Name: University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement ServicesLast refreshed 03 Jul 2024

At a glance

University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services has awarded £64.9m across 21 suppliers, with 34 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 12% · 3 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 26% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration12%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share26%

Pipeline · open now3

Awards · 90 d0

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

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services is a contracting authority, based in UKJ. Tracks 21 published notices and 32 awards on PublicSupply.

21

Notices published

32

Awards

21

Suppliers engaged

2018

First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0

12 m spend

£145k

Prior 12 m

-100%

YoY change

£204k

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

3

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

Unspecified15 · £4.5m

goods6 · £3.8m

Instrument type

contract21 · £8.3m

Source:Contracts Finder: 15Find a Tender: 6

Awarded contracts · 34 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services is the contracting authority.

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
University of Birmingham Supply & Distribution of Coffee & Ancillary Products	200 Degrees Coffee Roasters	15000000	£145k	03 Jul 2024	active
University of Birmingham Supply & Distribution of Coffee & Ancillary Products	200 Degrees Coffee Roasters	15000000	—	—	active
Supply and Distribution of Draught Beer Products to University of Birmingham	—	15900000	£0est.	—	closed
Supply and Distribution of Draught Beer Products to University of Birmingham	—	15961000	£80kest.	—	active
Supply and Distribution of Draught Beer Products to University of Birmingham	—	15961000	—	—	cancelled
Supply and Distribution of Draught Beer Products to University of Birmingham	—	15900000	£0	—	active
Supply and Distribution of Draught Beer Products to University of Birmingham	—	15961000	£80kest.	—	active
Supply and Distribution of Food, Non-Food and Beverages products to University of Birmingham & Edgbaston Park Hotel	Bidfood	15000000	£204k	13 Jul 2023	active
Supply and Distribution of Food, Non-Food and Beverages products to University of Birmingham & Edgbaston Park Hotel	Birtwistles Catering Butchers	15000000	£204k	13 Jul 2023	active
Supply and Distribution of Food, Non-Food and Beverages products to University of Birmingham & Edgbaston Park Hotel	Chicken Joes Ltd trading as Love Joes	15000000	£204k	13 Jul 2023	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

BI

Bidfood

5 contracts · 16 Mar – 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

2

CJ

Chapple & Jenkins

4 contracts · 16 Mar – 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

3

BC

Birtwistles Catering Butchers

3 contracts · 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

4

AF

Albion Fine Foods

3 contracts · 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

5

BF

Beaumont fresh foods

3 contracts · 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

6

SL

Simply Lunch

3 contracts · 13 Jul

£7.5mest.

12% of total

—

7

CJ

Chicken Joes Ltd trading as Love Joes

2 contracts · 13 Jul

£3.8mest.

6% of total

—

8

FF

Fishco Fine Foods LTD

2 contracts · 13 Jul

£3.8mest.

6% of total

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9–21

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13 other suppliers

long tail · 0 SMEs

£12.3m

19% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Food, beverages, tobacco

47 contracts

£64.6m

99%

Agriculture, farming

4 contracts

£336k

1%

Furniture, cleaning

2 contracts

£70k

0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul

Aug

Sept

Oct

Nov

Dec

Jan

Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Food, beverages, tobacco

Agriculture, farming

Furniture, cleaning

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.

University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services 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.

26%

SME supplier share
target 33%

11

SME award rows

0

VCSE award rows

21

Distinct suppliers

⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 26% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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

Buyer	Type	12 m spend	Top-supplier %	SME %	Mods · 90 d
University of Birmingham C/O Pelican Procurement Services	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

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type: Contracting authority
Region: UKJ
Email: elaine.keen@pelicanprourement.co.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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