At a glance
Manchester Metropolitan University has awarded £144.9m across 171 suppliers, with 65 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 12% · 21 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 18% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
Manchester Metropolitan University is a contracting authority, based in UKD33. Tracks 283 published notices and 258 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
1
Open (bidding)
21
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 65 live
All contracts with a published award notice where Manchester Metropolitan University is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MMU1495 Supply of Goods & Services - Micro-computed Tomography System - Expression of Interest | — | 38510000 | £0 | — | active |
| Management and Support Services in relation to Personnel in Sub-Saharan Africa - AWARD | Grok Global Services | 79631000 | £168k | 24 Sept 2024 | active |
| Management and Support Services in relation to Personnel in Sub-Saharan Africa | Grok Global Services | 79620000 | £300kest. | — | active |
| AV Supply, Installation and Maintenance - AWARD | ROCHE AUDIO VISUAL | 32321200 | £12.5m | 01 Aug 2024 | active |
| Assessment Centre Experience Services - AWARD | Gradcore Ltd | 80000000 | £598k | 01 Aug 2024 | active |
| Post Graduate Student Research System | — | 48000000 | £0 | — | active |
| Call Off for Confocal Microscope - AWARD | Carl Zeiss Ltd | 38000000 | £0 | 10 Jun 2024 | active |
| Live Cell Imaging Microscope - AWARD | Carl Zeiss Ltd | 38510000 | £0 | 10 Jun 2024 | active |
| Single Ply Cutter - AWARD | FKgroup | 42710000 | £0 | 03 Jun 2024 | active |
| Build Mobile App Development and Data & Analytics Capability | SOFTWIRE TECHNOLOGY LIMITED | 72200000 | £1.5m | 03 Jan 2024 | 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.
Manchester Metropolitan University 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
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKD33
- Contact
- Stacey Anderton
- procurement@mmu.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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