Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF EXETERLast refreshed 20 May 2026

At a glance

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER has awarded £565.1m across 454 suppliers, with 540 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 33% · 118 open notices now · 20 awards in last 90 d (£36.6m) · SME share 40% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration33%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share40%
Pipeline · open now118
Awards · 90 d20

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER is a contracting authority, based in UKK43. Tracks 987 published notices and 856 awards on PublicSupply.

987
Notices published
856
Awards
454
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£59.5m
12 m spend
£6.2m
Prior 12 m
+861%
YoY change
£192k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNIVERSITY OF EXETER — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£9m£18m£27m£35mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

39

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

118

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

20

£36.6m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

works4 · £264.0m
services150 · £247.0m
goods111 · £151.6m
Unspecified722 · £132.1m

Instrument type

contract976 · £787.1m
call off11 · £7.6m
Source:Find a Tender: 498Contracts Finder: 489

Awarded contracts · 540 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Research Digital Facilities Management SystemInnaxys Ltd£125kest.active
Microscopy data management solutionBRUKER UK LIMITED£227k20 May 2026pending
Microscopy data management solutionBRUKER UK LIMITED£227kpending
Contractor Godswill ArumTilo Consulting Limitedactive
Contractor Godswill Arumactive
UOECS0557092026Aecom Ltdactive
Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope38000000£200kest.active
Spinning Disk Confocal Microscope38000000£200kest.active
UE277963Data Path Office Network Services Ltdactive
PO/2026/1133/RLM&C Saatchi (UK) Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
UP
£185.0mest.
33% of total
2
HN
2 contracts · SME · 18 Sept
£13.1mest.
2% of total
3
RA
2 contracts · SME · 18 Sept
£13.1mest.
2% of total
4
BI
1 contract · 15 Feb
£12.5m
2% of total
5
AA
3 contracts · 11 Nov
£10.2mest.
2% of total
6
DC
3 contracts · 11 Nov
£10.2mest.
2% of total
7
BG
4 contracts · SME · 03 May01 May
£10.1m
2% of total
New
8
WI
1 contract · SME · 01 May
£10.0m
2% of total
New
9454
···
446 other suppliers
long tail · 151 SMEs
£291.2m
52% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Industrial machinery
21 contracts
£252.6m
28%
IT services, software
132 contracts
£198.8m
22%
Construction works
25 contracts
£195.1m
21%
Other
264 contracts
£75.5m
8%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
3 contracts
£75.2m
8%
Business, legal, advisory
123 contracts
£70.8m
8%
Food, beverages, tobacco
7 contracts
£30.5m
3%
Laboratory, scientific
161 contracts
£18.4m
2%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Industrial machinery
IT services, software
Construction works
Other
12
2
0
1
6
4
32
Petroleum, fuel, energy
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.

UNIVERSITY OF EXETER 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.

40%
SME supplier share
target 33%
266
SME award rows
2
VCSE award rows
454
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
UKK43
Companies House
RC000653
Contact
Melanie Cox
Email
m.cox2@exeter.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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