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.
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.
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
23
Open (bidding)
35
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 637 live
All contracts with a published award notice where London Universities Purchasing Consortium is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Asbestos Consultancy | — | 90650000 | £5.0mest. | — | planned |
| HE Data Centre Equipment and Infrastructure Framework 2028 | — | 31120000 | £30.0mest. | — | planned |
| Higher Education Networking Supply and Services 3 (HENSS3) | — | 30237110 | £80.0mest. | — | planned |
| Carbon Offsetting and Consultancy Services | — | 90713000 | — | — | planning |
| Life Sciences Equipment, Materials & Services | — | 33696500 | £250.0mest. | — | planned |
| Catering Outsourced Services Retender | — | 55500000 | £0est. | — | planning |
| RCoA NCAPC | — | 72314000 | £0 | — | active |
| LEGAL SERVICES PA23 | BRODIES LLP | £37.5mest. | — | active | |
| LEGAL SERVICES PA23 | HCR LEGAL LLP | £37.5mest. | — | active | |
| LEGAL SERVICES PA23 | WARD HADAWAY LLP | £37.5mest. | — | active |
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.
London Universities Purchasing Consortium 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
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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
- J.McLoughlin@lupc.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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