At a glance
ulster university has awarded £198.2m across 94 suppliers, with 145 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 35% · 59 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£3.1m) · SME share 44% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
ulster university is a contracting authority, based in UKN0C. Tracks 222 published notices and 112 awards on PublicSupply.
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
32
Open (bidding)
59
Awarded (90d)
2
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 145 live
All contracts with a published award notice where ulster university is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pharmacogenomic (PGx) Testing Service | — | 85140000 | £600kest. | — | active |
| Embedded International Pathway College | OXFORD INTERNATIONAL EDUCATION & TRAVEL LIMITED | 79600000 | £66.0mest. | — | active |
| Preliminary Market Engagement Counselling Services | — | 85312320 | £1.2mest. | — | planning |
| Preliminary Market Engagement Counselling Services | — | 85312320 | £1.2mest. | — | planning |
| Smoke Ventilation Maintenance Services | — | 35111500 | — | — | active |
| Car Park Equipment and Maintenance | SKIDATA Ireland Ltd | £2.8m | 24 Apr 2026 | pending | |
| Smoke Ventilation Maintenance Services | — | 35111500 | — | — | active |
| Integrated Project Management Information System (PMIS) | Parm AG | £260kest. | 02 Apr 2026 | active | |
| Smoke Ventilation Maintenance Services | — | — | — | complete | |
| Derry~Londonderry Northland Road Sports Dome (UU Dome) | — | £12.0mest. | — | 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 · 2 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
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.
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%
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
- UKN0C
- Companies House
- RC000726
- procurement_enquiries@ulster.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.
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