Spend profile

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

£2.0m
12 m spend
£7.6m
Prior 12 m
-74%
YoY change
£132k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£483k£966k£1.4m£1.9mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

3

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

4

£595k

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works7 · £64.8m
Unspecified321 · £20.4m
services42 · £11.3m
goods13 · £1.0m

Instrument type

contract383 · £97.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 258Find a Tender: 125

Awarded contracts · 68 live

All contracts with a published award notice where THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA is the contracting authority.

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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
£9.3mest.
2
NS
2 contracts · 06 Jan22 Apr
£990k
3
EE
1 contract · 23 Sept
£973k
4
WB
£887k
5
EP
3 contracts · 27 Jul08 May
£747kest.
6
AG
3 contracts · 02 Aug21 Aug
£735k
7
BI
1 contract · 03 Aug
£727k
8
CO
1 contract · 23 Sept
£712k
9164
···
156 other suppliers
long tail · 44 SMEs
£16.8m

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
19 contracts
£66.2m
70%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
3 contracts
£6.4m
7%
Software packages, IT
34 contracts
£5.3m
6%
Architecture, engineering
21 contracts
£5.3m
6%
Other
74 contracts
£4.8m
5%
Business, legal, advisory
24 contracts
£3.9m
4%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
2 contracts
£1.7m
2%
IT services, software
7 contracts
£1.6m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Construction works
Hotel, restaurant, retail
Software packages, IT
Architecture, engineering
Other
0
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0
0
0
0
Business, legal, advisory
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.

THE UNIVERSITY OF CUMBRIA 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.

24%
SME supplier share
target 33%
55
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
164
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 24% 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
UKD12
Companies House
06033238
Contact
Claire Reid
Email
procurementteam@cumbria.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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