At a glance
Cardiff University has awarded £411.0m across 225 suppliers, with 367 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 12% · 107 open notices now · 10 awards in last 90 d (£6.2m) · SME share 65% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Cardiff University is a contracting authority, based in UKL22. Tracks 413 published notices and 275 awards on PublicSupply.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
46
Open (bidding)
107
Awarded (90d)
10
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 367 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Cardiff University is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Residences Extractor Fan Cleaning | Vectair Environmental Limited | £130kest. | — | active | |
| BIOSV Client Technical Advisor - Cathays Campus | CUBE CLEANTECH LIMITED | £325k | 05 Jun 2026 | active | |
| Residences Extractor Fan Cleaning | Vectair Environmental Limited | £65k | 28 May 2026 | active | |
| Residences Low Occupancy Water Flushing | Rock Compliance Limited | £92k | 29 May 2026 | active | |
| Car Parking Management | UK Parking Control Limited | £3.9m | 02 Jun 2026 | pending | |
| VMWare 2026 | CDW Limited | — | — | active | |
| Ad Hoc Coach Hire | — | 60172000 | £1.2mest. | — | active |
| Nutanix Hardware | CDW Limited | — | — | active | |
| 4GU Report | Elsevier | — | — | active | |
| Asbestos Consultancy and Removal/Remediation Framework | ENVIRONTEC LIMITED | £360k | 18 May 2026 | pending |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
Cardiff University has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
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.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKL22
- Companies House
- RC000089
- Contact
- Julie Price
- Pricejk@cardiff.ac.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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