Quick answer — Northumbria University NewcastleLast refreshed 09 May 2024

At a glance

Northumbria University Newcastle has awarded £1.6m across 30 suppliers, with 21 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 18% · 0 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 44% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration18%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share44%
Pipeline · open now0
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Northumbria University Newcastle is a contracting authority, based in UKC21. Tracks 32 published notices and 31 awards on PublicSupply.

32
Notices published
31
Awards
30
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£67k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Northumbria University Newcastle — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

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

services20 · £10.0m
Unspecified12 · £1.6m

Instrument type

contract32 · £11.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 20Contracts Finder: 12

Awarded contracts · 21 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Newcastle: Northumbria University - T23/0098 Scaling Pan-UKRI Approaches to Public EngagementUniversity of the West of England79310000£85k09 May 2024active
T23/0091 - Multi Disciplinary Construction Professional Services Consultancy71520000£10.0mest.planned
T23/0091 - Multi Disciplinary Construction Professional Services Consultancy71530000£0active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: Q22/0175 - EA/PM for Lovaine Demolition ProjectTurner & Townsend Project Management Ltd71541000£24k30 Jun 2023active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T21/0097 - CHASE consultancy appointmentTurner & Townsend Project Management Ltd71315200£129k31 Aug 2022active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: External Legal Advisors (Contract Drafting)DAC BEACHCROFT LLP79100000£80k01 Aug 2023active
(NU/1433-45) Madevo Limited: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University ResearchNorth East BICactive
(NU/1433-46) Teacher Success Project (TSP): The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University ResearchH2 optimalactive
(NU/1433-47) Kargenera: The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University ResearchLifescience Advisors Limitedactive
(NU/1433-43) Self-Enforcing Electronic Voting (SEEV): The Provision of Business Consultancy to Assist Commercialisation of University ResearchEnoMere Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
DT
1 contract · 01 Nov
£300k
18% of total
2
HS
£202k
12% of total
3
TT
2 contracts · 31 Aug30 Jun
£153k
9% of total
4
GS
2 contracts · 21 Apr
£134k
8% of total
5
HN
2 contracts · 21 Apr
£134k
8% of total
6
SP
2 contracts · 21 Apr
£134k
8% of total
7
NR
2 contracts · 21 Apr
£134k
8% of total
8
UO
£85k
5% of total
930
···
22 other suppliers
long tail · 16 SMEs
£349k
21% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Architecture, engineering
4 contracts
£10.2m
87%
Business, legal, advisory
21 contracts
£1.5m
13%

Activity heatmap

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

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LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

Northumbria University Newcastle 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.

44%
SME supplier share
target 33%
17
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
30
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
UKC21
Contact
Gill Mournian
Email
gill.mournian@northumbria.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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