University of Sussex: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
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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 3 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.
109 awarded tenders, 99 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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| Life Sciences Equipment - Cagewash, IVC and Decontamination | 16 Nov 2026 | 21d | £425,000 |
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
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting16 procedures · 15%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet10 procedures · 9%48 Software package and information systems9 procedures · 8%38 Laboratory, optical and precision4 procedures · 4% · 1 open75 Administration, defence and social security4 procedures · 4%80 Education and training services3 procedures · 3%22 Printed matter and related products2 procedures · 2%63 Supporting and auxiliary transport; travel2 procedures · 2%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 · 110 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.
Contract99%(109 notices)
109 of 110 notices are Contract (99%).Framework1%(1 notices)
1 of 110 notices are Framework (1%).
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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 / restricted47%(52 notices)
52 of 110 notices are Limited / restricted (47%).Route not published26%(29 notices)
29 of 110 notices are Route not published (26%).Direct award21%(23 notices)
23 of 110 notices are Direct award (21%).Open5%(5 notices)
5 of 110 notices are Open (5%).Selective1%(1 notices)
1 of 110 notices are Selective (1%).
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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 3 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 110 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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| Softcat Plc | 3 | 2.8% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Academia Ltd | 3 | 2.8% | 3 | 3 | — |
| China Britain Business Council | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| SAUNDERS SPECIALISED SERVICES LIMITED | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| CONCEPT BUILDING SERVICES (SOUTHERN) LTD | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Ex Libris UK Ltd. | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Hurco Europe Ltd | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
| UNIT4 Business Software Limited | 2 | 1.8% | 2 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 7% of 109 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 99 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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| Managed Service Provider (MSP) Staffing | Adecco UK Limited (t/a The Adecco Group) | — | — | £30,000,000 † |
| MRI Scanner Servicing | Siemens Healthcare Limited | — | 1.1 yrs | £12,186,800 † ≈ £11m/yr |
| Proofpoint Renewal | Academia Ltd | — | 3 yrs | £9,825,093 † ≈ £3.3m/yr |
| Provision of Student Recruitment Intelligence and Advertising Services | UCAS Media Ltd | — | — | £3,750,000 † |
| Travel Management Company (TMC) Service | Key Travel | — | — | £2,700,000 † |
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.
71 of 109 contracts carry an end date, 14 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Cyber Security Operations Centre | Exponential-E Limited | 4 Dec 2026 estimated | £1,333,505 |
| Remote Internships | Virtual Internship Partners | 2 Feb 2027 estimated | £672,000 |
| Evasys - Student Experience | Softcat Plc | 28 Feb 2027 | £87,590 |
| Arts A RAAC Remediation | J. Cheesmur & Sons (Lewes) Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £45,113 |
| Infrastructure - WRM - Arts Substation to Main Intake Panel Cabling Works | KELTBRAY ENERGY LIMITED | 31 Mar 2027 | £221,319 |
| US_25229 | i4 Projects Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £377,519 |
| US_26125 - Settlement Agreement Support | Kuit Steinart Levy LLP t/a Kuits Solicitors | 17 Apr 2027 | £89,750 |
| LTM - Library Lighting Replacement Basement Ground Floor | Lake Electrical Limited | 30 Apr 2027 | £404,402 |
| IDP Managed Services | IDP Connect Ltd | 30 Jun 2027 | £159,000 |
| Group Life Assurances | Metlife Europe d.a.c | 30 Jun 2027 | £214,166 |
Soonest 10 of 19 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 139 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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| Flywire payment solution renewal | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| Graduation venue 2028 – 2032Event services | Planning | 15 Sept 2026 | — |
| CHP - Design Services | Awarded / complete | 26 Aug 2026 | — |
| Provision of Simulated Patients for Brighton and Sussex Medical SchoolMedical education services | Awarded / complete | 17 Aug 2026 | £720,000 |
| Travel Management Company (TMC) ServiceTravel services | Awarded / complete | 14 Aug 2026 | — |
| Library Management & Reading List SystemsSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 11 Aug 2026 | — |
| Proofpoint RenewalIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 10 Aug 2026 | — |
| ULEV Salary Sacrifice SchemeVehicle-fleet management services | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Microsoft EES LicensesSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 22 Jul 2026 | — |
| Proofpoint Renewal | Awarded / complete | 21 Jul 2026 | — |
| Adobe ETLA 2026-2029Software package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | — |
| MRI Scanner Servicing | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | — |
| Financial Planning & Analytics contract (FP&A) | Awarded / complete | 6 Jul 2026 | — |
| Resourcelink Renewal - read only (Zellis) | Awarded / complete | 1 Jul 2026 | — |
| Cost Consultancy services in relation to CHP | Awarded / complete | 18 Jun 2026 | — |
| Apps|Anywhere | Awarded / complete | 18 Jun 2026 | — |
| Utilities - Water RetailWater distribution and related services | Planned | 21 May 2026 | — |
| SQL and Oracle SupportIT services: consulting | Awarded / complete | 15 May 2026 | — |
| Gartner SubscriptionSoftware package and information systems | Awarded / complete | 14 May 2026 | — |
| Student Pathway Provider/International Study CentreAdministrative educational services | Planning | 17 Apr 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. 71 of 109 published contracts have an end date; 14 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.