Quick answer — Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of LondonLast refreshed 26 May 2025

At a glance

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London has awarded £76.0m across 154 suppliers, with 75 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 16% · 9 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 38% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration16%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share38%
Pipeline · open now9
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London is a contracting authority, based in UKJ25. Tracks 200 published notices and 188 awards on PublicSupply.

200
Notices published
188
Awards
154
Suppliers engaged
2017
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£4.1m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£80k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£4mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

9

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

Unspecified182 · £68.1m
goods12 · £17.9m
services6 · £9.1m

Instrument type

contract200 · £95.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 181Find a Tender: 19

Awarded contracts · 75 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Preliminary Market Engagement - Radio Frequency (RF) Test & Measurement Equipment38540000planning
Security Systems Maintenance and Support for CCTV, Access Control, Intruder Alarms, and Associated Services50610000planning
RHUL-25059 Delivery of a Converged Media Production Stage Solution for R&D Usage by the UK Creative Sectors (Film, Games, Live, Immersive)Creative Technology Limited£4.1m26 May 2025pending
Delivery of a Converged Media Production Stage Solution for Research & Development Usage by UK Creative Sectors32321200£3.8mest.planning
Student Records System (SaaS)72000000£7.9mest.active
RHUL-24016 Provision of Sportswear and Sports AccessoriesSDL Group Limited (t/a Surridge Sport)£800kest.active
RHUL-24016 Provision of Sportswear and Sports AccessoriesSDL Group Limited (t/a Surridge Sport)18412000£960k25 Jan 2024active
GB-Egham: RHUL-24002 Umbraco CMS upgrade project & on-going supportNexer Digital Ltd48000000£315k15 Mar 2024active
GB-Egham: RHUL-24054 Provision of One Off Specialist Book Treatment ServicesHarwell Technical Services Limited K/A Harwell Restoration92500000£40k21 Dec 2023active
RHUL-24001 - Procurement of an Ultra High Vacuum (UHV) Josephson Junction fabrication Tool for Superconducting Quantum Circuits and Associated RequirementsAngstrom Engineering Incorporated£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
MU
1 contract · 15 Sept
£12.0m
16% of total
2
AE
2 contracts · SME · 05 Jan
£10.0mest.
13% of total
3
MS
1 contract · 28 Nov
£8.0m
11% of total
4
CT
3 contracts · 13 May26 May
£5.0mest.
7% of total
▼ 100%
5
SL
1 contract · 21 Dec
£3.1m
4% of total
6
KL
2 contracts · 06 Jul
£2.3mest.
3% of total
7
SG
2 contracts · SME · 25 Jan
£1.8mest.
2% of total
8
CE
3 contracts · 14 Mar
£1.7mest.
2% of total
9154
···
146 other suppliers
long tail · 60 SMEs
£32.1m
42% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
30 contracts
£20.9m
29%
Furniture, cleaning
4 contracts
£12.4m
17%
Other
5 contracts
£10.9m
15%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£8.4m
12%
Software packages, IT
30 contracts
£6.5m
9%
Electrical machinery
10 contracts
£5.5m
8%
Radio, TV, communications
4 contracts
£4.5m
6%
Laboratory, scientific
31 contracts
£3.7m
5%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Business, legal, advisory
Furniture, cleaning
Other
IT services, software
Software packages, IT
Electrical machinery
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

Coming Q3 2026

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.

Royal Holloway and Bedford New College, known as Royal Holloway, University of London 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.

38%
SME supplier share
target 33%
67
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
154
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.

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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
UKJ25
Contact
Kim Cooper
Email
procurement@RHUL.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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