Quick answer — University of Portsmouth Higher Education CorporationLast refreshed 09 Jun 2026

At a glance

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation has awarded £18.2m across 58 suppliers, with 86 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 31% · 10 open notices now · 5 awards in last 90 d (£5.1m) · SME share 33% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration31%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share33%
Pipeline · open now10
Awards · 90 d5

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation is a contracting authority, based in UKJ31. Tracks 107 published notices and 84 awards on PublicSupply.

107
Notices published
84
Awards
58
Suppliers engaged
2025
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£10.1m
12 m spend
£3.8m
Prior 12 m
+169%
YoY change
£490k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£1m£2m£4m£5mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

13

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

10

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

5

£5.1m

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works2 · £86.0m
Unspecified55 · £15.0m
services35 · £8.3m
goods15 · £630k

Instrument type

contract106 · £105.7m
call off1 · £4.3m
Source:Find a Tender: 107

Awarded contracts · 86 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Barbour Estates Management, Wellbeing & International Modules subscriptionBARBOUR EHS LIMITEDactive
Enterprise Resource Platform (ERP) System Implementation (SI) partnerMASTEK (UK) LTD.£4.3m09 Jun 2026pending
Building Occupancy Sensors- Pre Market Engagement71315000£625kest.planning
Building Occupancy Sensors- Pre Market Engagement71315000£625kest.planning
Lexis + SubscriptionRELX PLC26 Mar 2026active
Sports Physiotherapy Services85142100£238kest.active
Lab GasesBOC Limitedactive
Electronics ComponentsRapid Electronics Limitedactive
Learning System in support of ApprenticeshipsAptem Limitedactive
CRM & Marketing Cloud RenewalAcademia Ltdactive
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
FH
£5.6mest.
31% of total
▼ 100%
2
ML
1 contract · 09 Jun
£4.3m
24% of total
New
3
QL
2 contracts · SME · 11 Jul
£4.3m
24% of total
New
4
CO
2 contracts · SME · 20 Mar
£1.2mest.
7% of total
New
5
AL
3 contracts · SME · 19 Dec
£980k
5% of total
New
6
IE
2 contracts · SME
£833k
5% of total
7
RA
£284k
2% of total
8
SB
1 contract · SME · 21 May
£225k
1% of total
New
958
···
50 other suppliers
long tail · 17 SMEs
£449k
2% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
1 contract
£86.0m
79%
Other
82 contracts
£18.2m
17%
Health & social work
3 contracts
£1.7m
2%
Architecture, engineering
5 contracts
£1.3m
1%
Furniture, cleaning
1 contract
£600k
1%
Clothing, footwear
2 contracts
£400k
0%
IT services, software
5 contracts
£150k
0%

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
Other
4
0
0
1
0
4
Health & social work
Architecture, engineering
Furniture, cleaning
Clothing, footwear
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 · 2 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Coming Q3 2026

Per-modification s.74 classification + tolerance flagging

We see 2 notices tagged with a modification flag in the last 90 d. Next phase parses each one against PA 2023 s.74 limbs and surfaces above-tolerance flags.

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.

33%
SME supplier share
target 33%
27
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
58
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
UKJ31
Companies House
06030986
Contact
Anya Simmons
Email
procurement@port.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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