Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTERLast refreshed 11 May 2026

At a glance

UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER has awarded £128.8m across 104 suppliers, with 86 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 23% · 13 open notices now · 11 awards in last 90 d (£2.9m) · SME share 46% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration23%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share46%
Pipeline · open now13
Awards · 90 d11

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER is a contracting authority, based in UKD44. Tracks 298 published notices and 284 awards on PublicSupply.

298
Notices published
284
Awards
104
Suppliers engaged
2016
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£7.2m
12 m spend
£884k
Prior 12 m
+716%
YoY change
£387k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNIVERSITY OF LANCASTER — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£3m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

13

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

11

£2.9m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

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

Contract type

Unspecified282 · £126.4m
services9 · £4.1m
works2 · £1.1m
goods5 · £180k

Instrument type

call off52 · £111.0m
contract246 · £20.8m
Source:Contracts Finder: 266Find a Tender: 32

Awarded contracts · 86 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Intruder Alarm, Access Control and CCTV Service and MaintenanceDH Fire and security£88k11 May 2026active
Furness College Lift ReplacementNORTHERN ELEVATOR LIMITED£80k24 Apr 2026active
General Waste (Lot One) and Recyclate & Food Waste (Lot Two) Collection Services90500000£1.9mest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkBULLOUGHS CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED£540kest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkHB CLEANING NORTH LTD£540kest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkIN DEPTH SERVICES (CLEANING) LIMITED£540kest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkD & I LIMITED£540kest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkBULLOUGHS CLEANING SERVICES LIMITED£540kest.active
Window Cleaning Service FrameworkIN DEPTH SERVICES (CLEANING) LIMITED£540kest.active
Purchase of Cryo Free Dilution RefrigeratorOXFORD NANOSCIENCE LIMITED13 Apr 2026pending
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BC
1 contract · 31 May
£30.0m
23% of total
2
BC
1 contract · 16 Oct
£29.7m
23% of total
3
CC
3 contracts · SME · 24 May25 Jul
£19.8m
15% of total
4
JT
2 contracts · SME · 11 Oct24 May
£9.7m
8% of total
5
PB
7 contracts · SME · 25 Jan08 Apr
£4.3m
3% of total
6
LR
1 contract · 17 Jan
£2.8m
2% of total
7
TD
2 contracts · 12 Jul08 Feb
£2.3m
2% of total
8
GJ
2 contracts · SME · 27 Feb
£1.9mest.
1% of total
New
9104
···
96 other suppliers
long tail · 35 SMEs
£26.9m
21% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
74 contracts
£107.9m
81%
Other
29 contracts
£10.7m
8%
Architecture, engineering
24 contracts
£5.1m
4%
Sewage, waste, environment
20 contracts
£3.7m
3%
Business, legal, advisory
23 contracts
£3.0m
2%
Laboratory, scientific
50 contracts
£1.1m
1%
Education, training
8 contracts
£1.1m
1%
Industrial machinery
3 contracts
£970k
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Other
0
0
3
3
0
0
Architecture, engineering
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
Laboratory, scientific
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 LANCASTER 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.

46%
SME supplier share
target 33%
65
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
104
Distinct suppliers

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD44
Companies House
RC000657
Contact
Michael Hayes
Email
tenders@lancaster.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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