Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF KEELELast refreshed 29 Apr 2026

At a glance

UNIVERSITY OF KEELE has awarded £34.1m across 60 suppliers, with 66 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 8% · 10 open notices now · 6 awards in last 90 d (£2.2m) · SME share 49% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration8%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share49%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d6

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNIVERSITY OF KEELE is a contracting authority, based in UKG24. Tracks 88 published notices and 74 awards on PublicSupply.

88
Notices published
74
Awards
60
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£8.9m
12 m spend
£331k
Prior 12 m
+2582%
YoY change
£310k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNIVERSITY OF KEELE — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£1m£2m£2mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

6

£2.2m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified56 · £19.5m
services20 · £7.5m
works3 · £6.5m
goods9 · £2.2m

Instrument type

contract88 · £35.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 49Find a Tender: 39

Awarded contracts · 66 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Service Charge ManagementCARTER JONAS LLP70000000£80k29 Apr 2026active
Supply of Apple Products and Associated ServicesAcademia Limited30200000£1.0m27 Feb 2026active
Accommodation Deep Cleaning 2026Ametros Facilities Management Ltd.90911100£80k23 Mar 2026active
Feasibility Study for a 132kv Point of ConnectionCouch Perry & Wilkes LLP71311300£35k11 Mar 2026active
eSports & Games Design Room AVIDNS Ltd.32321200£94k11 Mar 2026active
Engineering Project - Construction Consultancy ServicesCastle Owen Construction and Property Consultants Limited71530000£255k20 Jan 2026active
Provision of Payment Solution ServicesFLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED£460k10 Apr 2026pending
Provision of Research Management SystemWORKTRIBE LTD£1.4m08 Apr 2026pending
Specialist Legal Advice for Land and Property TransactionsOSBORNE CLARKE LLPactive
Provision of Payment Solution ServicesFLYWIRE PAYMENTS LIMITED£460kpending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
WL
2 contracts · SME · 08 Apr
£2.8m
8% of total
New
2
RB
£2.2mest.
6% of total
3
DC
1 contract · SME
£2.2mest.
6% of total
4
SC
£2.2mest.
6% of total
5
QQ
£1.9mest.
6% of total
6
ID
1 contract · 08 Dec
£1.7m
5% of total
7
EC
£1.6mest.
5% of total
8
GO
1 contract · 24 Aug
£1.5m
4% of total
960
···
52 other suppliers
long tail · 25 SMEs
£16.6m
49% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Mining, metals
3 contracts
£19.5m
45%
Other
16 contracts
£8.3m
19%
Software packages, IT
13 contracts
£3.4m
8%
Architecture, engineering
12 contracts
£3.3m
8%
Office equipment, IT
4 contracts
£3.3m
7%
Business, legal, advisory
5 contracts
£2.9m
7%
Furniture, cleaning
1 contract
£1.5m
3%
Food, beverages, tobacco
2 contracts
£1.4m
3%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Mining, metals
Other
2
Software packages, IT
2
0
0
0
Architecture, engineering
0
0
Office equipment, IT
0
1
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 KEELE 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.

49%
SME supplier share
target 33%
36
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
60
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKG24
Companies House
RC000655
Contact
Leanne Fryer
Email
l.fryer@keele.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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