Quick answer — London Universities Purchasing ConsortiumLast refreshed 04 Dec 2025

At a glance

London Universities Purchasing Consortium has awarded £16.3bn across 375 suppliers, with 637 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 11% · 35 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 32% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration11%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share32%
Pipeline · open now35
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

London Universities Purchasing Consortium is a contracting authority, based in UKI31. Tracks 199 published notices and 218 awards on PublicSupply.

199
Notices published
218
Awards
375
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£962.0m
12 m spend
£212.0m
Prior 12 m
+354%
YoY change
£18.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
London Universities Purchasing Consortium — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£141m£282m£422m£563mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

23

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

35

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

goods43 · £2.7bn
Unspecified103 · £1.9bn
services51 · £1.2bn
works2 · £6.0m

Instrument type

contract188 · £5.7bn
call off11 · £48.0m
Source:Find a Tender: 101Contracts Finder: 98

Awarded contracts · 637 live

All contracts with a published award notice where London Universities Purchasing Consortium is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Asbestos Consultancy90650000£5.0mest.planned
HE Data Centre Equipment and Infrastructure Framework 202831120000£30.0mest.planned
Higher Education Networking Supply and Services 3 (HENSS3)30237110£80.0mest.planned
Carbon Offsetting and Consultancy Services90713000planning
Life Sciences Equipment, Materials & Services33696500£250.0mest.planned
Catering Outsourced Services Retender55500000£0est.planning
RCoA NCAPC72314000£0active
LEGAL SERVICES PA23BRODIES LLP£37.5mest.active
LEGAL SERVICES PA23HCR LEGAL LLP£37.5mest.active
LEGAL SERVICES PA23WARD HADAWAY LLP£37.5mest.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
HI
4 contracts · 28 Aug
£1.8bnest.
11% of total
2
LT
4 contracts · 28 Aug
£1.8bnest.
11% of total
3
DC
4 contracts · 28 Aug
£1.8bnest.
11% of total
4
ST
3 contracts · 28 Aug
£1.2bnest.
7% of total
5
CE
£600.0mest.
4% of total
6
EE
£600.0mest.
4% of total
7
DE
£600.0mest.
4% of total
8
WL
11 contracts · SME · 15 Jun
£330.5mest.
2% of total
9375
···
367 other suppliers
long tail · 116 SMEs
£7.4bn
45% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Industrial machinery
88 contracts
£13.3bn
32%
Office equipment, IT
23 contracts
£7.9bn
19%
Radio, TV, communications
19 contracts
£7.7bn
19%
Repair & maintenance
98 contracts
£3.9bn
10%
Other
95 contracts
£3.1bn
7%
Sewage, waste, environment
75 contracts
£3.0bn
7%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
4 contracts
£1.2bn
3%
Business, legal, advisory
119 contracts
£1.1bn
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Industrial machinery
Office equipment, IT
Radio, TV, communications
Repair & maintenance
Other
250
512
Sewage, waste, environment
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 Universities Purchasing Consortium 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.

32%
SME supplier share
target 33%
260
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
375
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 32% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
04784719
Contact
Justin Mc Loughlin
Email
J.McLoughlin@lupc.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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