At a glance
University Of Edinburgh has awarded £423.4m across 361 suppliers, with 587 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 6% · 105 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 52% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
University Of Edinburgh is a contracting authority, based in UKM75. Tracks 422 published notices and 289 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
51
Open (bidding)
105
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 587 live
All contracts with a published award notice where University Of Edinburgh is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Enterprise Infrastructure - Virtualisation Management Software | VMware International Unlimited Company | 48000000 | — | — | active |
| X-Ray Sources Framework | — | 38000000 | — | — | active |
| EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & Goods | Janvier LABS | 03325000 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & Goods | Envigo RMS UK Ltd. | 03325000 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & Goods | Charles River | 03325000 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| Relocation & Career Transition Support Services | HCR Ltd | 98392000 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| Relocation & Career Transition Support Services | Intoo UK Limited (part of Gi Group Holding) | 98392000 | £2.6mest. | — | active |
| Design Team for Energy Ventilation Projects | — | 71334000 | £478kest. | — | active |
| Purchase of an Electrophysiology Rig | Scientifica LTD | 38000000 | — | — | active |
| King's Buildings Shuttle Bus Service | — | — | — | 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
- UKM75
- Companies House
- SC005336
- Contact
- Iain Davies
- maria.dick@ed.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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