Spend profile

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

£11.9m
12 m spend
£10.9m
Prior 12 m
+9%
YoY change
£50k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University of Chester — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£1.5m£3.0m£4.5m£6.0mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

1

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified142 · £48.7m
services27 · £13.7m
goods2 · £0

Instrument type

contract125 · £48.2m
call off46 · £14.2m
Source:Contracts Finder: 140Find a Tender: 31

Awarded contracts · 52 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Walker Fire UK Ltd02 Jul 2026pending
FCS-live Limited71317000£60k31 Mar 2026active
Constant Security Services Ltd79710000£1.5m11 Mar 2026active
STA International Limited79940000£600k26 Feb 2026active
Grok Global Services Incactive
Academia Limited48000000£190k16 Feb 2026active
Dalkia Energy Services Ltd09000000£4.4m19 Dec 2025active
Academia Limited48000000£490k19 Dec 2025active
Academia Limited30213100£60k28 Nov 2025active
Havas People79340000£200k16 Dec 2025active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
NN
4 contracts · SME · 02 Oct19 Dec
£12.0mest.
2
DE
2 contracts · 31 Jul19 Dec
£4.5m
3
BF
1 contract · 27 Jun
£4.5m
4
JR
£3.0m
5
TO
1 contract · SME · 27 Sept
£3.0m
6
KL
2 contracts · SME · 01 Jul
£2.4mest.
7
SP
6 contracts · 29 Nov17 Dec
£2.4m
8
IH
£2.1m
9129
···
121 other suppliers
long tail · 56 SMEs
£27.6m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
24 contracts
£21.4m
42%
Software packages, IT
16 contracts
£8.1m
16%
Health & social work
8 contracts
£4.7m
9%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£4.5m
9%
Radio, TV, communications
6 contracts
£4.1m
8%
Office equipment, IT
10 contracts
£3.3m
6%
Electrical machinery
7 contracts
£2.8m
6%
Architecture, engineering
8 contracts
£1.7m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Jul
Business, legal, advisory
0
1
2
Software packages, IT
0
0
0
Health & social work
Petroleum, fuel, energy
4
Radio, TV, communications
3
Office equipment, IT
0
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.

University of Chester 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.

51%
SME supplier share
target 33%
95
SME award rows
11
VCSE award rows
129
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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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
UKD63
Charity no.
525938
Contact
Procurement Services
Email
procurement@chester.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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