Name: UNIVERSITY OF HULL procurement activity
Creator: PublicSupply
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF HULLLast refreshed 11 Dec 2024

At a glance

UNIVERSITY OF HULL has awarded £32.0m across 81 suppliers, with 23 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 28% · 10 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 20% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals

Top-supplier concentration28%

Modifications · 90 d0

SME spend share20%

Pipeline · open now10

Awards · 90 d0

Supplier?Pipeline Top suppliers Categories boughtWatchdog?Modifications FOIA & transparency SME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNIVERSITY OF HULL is a contracting authority, based in UKE11. Tracks 136 published notices and 127 awards on PublicSupply.

136

Notices published

127

Awards

81

Suppliers engaged

2015

First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0

12 m spend

£290k

Prior 12 m

-100%

YoY change

£80k

Median award

Awards (£m)12m moving avg

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

›

Open (bidding)

10

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

Unspecified119 · £31.1m

services12 · £1.1m

goods5 · £200k

Instrument type

call off44 · £16.6m

contract92 · £15.7m

Source:Contracts Finder: 119Find a Tender: 17

Awarded contracts · 23 live

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

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Title	Supplier	CPV	Value	Awarded	Status
Direct Award APUC LAB1028 AP Microscopes and Imaging	Leica Microsystems	38510000	£113k	06 Dec 2024	active
Direct Award APUC LAB1028 AP Microscopes and Imaging Equipment	Leica Microsystems	38510000	£177k	11 Dec 2024	active
Payment Solutions	HSBC Bank Plc		—	—	active
Marketing Support for The Flood Resilience Innovation Centre	Sowden & Sowden Ltd	79340000	£59k	27 Mar 2020	active
EPOS Systems & Services (CAT11054-TU)	Addvance IT / Kappture	48443000	£90k	06 Dec 2023	active
Facilities Management and Workplace Services DPS (RM6264).	Biffa		—	—	active
The University of Hull is looking for a full service operation that will comprise of an in-country office covering South East Asia, in which they employ an officer to undertake work directed by the GE.	—	79000000	£0	—	active
Global Travel and Venue Solutions	TRAVEL PLANET TMC UK LIMITED	63516000	£9.0m	16 Dec 2022	active
We are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the design of a Creative Industry Portal. Further details are available in the specification. Please note that the use of Proactis is to allow the notice to be published on contracts finder. To access the specification and bidder response document, please visit spark-fund.co.uk/procurement-opportunities No questions or bids should be submitted through Proactis, please follow the instructions in the SparkFund documentation	—	48000000	£0	—	active
We are seeking to appoint a single supplier for the design of a n Integrated Work Management System. Further details are available in the specification.\n \n Please note that the use of Proactis is to allow the notice to be published on contracts finder. To access the specification and bidder response document, please visit spark-fund.co.uk/procurement-opportunities No questions or bids should be submitted through Proactis, please follow the instructions in the SparkFund documentation	—	72200000	£0	—	active

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1

TP

TRAVEL PLANET TMC UK LIMITED

1 contract · SME · 16 Dec

£9.0m

28% of total

—

2

HB

Henry Boot Construction Ltd

1 contract · 18 May

£8.5m

26% of total

—

3

SC

SPECIALIST COMPUTER CENTRES PLC

1 contract · 19 Oct

£2.4m

8% of total

—

4

BP

BT PLC

1 contract · 03 Aug

£1.5m

5% of total

—

5

XP

Xchanging PLC

1 contract · 05 Aug

£900k

3% of total

—

6

PS

PHOENIX SOFTWARE LIMITED

1 contract · 01 Jul

£750k

2% of total

—

7

SS

Sowden & Sowden Ltd

7 contracts · 01 Oct – 15 Apr

£714kest.

2% of total

—

8

PA

PURE AUDIO VISUAL LIMITED

1 contract · 28 Aug

£335k

1% of total

—

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73 other suppliers

long tail · 12 SMEs

£4.7m

15% of total

various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Support transport services

2 contracts

£9.1m

28%

Construction works

12 contracts

£9.0m

28%

Business, legal, advisory

42 contracts

£5.7m

18%

Radio, TV, communications

4 contracts

£4.3m

13%

Software packages, IT

12 contracts

£2.2m

7%

Office equipment, IT

7 contracts

£771k

2%

Laboratory, scientific

15 contracts

£642k

2%

Architecture, engineering

10 contracts

£519k

2%

Activity heatmap

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

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Aug

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Oct

Nov

Dec

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Feb

Mar

Apr

May

Jun

Support transport services

Construction works

Business, legal, advisory

Radio, TV, communications

Software packages, IT

Office equipment, IT

LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

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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.

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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 HULL 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

20%

SME supplier share
target 33%

19

SME award rows

1

VCSE award rows

81

Distinct suppliers

⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 20% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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: UKE11
Contact: Charlotte White
Email: c.a.white@hull.ac.uk

Board & accountable officers