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
27
Open (bidding)
1
Awarded (90d)
5
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 66 live
All contracts with a published award notice where OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| KHIPU Networks Ltd | 72000000 | £226k | 09 Jul 2026 | active | |
| Softcat PLC | 48820000 | £1.7m | 18 Jun 2026 | active | |
| THE STUDENT ROOM GROUP LIMITED | — | — | active | ||
| HENHAM STRATEGY LTD | — | — | active | ||
| Cameca | £423k | 15 Jun 2026 | pending | ||
| STRATOS CREATIVE LIMITED | — | — | active | ||
| JISC SERVICES LIMITED | — | — | active | ||
| AECOM Limited | 71315200 | £300k | 10 Apr 2026 | active | |
| ADVANCED SECURE TECHNOLOGIES LTD | — | — | active | ||
| EBSCO INTERNATIONAL INC. | — | — | 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.
OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) 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%
where SME status recorded
1 of 75 with known office
£0 of £295.1m
75 of 199 matched suppliers
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
- UKJ12
- Companies House
- RC000391
- Contact
- Procurement Team
- bdu-tenders@open.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.
Resources
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