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Quick answer — Nottingham Trent UniversityLast refreshed 18 May 2026

At a glance

Nottingham Trent University has awarded £467.6m across 549 suppliers, with 257 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 22 open notices now · 9 awards in last 90 d (£21.6m) · SME share 32% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share32%
Pipeline · open now22
Awards · 90 d9
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Nottingham Trent University is a contracting authority, based in UKF14. Tracks 714 published notices and 724 awards on PublicSupply.

714
Notices published
724
Awards
549
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£61.8m
12 m spend
£18.7m
Prior 12 m
+230%
YoY change
£92k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Nottingham Trent University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£7m£15m£22m£29mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

7

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

22

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

9

£21.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

Unspecified663 · £293.0m
goods18 · £51.2m
works5 · £36.0m
services28 · £9.0m

Instrument type

contract604 · £271.4m
call off110 · £117.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 634Find a Tender: 80

Awarded contracts · 257 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
3015 Multiaxial Axial-Torsional Fatigue Testing SystemInstron, Division of ITW Limited£270k18 May 2026pending
Provision of Electrical Testing Services—71632000——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageFast Graphics (Nottingham) Ltd——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageColorset North Ltd——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageN1 Visual Limited——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageFast Graphics (Nottingham) Ltd——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageHickling & Squires UK Ltd——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageAGNE Ltd trading as AlphaGraphics——active
Provision of Print Services and SignageHarlow Printing Limited T/A Harlow Solutions——active
Mechanical and Electrical Contractors FrameworkAMPTRON ELECTRICAL SERVICES LIMITED——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
CR
Capita Resourcing Limited
1 contract · 08 Dec
£79.6m
17% of total
—
2
KG
Kukri GB Limited
4 contracts · SME · 19 May – 12 Feb
£32.6mest.
7% of total
New
3
BK
Bowmer & Kirkland Ltd
2 contracts · 05 Nov
£21.0mest.
4% of total
—
4
EV
Evans Vittori
1 contract · SME · 20 Jun
£20.0m
4% of total
—
5
CC
Clegg Construction Ltd
2 contracts · SME · 02 Feb – 05 Jun
£18.4m
4% of total
—
6
HB
Henry Brothers (Midlands) Ltd
2 contracts · SME · 08 May – 08 May
£17.2m
4% of total
—
7
GL
Getech Ltd
1 contract
£15.0mest.
3% of total
—
8
DT
Diversity Travel Limited
1 contract · SME · 14 May
£12.0m
3% of total
▼ 100%
9–549
···
541 other suppliers
long tail · 167 SMEs
£265.6m
57% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
215 contracts
£347.0m
50%
Business, legal, advisory
235 contracts
£189.7m
27%
Other
100 contracts
£50.7m
7%
Clothing, footwear
5 contracts
£32.6m
5%
Transport services
27 contracts
£25.3m
4%
Architecture, engineering
25 contracts
£22.0m
3%
Office equipment, IT
18 contracts
£16.7m
2%
Support transport services
7 contracts
£16.2m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Business, legal, advisory
Other
1
0
27
21
0
Clothing, footwear
Transport services
Architecture, engineering
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.

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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.

Nottingham Trent 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

32%
SME supplier share
target 33%
285
SME award rows
3
VCSE award rows
549
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 32% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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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
UKF14
Contact
Martin Parr
Email
NTUProcurement@ntu.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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