Quick answer — BIRKBECK COLLEGELast refreshed 16 Feb 2026

At a glance

BIRKBECK COLLEGE has awarded £54.2m across 79 suppliers, with 47 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 93% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share93%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

BIRKBECK COLLEGE is a contracting authority, based in UKI31. Tracks 134 published notices and 121 awards on PublicSupply.

134
Notices published
121
Awards
79
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£3.8m
12 m spend
£8.2m
Prior 12 m
-53%
YoY change
£102k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
BIRKBECK COLLEGE — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

Unspecified117 · £54.2m
services8 · £6.4m
works9 · £0

Instrument type

contract130 · £46.9m
call off4 · £13.7m
Source:Contracts Finder: 117Find a Tender: 17

Awarded contracts · 47 live

All contracts with a published award notice where BIRKBECK COLLEGE is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Safe Zone AppCRITICALARC LTD48000000£132k19 Jan 2026active
Travel Management ServicesDiversity Travel Limited Trading as DGI63516000£153k28 Nov 2025active
Gordon Square Lighting Upgrade worksARTIC BUILDING SERVICES LTD31527260£286k16 Feb 2026active
Principal Contractor Gordon Square ProjectMETROPOLIS PROJECTS LIMITED45450000£154k16 Jan 2026active
Facade and Roof works at Gordon SquareMETROPOLIS PROJECTS LIMITED45261900£491k16 Jan 2026active
Conservatory FaceliftMETROPOLIS PROJECTS LIMITED45453100£109k30 Sept 2025active
Construction and refurbishmentBORRAS CONSTRUCTION LTD45000000£428k15 Sept 2025active
Various Buildings Fire Door Remedial Works - Phase 3GUNNING LONDON LIMITED44221220£37k01 Dec 2025active
Research Costing and Pricing SolutionBLACKDACKEL GMBH48000000£129k31 Oct 2025active
Cryo Focused Ion Beam (cryo-FIB) Scanning Electron Microscope with integrated fluorescenceFEI UK LIMITED38512000£1.4m26 Sept 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AC
1 contract · 13 Feb
£7.4m
14% of total
2
HL
1 contract · SME · 03 Sept
£5.5m
10% of total
3
MI
2 contracts · SME · 20 Sept
£5.2m
10% of total
▼ 100%
4
HG
1 contract · SME · 01 Aug
£4.5m
8% of total
5
EE
2 contracts · 26 Jul25 Jun
£3.5m
7% of total
▼ 100%
6
GV
1 contract · SME · 03 Jan
£3.2m
6% of total
7
AB
5 contracts · SME · 16 Jul16 Feb
£3.2m
6% of total
▲ 28555623%
8
SL
1 contract · 25 Sept
£3.0m
6% of total
979
···
71 other suppliers
long tail · 65 SMEs
£18.5m
34% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
37 contracts
£18.1m
36%
Business, legal, advisory
6 contracts
£10.2m
20%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
6 contracts
£7.1m
14%
Industrial machinery
3 contracts
£5.5m
11%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£3.8m
7%
Laboratory, scientific
12 contracts
£2.5m
5%
Printed matter
10 contracts
£1.9m
4%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£1.7m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
1
1
Business, legal, advisory
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Industrial machinery
Radio, TV, communications
Laboratory, scientific
1
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.

BIRKBECK COLLEGE 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.

93%
SME supplier share
target 33%
126
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
79
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI31
Companies House
RC000048
Contact
Procurement
Email
procurement@bbk.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.

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