Quick answer — Student Loans CompanyLast refreshed 08 May 2026

At a glance

Student Loans Company has awarded £2.3bn across 177 suppliers, with 93 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 17% · 7 open notices now · 4 awards in last 90 d (£5.4m) · SME share 7% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration17%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share7%
Pipeline · open now7
Awards · 90 d4

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Student Loans Company is a contracting authority, based in United Kingdom. Tracks 480 published notices and 411 awards on PublicSupply.

480
Notices published
411
Awards
177
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£21.7m
12 m spend
£105.1m
Prior 12 m
-79%
YoY change
£258k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Student Loans Company — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£23m£47m£70m£93mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

57

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

7

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£5.4m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods19 · £971.4m
services68 · £902.7m
Unspecified393 · £737.4m

Instrument type

contract477 · £2.6bn
call off3 · £5.4m
Source:Contracts Finder: 371Find a Tender: 109

Awarded contracts · 93 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Student Loans Company is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Glasgow: 2025-TR-0068 Nice WFM Upgrade and SupportSVL Business Solutions48000000£2.0m23 Jan 2026active
Leadership Development - All LeadersFRANKLIN COVEY EUROPE LIMITED£390k08 May 2026pending
Leadership Development - All SLC LeadersFranklin Covey Europe Limited£390kpending
Leadership Development - All leaderswithdrawn
Leadership Development - All leaders80500000planned
Data Solution Delivery Partnerwithdrawn
Verification ReportingEquifax Limitedactive
Occupational HealthOptima Health UK Ltdactive
GB-Glasgow: Transformation Delivery OfficePricewaterhouseCooper LLP79410000£3.4m09 Apr 2026active
Forescout RenewalCOMPUTACENTER PLCactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
ST
1 contract · SME
£400.0mest.
17% of total
2
CB
£400.0mest.
17% of total
3
TL
1 contract · 17 Dec
£82.6m
4% of total
▼ 100%
4
SO
3 contracts · 27 Jan26 Jul
£20.1m
1% of total
5
PW
2 contracts · 14 Jul16 Apr
£18.3m
1% of total
6
WU
3 contracts · 14 Oct11 Feb
£17.6m
1% of total
7
PS
18 contracts · 04 Jul28 Mar
£15.6m
1% of total
▼ 100%
8
SP
41 contracts · 25 Jul09 Jan
£14.7m
1% of total
▼ 25%
9177
···
169 other suppliers
long tail · 16 SMEs
£164.4m
7% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Office equipment, IT
16 contracts
£2.0bn
60%
IT services, software
226 contracts
£803.8m
24%
Business, legal, advisory
47 contracts
£252.7m
7%
Software packages, IT
61 contracts
£199.5m
6%
Postal, telecoms
10 contracts
£53.3m
2%
Financial, insurance
11 contracts
£26.4m
1%
Other community services
7 contracts
£14.6m
0%
Printed matter
1 contract
£10.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Office equipment, IT
IT services, software
0
0
0
1
2
2
Business, legal, advisory
5
3
Software packages, IT
1
0
3
Postal, telecoms
Financial, insurance
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 · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

7%
SME supplier share
target 33%
27
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
177
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 7% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
United Kingdom

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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