Quick answer — Loughborough UniversityLast refreshed 10 Feb 2026

At a glance

Loughborough University has awarded £331.4m across 72 suppliers, with 157 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 35% · 39 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 51% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration35%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share51%
Pipeline · open now39
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Loughborough University is a contracting authority, based in UKF22. Tracks 235 published notices and 194 awards on PublicSupply.

235
Notices published
194
Awards
72
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£70.1m
12 m spend
£6.7m
Prior 12 m
+944%
YoY change
£364k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Loughborough University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£17m£33m£50m£67mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

39

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

Unspecified165 · £192.8m
services41 · £62.1m
works3 · £58.0m
goods26 · £8.1m

Instrument type

contract235 · £320.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 139Find a Tender: 96

Awarded contracts · 157 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Loughborough University Wind Tunnel EquipmentLAVISIONUK Limitedactive
National Centre for Sport & Exercise Medicine-East Midlands: Healthcare Partner85100000planning
The Provision of Ecology Services90700000active
LU01020 - Object Aware PTVLAVISIONUK Limitedactive
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkAddison Hunt Ltd71541000£8.0mest.active
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkTCQ Surveyors Ltd71541000£8.0mest.active
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkCurrie & Brown UK Limited71541000£8.0mest.active
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkAtkins Realis PPS Ltd71541000£8.0mest.active
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkKeelagher Okey Associates Ltd71541000£8.0mest.active
LU00925 The Provision of an Estates Consultancy FrameworkGleeds Cost Management Ltd71541000£8.0mest.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
JG
2 contracts · 12 Dec
£117.1mest.
35% of total
New
2
CU
2 contracts · 21 Dec
£115.0mest.
35% of total
3
EE
1 contract · 13 Jun
£11.8m
4% of total
4
BW
4 contracts · 09 May18 Jul
£6.6mest.
2% of total
New
5
AR
5 contracts · 10 Feb
£4.9mest.
1% of total
New
6
SL
2 contracts · 20 Jan
£4.0m
1% of total
▼ 100%
7
WF
3 contracts · SME · 31 Aug
£4.0mest.
1% of total
8
KO
6 contracts · SME · 05 Jan10 Feb
£3.8mest.
1% of total
New
972
···
64 other suppliers
long tail · 32 SMEs
£64.2m
19% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
105 contracts
£192.7m
40%
Other
51 contracts
£115.6m
24%
Education, training
2 contracts
£80.0m
17%
Construction works
13 contracts
£60.5m
13%
Sewage, waste, environment
7 contracts
£14.8m
3%
Repair & maintenance
21 contracts
£6.7m
1%
Real estate
2 contracts
£4.0m
1%
Laboratory, scientific
24 contracts
£2.6m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Architecture, engineering
7
Other
1
1
2
1
Education, training
Construction works
59
Sewage, waste, environment
Repair & maintenance
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.

Loughborough 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.

51%
SME supplier share
target 33%
89
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
72
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
UKF22
Contact
Chris Stacey
Email
c.n.stacey@lboro.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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