Quick answer — University Of EdinburghLast refreshed 06 Jun 2026

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.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration6%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share52%
Pipeline · open now105
Awards · 90 d0

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.

422
Notices published
289
Awards
361
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£2.7m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University Of Edinburgh — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

51

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

105

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

services219 · £1.3bn
works23 · £112.5m
goods180 · £21.3m

Instrument type

contract422 · £1.4bn
Source:Find a Tender: 422

Awarded contracts · 587 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University Of Edinburgh is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Enterprise Infrastructure - Virtualisation Management SoftwareVMware International Unlimited Company48000000active
X-Ray Sources Framework38000000active
EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & GoodsJanvier LABS03325000£2.6mest.active
EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & GoodsEnvigo RMS UK Ltd.03325000£2.6mest.active
EC1068 Research Models, Re-derivation, Revitalisation & Related Services & GoodsCharles River03325000£2.6mest.active
Relocation & Career Transition Support ServicesHCR Ltd98392000£2.6mest.active
Relocation & Career Transition Support ServicesIntoo UK Limited (part of Gi Group Holding)98392000£2.6mest.active
Design Team for Energy Ventilation Projects71334000£478kest.active
Purchase of an Electrophysiology RigScientifica LTD38000000active
King's Buildings Shuttle Bus Serviceactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DP
6 contracts · SME
£25.5mest.
6% of total
2
TA
4 contracts · SME
£23.3mest.
6% of total
3
EC
£23.0mest.
5% of total
4
FC
5 contracts
£23.0mest.
5% of total
5
TC
4 contracts · SME
£20.0mest.
5% of total
6
WL
£18.8mest.
4% of total
7
PT
4 contracts · SME
£15.5mest.
4% of total
8
BC
1 contract
£15.0mest.
4% of total
9361
···
353 other suppliers
long tail · 194 SMEs
£259.3m
61% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Real estate
2 contracts
£1.0bn
39%
Education, training
59 contracts
£739.2m
28%
Construction works
40 contracts
£519.6m
20%
Architecture, engineering
95 contracts
£148.5m
6%
Business, legal, advisory
36 contracts
£115.4m
4%
Food, beverages, tobacco
12 contracts
£40.0m
2%
Electrical machinery
3 contracts
£20.0m
1%
Other
79 contracts
£11.6m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Real estate
Education, training
Construction works
Architecture, engineering
Business, legal, advisory
Food, beverages, tobacco
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 · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

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.

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.

52%
SME supplier share
target 33%
289
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
361
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM75
Companies House
SC005336
Contact
Iain Davies
Email
maria.dick@ed.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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