The University of Leeds is a public research university and Russell Group member based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, with around 39,000 students across science, engineering, medicine, business, arts and humanities. It procures research equipment, laboratory consumables, IT and digital services, estates construction and maintenance, library resources and catering for one of the UK's largest universities.
At a glance
University of Leeds has awarded £249.2m across 326 suppliers, with 284 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 15% · 73 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 15% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 1 modification in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
The University of Leeds is a public research university and Russell Group member based in the city of Leeds, West Yorkshire, with around 39,000 students across science, engineering, medicine, business, arts and humanities. It procures research equipment, laboratory consumables, IT and digital services, estates construction and maintenance, library resources and catering for one of the UK's largest universities.
Spend profile
Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.
Contract pipeline
Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.
Planned
10
Open (bidding)
73
Awarded (90d)
0
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 284 live
All contracts with a published award notice where University of Leeds is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GB-Leeds: 202526 5793 Cell Disruptor | — | 38000000 | £0 | — | active |
| PE2025_26-5843 - Litter picking, bin, external grounds and vehicle cleaning | — | — | — | closed | |
| PE2025_26-5843 - Litter picking, bin, external grounds and vehicle cleaning | — | 90910000 | £0 | — | active |
| PE2025_26-5843 - Litter picking, bin, external grounds and vehicle cleaning | — | 90910000 | £30kest. | — | planned |
| 2024-25/4278a- Supply of a Protein Purification System | — | 38432200 | £0 | — | active |
| PE2025-26/5688 Financial Wellbeing Support | — | 66171000 | — | — | active |
| GB-Leeds: 202526 5320 - Ultracold Laboratory Freezers | — | 39711120 | £0 | — | active |
| GB-Leeds: 2025/26-5283- Supply of a High Temperature Simultaneous Thermal Analysis system with MS detector | — | 38434000 | £0 | — | active |
| GB-Automated Kjeldahl: Leeds | — | 38420000 | £0 | — | active |
| GB-Leeds: 2025-26/5269- Supply of An Automated Soxhlet Unit | — | 42912100 | £0 | — | active |
Top suppliers · by total award value
Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.
Category spend breakdown
By CPV division · lifetime awards
Activity heatmap
Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.
Commercial & procurement leadership
Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.
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 · 1 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging
We see 1 notice tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.
Compliance & transparency
FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.
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.
target 33%
Peer benchmark
vs other buyers in the same type. Highlighted row = this buyer.
Compare against the peer group
£149 / seat / month. Configurable peer groups, rolling trendlines, and CSV / PDF exports for board packs.
News mentions
Major UK press & trade publications.
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Statutory & accountability
Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.
Identifiers & contact
- Type
- Contracting authority
- Region
- UKE42
- Companies House
- RC000658
- Contact
- Joanne Jordan
- j.c.jordan@adm.leeds.ac.uk
Board & accountable officers
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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