Quick answer — Anglia Ruskin UniversityLast refreshed 31 Oct 2025

At a glance

Anglia Ruskin University has awarded £65.2m across 148 suppliers, with 69 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 13% · 40 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 29% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration13%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share29%
Pipeline · open now40
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Anglia Ruskin University is a contracting authority, based in UKH36. Tracks 325 published notices and 277 awards on PublicSupply.

325
Notices published
277
Awards
148
Suppliers engaged
2006
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£512k
12 m spend
£2.9m
Prior 12 m
-83%
YoY change
£192k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Anglia Ruskin University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

40

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified253 · £48.6m
services54 · £25.1m
goods18 · £3.8m

Instrument type

contract324 · £77.4m
call off1 · £36k
Source:Contracts Finder: 250Find a Tender: 75

Awarded contracts · 69 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Anglia Ruskin University is the contracting authority.

downloadExport CSV
TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
PE25/09_Ethical research platformWorktribe Ltdactive
PE25/09_Ethical research platformWorktribe Ltd£512k31 Oct 2025pending
PE25/09_Ethical research platformWorktribe Ltd£512kpending
T24/23_CCTV Replacement Programme35125300£0active
T24/23_CCTV Replacement Programme£2.0mest.active
T24/22_Dynamic Purchasing System for Provision of Private Student Residential Accommodation98341000£0active
T24/22_Dynamic Purchasing System for Provision of Private Student Residential Accommodation£8.0mest.active
T24/13_Student Residential Internet Providerclosed
T24/13_Student Residential Internet Provider72400000£0active
T24/13_Student Residential Internet Provider72400000£500kest.active
Showing 110 of 313

Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
EC
1 contract · 28 Jul
£8.4m
13% of total
2
NN
1 contract · SME
£6.0mest.
9% of total
3
HN
1 contract · SME
£6.0mest.
9% of total
4
WA
2 contracts · 15 Jun
£4.0m
6% of total
5
VE
1 contract · 07 Apr
£3.0m
5% of total
6
SB
1 contract · SME · 17 Feb
£3.0m
5% of total
7
LG
2 contracts · SME · 18 Nov
£1.9mest.
3% of total
▼ 100%
8
UL
2 contracts · 05 Sept
£1.6mest.
2% of total
▼ 100%
9148
···
140 other suppliers
long tail · 39 SMEs
£19.2m
30% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
63 contracts
£37.2m
52%
Other
14 contracts
£17.0m
24%
Other community services
5 contracts
£5.1m
7%
Architecture, engineering
10 contracts
£3.5m
5%
Furniture, cleaning
6 contracts
£3.1m
4%
Health & social work
8 contracts
£2.0m
3%
Education, training
14 contracts
£1.9m
3%
Office equipment, IT
14 contracts
£1.8m
3%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Other
1
Other community services
Architecture, engineering
Furniture, cleaning
Health & social work
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Anglia Ruskin University has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

29%
SME supplier share
target 33%
54
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
148
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 29% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

Upgrade to Pro

Compare against the peer group

£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.

News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

Free with account

Sign in to read news mentions

Article previews are free with an account — the underlying data is gated to satisfy publisher agreements.

Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKH36
Contact
Procurement Team
Email
procurement@aru.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

Resources

No verified links for Anglia Ruskin University yet. Know one? Suggest it below.

Share this profile

Citation for journalists & researchers available via API.