Quick answer — City UniversityLast refreshed 16 Dec 2021

At a glance

City University has awarded £70.5m across 37 suppliers, with 77 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 25% · 46 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 2% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration25%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share2%
Pipeline · open now46
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

City University is a contracting authority, based in UKI43. Tracks 316 published notices and 255 awards on PublicSupply.

316
Notices published
255
Awards
37
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£309k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
City University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

6

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

46

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

Unspecified255 · £70.0m
services33 · £37.4m
goods16 · £20.6m
works12 · £17.1m

Instrument type

contract316 · £145.0m
Source:Contracts Finder: 253Find a Tender: 63

Awarded contracts · 77 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
26-0152 - Policy Platform - Pre-Market Engagement48000000planning
26-0129 Jenner Roof Air Handling Unit Phase 2 RefurbishmentErgro Technical Servicesactive
Website Governance and Quality Assurance Platform Review48170000planning
26/002 Soft Market Testing CSG (Clerkenwell) Catering Services55520000planning
26-0099 Managed Student Accommodation Services (South London)98341000active
26-0099 Managed Student Accommodation Services (South London)98341000planning
EXECUTIVE AND ACADEMIC GOVERNANCE REVIEW79212110£100kest.active
Health and Wellbeing Clinic - redesigncancelled
Health and Wellbeing Clinic - redesign45111300£230kest.active
CSG Clerkenwell - Drysdale Level 3 AHU Refurb45331200£200kest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BI
2 contracts · 08 Aug29 Apr
£17.5m
25% of total
2
SL
1 contract · 08 Aug
£15.0m
21% of total
3
OP
3 contracts · 17 Mar29 Apr
£9.9m
14% of total
4
AC
£3.0m
4% of total
5
LA
£3.0m
4% of total
6
NC
1 contract · 29 Apr
£2.5m
4% of total
7
LC
1 contract · 29 Apr
£2.5m
4% of total
8
MS
1 contract · 11 Jul
£2.5m
4% of total
937
···
29 other suppliers
long tail · 1 SME
£14.6m
21% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
56 contracts
£48.5m
35%
Other
41 contracts
£29.5m
21%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
7 contracts
£19.6m
14%
Software packages, IT
34 contracts
£18.1m
13%
Architecture, engineering
22 contracts
£11.3m
8%
Business, legal, advisory
47 contracts
£8.2m
6%
Sewage, waste, environment
6 contracts
£3.4m
2%
IT services, software
15 contracts
£1.9m
1%

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
Other
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Software packages, IT
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

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.

2%
SME supplier share
target 33%
1
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
37
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 2% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI43
Contact
procurement
Email
procurement@city.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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