At a glance
University of Lincoln has awarded £281.9m across 175 suppliers, with 82 live contracts.
Why: Top supplier share 29% · 8 open notices now · 2 awards in last 90 d (£352k) · SME share 27% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.
About this buyer
Mission, scope and statutory context.
University of Lincoln is a contracting authority, based in UKF30. Tracks 302 published notices and 292 awards on PublicSupply.
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
2
Open (bidding)
8
Awarded (90d)
2
Frameworks open
0
Procurement mix
How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.
Contract type
Instrument type
Awarded contracts · 82 live
All contracts with a published award notice where University of Lincoln is the contracting authority.
| Title | Supplier | CPV | Value | Awarded | Status |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Equipment Purchase - DSC2500 and TGA55 | Waters Ltd | — | — | active | |
| Passenger/Goods Lift Refurbishment | Morris Vermaport Ltd | 45313000 | £114k | 28 Mar 2026 | active |
| 491 Internal Audit Services | — | 79212000 | — | — | planning |
| Dentistry (Ross Lucas) Virtual Reality Haptic Dental Skill Trainers | Wright Health Group Ltd | 33130000 | £238k | 10 Mar 2026 | active |
| Dentistry (Ross Lucas) Consumables & Residual Equipment | WRIGHT HEALTH GROUP LIMITED | — | — | active | |
| External Audit Services | HaysMac LLP | — | — | active | |
| 481 | Sim & Skills Ltd | 33190000 | £469k | 02 Feb 2026 | active |
| Sleep Laboratory Monitoring Equipment | STOWOOD SCIENTIFIC INSTRUMENTS LTD | — | — | active | |
| External Audit Services | HaysMac LLP | — | 29 Jan 2026 | pending | |
| Medical Task Trainers | LIMBS & THINGS LIMITED | — | — | 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 · 0 in 90 d
Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.
No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.
University of Lincoln has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.
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
- UKF30
- Contact
- Vasos Melides
- vmelides@lincoln.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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