CENTRE | 31 Jul 2027 | £206,250 |
| IT Services | ZETA COMPLIANCE SERVICES LTD( FORMERLY FINEAPPLY LTD) | 31 Jul 2027 | £48,432 |
| Professional Services | ACCOUNT-ABILITY LTD | 30 Sept 2027 | £66,240 |
| IT Services | Infonetica Ltd | 31 Jan 2028 | £38,198 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 201 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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| Maritime Simulation Upgrade | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Research Vessel Charter - Antarctic | Awarded / complete | 18 Sept 2026 | — |
| The provision of Ocean Bottom Seismograph (OBS) | Awarded / complete | 4 Sept 2026 | — |
| Student recruitment partnership with UCAS Media | Awarded / complete | 27 Aug 2026 | — |
| Theatre Royal Plymouth Graduation Ceremonies (November) | Awarded / complete | 15 Aug 2026 | — |
| SparkForms Software | Awarded / complete | 29 Jul 2026 | — |
| Direct Award - Software renewal for Core Finance System | Awarded / complete | 17 Jun 2026 | — |
| Apprenticeship PlatformEducational software package | Planning | 12 Jun 2026 | £120,000 |
| Student Occupational Health ContractEducation and training services | Planned | 27 May 2026 | £2,000,000 |
| Davy Heat Network ConstructionDistrict heating | Planned | 26 May 2026 | £4,833,333 |
| PDSE Patient Management SystemAdministration software package | Planning | 21 Apr 2026 | £330,000 |
| Staff Occupational Health ServicesHealth and social work services | Planning | 1 Apr 2026 | £200,000 |
| RFI ID Card ProductionElectronic cards | Planning | 13 Mar 2026 | £100,000 |
| Faculty of Health Student UniformOccupational clothing | Planning | 27 Jan 2026 | £500,000 |
| Salesforce Licencing Renewal and additional products | Awarded / complete | 20 Jan 2026 | — |
| Research Finance and Costing SolutionAccounting system | Awarded / complete | 5 Jan 2026 | £599,935 |
| In house print capability equipment, software and supportOffice machinery | Awarded / complete | 23 Dec 2025 | — |
| New HDPE WorkboatBoats | Planning | 23 Dec 2025 | £120,000 |
| Renewal and reduction of MFD fleet | Awarded / complete | 23 Dec 2025 | — |
| Application PackagingIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 23 Dec 2025 | — |
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. 97 of 141 published contracts have an end date; 2 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.