Quick answer — University of NorthamptonLast refreshed 07 Jun 2026

At a glance

University of Northampton has awarded £1.2m across 5 suppliers, with 9 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 34% · 8 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 100% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration34%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share100%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University of Northampton is a contracting authority, based in UKF24. Tracks 14 published notices and 5 awards on PublicSupply.

14
Notices published
5
Awards
5
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£285k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University of Northampton — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

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

services7 · £1.2m
goods7 · £1.1m

Instrument type

contract14 · £2.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 14

Awarded contracts · 9 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University of Northampton is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
ITT316 Appointment of an Occupational Health Provider (Staff occupational health)85147000£270kest.active
ITT301 Appointment of Vendor for Space Occupancy Project£400kest.active
ITT300 Appointment of Creative Agency£300kest.active
ITT288 - Appointment of Cleaning and Janitorial SuppliesJohn Astley & Sons Ltd39800000£210kest.active
ITT282 Appointment of Biomass Woodchip SupplierWilby Tree Surgeons09111400£304kest.active
ITT278 Appointment of a Window Cleaning/External Cleaning Contractor.Clean 4 Shaw Ltd90911200£270kest.active
ITT284 Appointment of Creative Agency for Recruitment Creative CampaignDaughter Studio79415200£400kest.active
ITT280 Provision of Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies39800000cancelled
ITT280 Provision of Cleaning and Janitorial Supplies39800000£210kest.active
Provision of Student Recruitment Intelligence and Student Recruitment Advertising ServicesUCAS Media72321000active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
DS
1 contract · SME
£400kest.
34% of total
2
WT
1 contract · SME
£304kest.
26% of total
3
CS
1 contract · SME
£270kest.
23% of total
4
JA
1 contract · SME
£210kest.
18% of total
5
UM
1 contract · SME
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
2 contracts
£700k
30%
Furniture, cleaning
3 contracts
£420k
18%
Business, legal, advisory
1 contract
£400k
17%
Petroleum, fuel, energy
1 contract
£304k
13%
Health & social work
1 contract
£270k
11%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£270k
11%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
Furniture, cleaning
Business, legal, advisory
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Health & social work
Sewage, waste, environment
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 Northampton 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.

100%
SME supplier share
target 33%
5
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
5
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKF24
Contact
Helen Fox
Email
procurement@northampton.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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