Quick answer — Swansea UniversityLast refreshed 26 Mar 2026

At a glance

Swansea University has awarded £70.9m across 68 suppliers, with 138 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 63% · 62 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£800k) · SME share 39% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 6 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration63%
Modifications · 90 d6
SME spend share39%
Pipeline · open now62
Awards · 90 d2

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Swansea University is a contracting authority, based in UKL18. Tracks 182 published notices and 101 awards on PublicSupply.

182
Notices published
101
Awards
68
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£6.7m
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£405k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Swansea University — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

9

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

62

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

2

£800k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

services68 · £332.4m
Unspecified73 · £59.6m
works10 · £20.1m
goods31 · £3.7m

Instrument type

contract182 · £415.8m
Source:Find a Tender: 180Contracts Finder: 2

Awarded contracts · 138 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
SU131(26) Contract Hire of Acoustic Receivers for NNB GENCo(HPC) Ltd funded projectsAtlantic Salmon Trustactive
SU69(26) Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for Laboratory & Hazardous Substance Management System48430000£300kest.planning
(Maintenance of) PiSmart Cassette Printers Cell Path Ltd£53kpending
SU123(26) Margam & Union House Buildings Over cladding Works45000000£5.0mest.active
SU140(26) PV Phase 2 Installation Works45310000£333kest.active
SU155(26) Wales National Pool Swansea, Moveable Floor Works45000000£833kest.active
SU123(26) Margam & Union House Buildings Over cladding Works45000000£5.0mest.active
SU18(26) Provision of Direct Mail64000000£405kest.active
SU18(26) Provision of Direct Mail64000000£405kest.active
SU140(26) PV Phase 2 Installation Works45310000£333kest.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
CC
£45.0m
63% of total
2
UM
11 contracts · 10 Oct13 Feb
£8.5m
12% of total
New
3
JB
2 contracts · SME · 28 Aug
£4.0mest.
6% of total
New
4
AL
1 contract · SME
£1.2mest.
2% of total
5
TH
2 contracts · SME · 30 Sept
£1.2mest.
2% of total
New
6
ST
1 contract · SME
£1.0mest.
1% of total
7
ER
1 contract · SME
£950kest.
1% of total
8
IC
3 contracts · 15 Dec
£760k
1% of total
New
968
···
60 other suppliers
long tail · 24 SMEs
£8.4m
12% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Health & social work
2 contracts
£252.8m
62%
Furniture, cleaning
2 contracts
£50.3m
12%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£45.0m
11%
Other
81 contracts
£18.3m
5%
Construction works
8 contracts
£17.1m
4%
Education, training
4 contracts
£11.3m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
12 contracts
£8.0m
2%
Laboratory, scientific
6 contracts
£1.9m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Health & social work
Furniture, cleaning
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Other
0
2
1
1
1
2
1
Construction works
Education, training
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 · 6 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 6 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.

39%
SME supplier share
target 33%
39
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
68
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKL18
Companies House
RC000639
Contact
Rhian Nurse
Email
procurement@swansea.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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