Quick answer — UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE)Last refreshed 10 Oct 2024

At a glance

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) has awarded £88.5m across 424 suppliers, with 30 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 14% · 4 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 54% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration14%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share54%
Pipeline · open now4
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) is a contracting authority, based in UKF14. Tracks 646 published notices and 633 awards on PublicSupply.

646
Notices published
633
Awards
424
Suppliers engaged
2018
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£5.4m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£50k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£3m£4m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

8

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

4

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

Unspecified631 · £88.5m
goods7 · £14.6m
services8 · £14.0m

Instrument type

contract643 · £116.4m
call off3 · £673k
Source:Contracts Finder: 631Find a Tender: 15

Awarded contracts · 30 live

All contracts with a published award notice where UNIVERSITY OF NOTTINGHAM (THE) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Real-time Digital Twin Equipment31600000£250kest.active
Dynamometer System for Single-Cylinder Combustion Engine Testing31126000£105kest.active
Graduation Services18400000£0active
PRELIMINARY MARKET ENGAGEMENT for: Customized Silicone & Colour 3D Printer30232100£125kest.planning
Provision of Waste Collection Services for the University of Nottingham90500000£3.0mest.planning
Provision of Waste Collection Services for the University of Nottingham90500000£3.0mest.planning
Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy (ITSS) Specialist Consultancy71621000active
Institute for Technical Skills & Strategy (ITSS) Specialist Consultancy71621000£0active
Replacement of University Fire Alarms31625000£500kest.planned
Request for Information - Queue Management System48000000£0active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
BE
1 contract · 01 Oct
£12.0m
14% of total
2
CE
1 contract · 01 Oct
£12.0m
14% of total
3
MW
£5.4m
6% of total
▼ 100%
4
SC
32 contracts · 18 Mar30 Apr
£2.2m
2% of total
5
SF
1 contract · SME · 28 Nov
£1.8m
2% of total
6
GM
11 contracts · SME · 05 Mar27 Nov
£1.6m
2% of total
7
OP
2 contracts · 22 Mar26 Mar
£1.5m
2% of total
8
CJ
1 contract · SME · 15 Dec
£1.1m
1% of total
9424
···
416 other suppliers
long tail · 276 SMEs
£50.7m
57% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Petroleum, fuel, energy
4 contracts
£24.1m
29%
Radio, TV, communications
16 contracts
£15.4m
18%
Sewage, waste, environment
4 contracts
£11.5m
14%
Business, legal, advisory
77 contracts
£8.7m
10%
Other
5 contracts
£8.0m
9%
Software packages, IT
106 contracts
£7.6m
9%
Recreational, cultural, sport
11 contracts
£4.7m
6%
Laboratory, scientific
55 contracts
£4.4m
5%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Petroleum, fuel, energy
Radio, TV, communications
Sewage, waste, environment
Business, legal, advisory
Other
Software packages, IT
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 NOTTINGHAM (THE) 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.

54%
SME supplier share
target 33%
340
SME award rows
1
VCSE award rows
424
Distinct suppliers

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKF14
Companies House
RC000664
Contact
Sabrina Cox
Email
Sabrina.Cox@nottingham.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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