Spend profile

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

£239.6m
12 m spend
£202.6m
Prior 12 m
+18%
YoY change
£625k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University of Essex — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£62m£123m£185m£247mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

10

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

0

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£1.5m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

goods24 · £2.1bn
Unspecified275 · £1.2bn
services45 · £888.6m
works3 · £37.0m

Instrument type

contract330 · £4.2bn
call off17 · £55.5m
Source:Contracts Finder: 253Find a Tender: 94

Awarded contracts · 94 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University of Essex 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
SE
3 contracts · 17 Mar
£901.3mest.
2
WP
4 contracts · 30 Jan17 Mar
£773.8mest.
3
JR
2 contracts · 17 Mar
£701.3mest.
4
IB
2 contracts · 17 Mar
£701.3mest.
5
CL
3 contracts · 17 Mar
£406.3mest.
6
CB
£400.0mest.
7
DE
2 contracts · 17 Mar
£371.3mest.
8
TG
2 contracts · 17 Mar
£371.3mest.
9206
···
198 other suppliers
long tail · 25 SMEs
£4.4bn

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Laboratory, scientific
16 contracts
£7.9bn
32%
Office equipment, IT
12 contracts
£5.5bn
23%
Transport equipment, vehicles
19 contracts
£3.8bn
16%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
25 contracts
£3.7bn
15%
Business, legal, advisory
59 contracts
£1.7bn
7%
Construction works
81 contracts
£1.2bn
5%
Other
37 contracts
£602.4m
2%
Financial, insurance
3 contracts
£126.6m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

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Laboratory, scientific
Office equipment, IT
Transport equipment, vehicles
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Business, legal, advisory
0
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0
0
Construction works
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 Essex 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.

11%
SME supplier share
target 33%
40
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
206
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 11% 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
UKH34
Companies House
RC000652
Contact
Nigel Hopgood
Email
procure@essex.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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