At a glance
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY has awarded £274.8m across 559 suppliers, with 274 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 10% · 36 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£319k) · SME share 57% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY is a contracting authority, based in UKF11. Tracks 949 published notices and 942 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
11
Open (bidding)
36
Awarded (90d)
2
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 274 live
All contracts with a published award notice where UNIVERSITY OF DERBY is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Training delivery, including Basic Life Support, and Manual Handling | — | 80000000 | £570kest. | — | planning |
| LXP Learner Experience Platform | Essential Computing | 48000000 | £319k | 05 May 2026 | active |
| Management of Fire & Life Safety Systems | GLOBAL FIRE SYSTEMS LIMITED | — | 27 Mar 2026 | pending | |
| University of Derby Health Bus | BLACKPOOL DESIGN COACHBUILDERS LIMITED | — | — | pending | |
| Consultancy Services | CBRE LIMITED | £325k | — | pending | |
| Supply of Occupational Health Services for Students | KAYS MEDICAL LIMITED | — | 24 Feb 2026 | pending | |
| Theatre Design - RIBA 3 & 4 | Atkins Realis PPS | 71220000 | £428k | 05 Mar 2026 | active |
| Timetabling Solution | Celcat | 48000000 | £366k | 24 Oct 2025 | active |
| Managed Email Delivery Platform | QUBA DIGITAL LIMITED | £240k | — | pending | |
| Terminalfour SaaS & Web Hosting Service < subscription Agreement | Terminalfour | 48000000 | £318k | 27 Sept 2025 | 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 · 0 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
UNIVERSITY OF DERBY has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
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
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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
- UKF11
- Companies House
- 03079282
- Charity no.
- 1169283
- Contact
- Procurement Team
- bidsupport@derby.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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