Name: Queen Margaret University procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — Queen Margaret UniversityLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

Queen Margaret University has awarded £33.9m across 14 suppliers, with 24 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 38% · 7 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 82% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration38%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share82%

Pipeline · open now7

Awards · 90 d0

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Queen Margaret University is a contracting authority, based in UKM73. Tracks 25 published notices and 16 awards on PublicSupply.

25

Notices published

16

Awards

14

Suppliers engaged

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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

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YoY change

£5.0m

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

7

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

services22 · £46.4m

goods2 · £500k

Unspecified1 · £0

Instrument type

contract25 · £46.9m

Source:Find a Tender: 24Contracts Finder: 1

Awarded contracts · 24 live

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

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
Audio-Visual Support Services for University Graduation Ceremonies	Catalyst Event Production Services	92111210	£400kest.	—	active
Student Recruitment Advertising	Penna Plc	79340000	—	—	active
Occupational Health Services - Student Health Screening	—	85141200	£500kest.	—	planned
CCTV Upgrade	Dalkia Scotshield Limited	35120000	£500kest.	—	active
Finance System Implementation Manager	Continuate Digital Consulting Group	72222000	—	—	active
Finance System Implementation Manager	Continuate Digital Consulting Group	72222000	—	—	active
Queen Margaret University Catering Contractor	Baxter Storey	55500000	£13.0mest.	—	active
Framework for Provision of Individual Support for Students Who Have Disclosed a Disability / Additional Support Need	Clear Links Support Ltd	80340000	£5.0mest.	—	active
Framework for Provision of Individual Support for Students Who Have Disclosed a Disability / Additional Support Need	Randstad	80340000	£5.0mest.	—	active
Framework for Provision of Individual Support for Students Who Have Disclosed a Disability / Additional Support Need	Theorise Ltd	80340000	£5.0mest.	—	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

BS

Baxter Storey

1 contract

£13.0mest.

38% of total

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2

HT

Home Tuition Scotland Ltd.

3 contracts · SME

£5.4mest.

16% of total

—

3

CL

Clear Links Support Ltd

2 contracts · SME

£3.8mest.

11% of total

—

4

RA

Randstad

2 contracts

£3.8mest.

11% of total

—

5

TL

Theorise Ltd

2 contracts · SME

£2.9mest.

9% of total

—

6

DA

Deaf Action

1 contract · SME

£2.5mest.

7% of total

—

7

AI

Autism Initiatives

1 contract

£1.7mest.

5% of total

—

8

DS

Dalkia Scotshield Limited

1 contract · SME

£500kest.

1% of total

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9–14

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6 other suppliers

long tail · 6 SMEs

£445k

1% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training

12 contracts

£55.0m

66%

Other

5 contracts

£13.0m

16%

Hotel, restaurant, retail

2 contracts

£13.0m

15%

Petroleum, fuel, energy

1 contract

£1.5m

2%

Health & social work

1 contract

£500k

1%

Security, emergency equipment

1 contract

£500k

1%

Recreational, cultural, sport

1 contract

£400k

0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Education, training

Other

Hotel, restaurant, retail

Petroleum, fuel, energy

Health & social work

Security, emergency equipment

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.

Queen Margaret 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.

82%

SME supplier share
target 33%

18

SME award rows

0

VCSE award rows

14

Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type: Contracting authority
Region: UKM73
Contact: Ross Sharp
Email: Helpdesk@qmu.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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Buyer	Type	12 m spend	Top-supplier %	SME %	Mods · 90 d
Queen Margaret University	self	£24.8bn	14%	24%	12 (3)
Peer A	—	£8.2bn	11%	34%	3 (0)
Peer B	—	£3.2bn	18%	31%	4 (0)
Peer C	—	£1.84bn	9%	42%	0