Quick answer — Birmingham City UniversityLast refreshed 15 Jan 2026

At a glance

Birmingham City University has awarded £78.9m across 73 suppliers, with 71 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 11% · 37 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 25% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration11%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share25%
Pipeline · open now37
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Birmingham City University is a contracting authority, based in UKG31. Tracks 222 published notices and 166 awards on PublicSupply.

222
Notices published
166
Awards
73
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£4.1m
12 m spend
£830k
Prior 12 m
+394%
YoY change
£317k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Birmingham City University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£5mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

4

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

37

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

Unspecified155 · £76.4m
services46 · £45.0m
goods19 · £1.5m
works2 · £0

Instrument type

contract213 · £99.8m
call off9 · £23.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 153Find a Tender: 69

Awarded contracts · 71 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Birmingham City University is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Re-Imagine Engineering Refurbishment. Millennium Point, Birmingham45210000active
PS127 - Personal Assistance Scheme80340000active
PS129D - Digital Anatomy Visualisation Tables33100000active
PS129B33100000active
FM288 Parkside LED Lighting Replacement45311000active
Learning Analytics Solution48000000active
Computer Aided Facility Management Software (CAFM) System Service Provision.INVIDA LIMITED15 Jan 2026pending
IT217 - Safety ApplicationCriticalArc Ltd48730000active
IT197 - Unified Communications SolutionExponential-e Limitedactive
PS120 Occupational Health Services for StudentsOHWorks Ltd85120000active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
AL
3 contracts · 30 Jun
£9.0m
11% of total
2
TU
2 contracts · 28 May
£5.0mest.
6% of total
3
OC
2 contracts · 29 Sept26 May
£5.0m
6% of total
4
SC
2 contracts · 31 Mar09 May
£4.4m
6% of total
5
OL
3 contracts · SME · 07 Jul
£4.1m
5% of total
New
6
DS
1 contract · SME · 12 Jul
£4.0m
5% of total
7
VC
1 contract · SME · 12 Jul
£4.0m
5% of total
8
CO
£4.0m
5% of total
973
···
65 other suppliers
long tail · 14 SMEs
£28.9m
37% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
32 contracts
£53.7m
51%
Education, training
15 contracts
£11.3m
11%
Radio, TV, communications
7 contracts
£10.6m
10%
Other
35 contracts
£9.4m
9%
Software packages, IT
15 contracts
£6.3m
6%
IT services, software
13 contracts
£6.1m
6%
Office equipment, IT
7 contracts
£4.8m
5%
Health & social work
3 contracts
£4.1m
4%

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
Education, training
Radio, TV, communications
Other
Software packages, IT
IT services, software
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.

Birmingham City 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.

25%
SME supplier share
target 33%
22
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
73
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 25% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKG31
Contact
Tina Lewis
Email
Tina.lewis@bcu.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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