Quick answer — University of WarwickLast refreshed 11 Sept 2025

At a glance

University of Warwick has awarded £58.3m across 348 suppliers, with 188 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 5% · 147 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 9% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 2 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration5%
Modifications · 90 d2
SME spend share9%
Pipeline · open now147
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University of Warwick is a contracting authority, based in UKG33. Tracks 1000 published notices and 835 awards on PublicSupply.

1000
Notices published
835
Awards
348
Suppliers engaged
2015
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£0
12 m spend
£1.4m
Prior 12 m
-100%
YoY change
£124k
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University of Warwick — 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

11

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

147

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

services44 · £235.7m
Unspecified765 · £47.2m
goods180 · £34.6m
works11 · £10.0m

Instrument type

contract995 · £326.8m
call off5 · £706k
Source:Contracts Finder: 765Find a Tender: 235

Awarded contracts · 188 live

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

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Services for Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS), Global and UK project79311000£120kest.active
Provision of Services for Global Entrepreneurship Monitor (GEM) Adult Population Survey (APS), Global and UK project79311000£120kest.active
Tender for the Provision of Business Simulation Module Design and Facilitation Services for Business in Practice (BIP – IB9SF0) and Marketing and Strategy in Practice (MSIP – IB9BF0) Modules.48190000£246kest.active
Tender for the Provision of Business Simulation Module Design and Facilitation Services for Business in Practice (BIP – IB9SF0) and Marketing and Strategy in Practice (MSIP – IB9BF0) Modules.48190000£246kest.active
In Vivo Optical Imaging System38300000active
Precision Control System for JEOL Transmission Electron Microscopes38510000£132kest.active
Wide-Bandgap Dynamic Reliability & Robustness Power Characterisation Tester38300000£277kest.active
Controlled Environment Walk in Growth Rooms16000000£163kest.active
Warwick People Team’s Learning & Development Dynamic Framework of Service Providers80000000£150kest.active
EPOS+ RFI30200000planning
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Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
KE
1 contract · 05 Feb
£3.0m
5% of total
2
CT
£3.0m
5% of total
3
TF
£3.0m
5% of total
4
HC
£3.0m
5% of total
5
SL
2 contracts · 20 Oct
£3.0mest.
5% of total
6
ER
1 contract · SME
£2.9mest.
5% of total
7
MF
1 contract · SME
£1.5mest.
3% of total
8
OT
1 contract · SME
£1.5mest.
3% of total
9348
···
340 other suppliers
long tail · 38 SMEs
£37.3m
64% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Education, training
7 contracts
£200.2m
65%
IT services, software
28 contracts
£39.6m
13%
Laboratory, scientific
457 contracts
£27.4m
9%
Business, legal, advisory
113 contracts
£14.5m
5%
Construction works
19 contracts
£11.9m
4%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
22 contracts
£5.8m
2%
Software packages, IT
63 contracts
£4.9m
2%
Food, beverages, tobacco
24 contracts
£4.5m
1%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Education, training
IT services, software
Laboratory, scientific
Business, legal, advisory
Construction works
Hotel, restaurant, retail
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.

9%
SME supplier share
target 33%
45
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
348
Distinct suppliers
⚠ Below target. SME supplier share at 9% vs Cabinet Office target of 33%.

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
UKG33
Companies House
RC000678
Contact
Jackie Coulson-Savage
Email
Jackie.Coulson-Savage@warwick.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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