Quick answer — LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITYLast refreshed 01 Apr 2026

At a glance

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY has awarded £478.9m across 63 suppliers, with 72 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 59% · 12 open notices now · 1 award in last 90 d (£284.0m) · SME share 38% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration59%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share38%
Pipeline · open now12
Awards · 90 d1

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY is a contracting authority, based in UKI43. Tracks 98 published notices and 80 awards on PublicSupply.

98
Notices published
80
Awards
63
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£286.1m
12 m spend
£568k
Prior 12 m
+50314%
YoY change
£344k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£78m£156m£234m£312mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

5

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

12

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£284.0m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified62 · £474.5m
works2 · £293.5m
services22 · £292.8m
goods12 · £3.7m

Instrument type

contract98 · £1.1bn
Source:Find a Tender: 79Contracts Finder: 19

Awarded contracts · 72 live

All contracts with a published award notice where LONDON METROPOLITAN UNIVERSITY is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
International Student Recruitment - Americas79600000£1.0mest.active
International Student Recruitment - Americas79600000£1.0mest.planning
Funnel back renewalSQUIZ UK LIMITEDactive
Application SupportVIRTUS 7 LTDactive
Address Validation SoftwareTribal Group PLCactive
Web of Science Subscription Agreement 2025-28JISC SERVICES LIMITEDactive
Estate Management ServicesSavills UK Limitedactive
PROCUREMENT OF A STRATEGIC DELIVERY PARTNERGRAHAM ASSET MANAGEMENT LIMITED£284.0m01 Apr 2026active
Supply and Installation of FurnitureSouthern Broadstock Interiors Ltd30100000active
AGREEMENT FOR THE SIGNAGE SERVICESDisplay Signs Limited34928470£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
GA
£284.0m
59% of total
New
2
AI
1 contract · SME · 06 Sept
£150.0m
31% of total
3
CM
1 contract · 30 Nov
£35.0m
7% of total
4
NP
2 contracts · 18 Jul
£3.5mest.
1% of total
New
5
SS
2 contracts · SME · 25 Nov
£2.1mest.
0% of total
New
6
AH
2 contracts · SME · 01 Sept
£2.1m
0% of total
7
GG
2 contracts · SME · 03 Sept
£725kest.
0% of total
New
8
RL
£338k
0% of total
963
···
55 other suppliers
long tail · 22 SMEs
£1.2m
0% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
58 contracts
£291.2m
37%
Repair & maintenance
1 contract
£284.0m
36%
Business, legal, advisory
13 contracts
£189.3m
24%
Construction works
2 contracts
£9.5m
1%
Software packages, IT
3 contracts
£3.7m
0%
Other community services
2 contracts
£2.1m
0%
Transport equipment, vehicles
1 contract
£200k
0%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£125k
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
1
0
1
284
Repair & maintenance
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
Software packages, IT
Other community services
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.

LONDON METROPOLITAN 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.

38%
SME supplier share
target 33%
28
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
63
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI43
Companies House
00974438
Contact
Muhammad Islam
Email
strategic-procurement@londonmet.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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