Spend profile

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

£500k
12 m spend
£733k
Prior 12 m
-32%
YoY change
£1.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNIVERSITY OF MANCHESTER — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0£275k£550k£825k£1.1mAugNovFebMayAugNovFebMay

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

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

Unspecified447 · £2.5bn
works8 · £275.0m
goods83 · £197.3m
services41 · £25.8m

Instrument type

contract561 · £2.7bn
call off18 · £303.1m
Source:Contracts Finder: 447Find a Tender: 132

Awarded contracts · 32 live

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

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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BS
1 contract · 03 Feb
£2.0bn
2
NP
3 contracts · 31 Mar
£284.0mest.
3
HB
4 contracts · 12 Jul04 Sept
£273.8mest.
4
RS
2 contracts · 31 Mar
£273.0mest.
5
CC
2 contracts · 31 Mar
£273.0mest.
6
UD
£273.0mest.
7
AC
£273.0mest.
8
RT
£273.0mest.
9166
···
158 other suppliers
long tail · 31 SMEs
£3.9bn

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
54 contracts
£5.5bn
70%
Real estate
1 contract
£2.0bn
26%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
5 contracts
£269.0m
3%
Repair & maintenance
6 contracts
£36.0m
0%
Other
39 contracts
£12.8m
0%
Radio, TV, communications
3 contracts
£9.0m
0%
Architecture, engineering
3 contracts
£8.0m
0%
IT services, software
2 contracts
£7.1m
0%

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 MANCHESTER 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.

16%
SME supplier share
target 33%
37
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
166
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 16% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKD33
Companies House
RC000797
Contact
Katherine Orme
Email
CDP@manchester.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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