Quick answer — The University of Northumbria at NewcastleLast refreshed 09 Mar 2026

At a glance

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle has awarded £32.3m across 84 suppliers, with 50 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 19% · 5 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 36% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration19%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share36%
Pipeline · open now5
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle is a contracting authority, based in UKC22. Tracks 236 published notices and 217 awards on PublicSupply.

236
Notices published
217
Awards
84
Suppliers engaged
2019
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£4.9m
12 m spend
£2.6m
Prior 12 m
+90%
YoY change
£187k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
The University of Northumbria at Newcastle — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£2m£3mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

15

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

5

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

Unspecified203 · £33.7m
works4 · £4.0m
goods18 · £2.2m
services11 · £1.1m

Instrument type

contract236 · £40.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 202Find a Tender: 34

Awarded contracts · 50 live

All contracts with a published award notice where The University of Northumbria at Newcastle is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: T25-0013 Fire Door Installation and Repair ServicesMeldrum Construction Services Group Limited45343000£2.5m09 Mar 2026active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T25/0022 Provision of Event ProductionR&B Group79952100£362k06 Mar 2026active
Protein Purification SystemGLOBAL LIFE SCIENCES SOLUTIONS OPERATIONS UK LTDpending
GB-Newcastle Upon Tyne: T25-0013 Fire Door Installation and Repair Services45343000£5.0mest.closed
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T25/0022 Provision of Event Production79952100£0active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T25-0005 Maintenance of Water CoolersCulligan UK Limited31141000£60k17 Nov 2025active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T24/0095 Provision of Branded MerchandiseStreamline Corporate Limited30192700£330k08 Oct 2025active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T25-0005 Maintenance of Water Coolers31141000£0active
GB-Newcastle upon Tyne: T24/0095 Provision of Branded Merchandise18412000£0active
Ellison Building Laboratory RefurbishmentSciQuip Limitedactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
LU
2 contracts · SME · 19 Feb
£6.0m
19% of total
2
MC
£2.5m
8% of total
New
3
KL
2 contracts · 20 Jun
£1.8mest.
6% of total
4
CF
2 contracts · 18 Jun11 Jul
£1.2m
4% of total
▼ 100%
5
AI
2 contracts · 02 Jan
£1.1mest.
3% of total
6
JK
£1.0mest.
3% of total
7
ET
2 contracts · 26 May
£958kest.
3% of total
8
SI
5 contracts · 28 Apr
£933k
3% of total
984
···
76 other suppliers
long tail · 19 SMEs
£15.2m
47% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
14 contracts
£8.7m
22%
Other
24 contracts
£7.6m
19%
R&D services
51 contracts
£7.5m
19%
Office equipment, IT
12 contracts
£6.6m
17%
Laboratory, scientific
38 contracts
£3.6m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
44 contracts
£3.4m
9%
Architecture, engineering
11 contracts
£1.7m
4%
Medical, pharmaceutical
15 contracts
£508k
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
3
Other
R&D services
Office equipment, IT
0
Laboratory, scientific
0
Business, legal, advisory
0
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.

The University of Northumbria at Newcastle 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.

36%
SME supplier share
target 33%
46
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
84
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
UKC22
Contact
Gill Mournian
Email
gill.mournian@northumbria.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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