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University Of The West Of England: public contracts, suppliers and opportunities

University Of The West Of England has published 502 contract awards on Contracts Finder and Find a Tender since 26 Oct 2023, worth £43.4m in total as published. Most of its spending is on education & training, software, business services (hr, legal, marketing, admin). Below: what it buys, who wins, what ends soon and what is coming up.

502contract awards since 26 Oct 2023
£44kmedian award value
280different suppliers
15ending soon or upcoming

What University Of The West Of England buys

Contract awards by CPV category (Common Procurement Vocabulary division), from 26 Oct 2023 to 25 Sept 2026.

CategoryCPVAwardsValue
Education & training80000000132£10.2m
Software4800000071£8.3m
Business services (HR, legal, marketing, admin)7900000062£4m
IT services7200000030£1.9m
Construction works4500000021£7m
Furniture & furnishings3900000018£988k
Office & IT equipment3000000017£724k
Electrical equipment3100000013£1.4m
Other community services9800000013£1.2m
Telecoms equipment3200000012£1.1m
Most used CPV codesNotices
80300000 Higher education services138
48000000 Software package and information systems47
79980000 Subscription services14
98340000 Accommodation and office services13
79620000 Supply services of personnel including temporary staff10
92500000 Library, archives, museums and other cultural services10
31625100 Fire-detection systems9
72000000 IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support9
80000000 Education and training services9
30200000 Computer equipment and supplies8

Recent contract awards

The latest awards with a company or organisation named as supplier. Values are as published and may be framework or multi-year totals.

AwardedContractSupplierValue
25 Sept 2026SITS SubscriptionTribal Education Limited£159k
25 Sept 2026DBS checksFirst Advantage Europe LTD£140k
25 Sept 2026Annual licence, support and maintenanceKinetic Solutions Limited£118k
25 Sept 2026White Book PrintThomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited£99k
22 Sept 2026Turnitin OriginalityTurnitin, Llc£75k
22 Sept 2026Prenax (STDO) 26-27Prenax Limited£70k
22 Sept 2026ETXT Collection renewalOxford University Press£68k
22 Sept 2026APA Data FeeJisc Services Limited£56k
22 Sept 2026ARC Systems SupportArc-UK Technologies Limited£47k
22 Sept 2026Sports Centre booking systemGladstone Mrm Limited£46k
22 Sept 2026EDI Interim SpecialistNb Noted LTD£45k
22 Sept 2026Temporary agency staffBerkeley Scott Limited£145k
22 Sept 2026Staff fleet click cost ChargesCanon (UK) Limited£45k
22 Sept 2026Purchasing paper for digital machinesAntalis Limited£45k
22 Sept 2026Design and installation of signageDma Signs Limited£42k

Top suppliers to University Of The West Of England

Companies and organisations named most often in its award notices since 26 Oct 2023. 76% of awards went to small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).

SupplierAwardsValue
Jisc Services Limited14£1.2m
LA International Computer Consultants Limited10£401k
Berkeley Scott Limited8£406k
Lancer Scott Construction Limited7£1.2m
Academia Limited7£285k
Antalis Limited7£240k
Defensor Maintenance Limited6£312k
M Square Business Solutions Inc (MSM)5£1.2m
21St Century Building Services Ltd.5£993k
Guangzhou Meiyu Education Consulting Co Ltd5£892k

Contracts ending in the next 12 months

34 contracts end by 23 Oct 2027. Buyers usually re-tender 6 to 12 months before the end date, so these are the next opportunities to prepare for. End dates are as published and exclude optional extensions.

EndsContractCurrent supplierValue
16 Dec 2026SIS Test LeadSThree Partnership LLP T/A Real Staffing£58k
31 Dec 2026Enghouse Support - CC Operator Console - 2022003701 to 31/01/2026Modality Systems Limited£30k
31 Dec 2026Springer Nature Read & PublishJisc Services Limited - EURO Subscriptions (JC)£57k
1 Feb 2027Explorance MLY subscriptionExplorance Inc£27k
19 Feb 2027BLACKBOARD FLEX HOURS RECURBlackboard International BV£22k
31 Mar 2027Cleaning and Janitorial SuppliesNationwide Hygiene Supplies Limited£100k
1 Jun 2027Qualtrics - Cloud ProfessionalQualtrics LLC£47k
30 Jun 2027Rescale Software Platform AccessRescale Inc£24k
31 Jul 2027Educational Recording Agency LicenceEducational Recording Agency Limited£80k
31 Jul 2027CareerHub (License, Check-in & Hosting/ Team)CareerHub Pty Limited£51k
31 Jul 2027Vending machine salesCosta Express Limited£25k
31 Jul 2027BMS EngineerBEMS Controls Limited£131k
31 Jul 2027SITS SubscriptionTribal Education Limited£159k
31 Jul 2027DBS checksFirst Advantage Europe LTD£140k
31 Jul 2027APA Data FeeJisc Services Limited£56k

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Source: Contracts Finder (Crown Commercial Service) notices published 23 Oct 2023 to 23 Oct 2026, and Find a Tender (Cabinet Office) notices published 16 Sept 2026 to 22 Oct 2026. Figures are our own summary of those notices. Award counts include notices with a named organisation as supplier; notices naming individuals are left out and no individual's name is shown.

Licence: Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Open Government Licence v3.0.

Last updated: 23 October 2026. Information only; check the official notices before acting. Brightbench is not connected to University Of The West Of England.