Quick answer — University Schools TrustLast refreshed 17 Jul 2025

At a glance

University Schools Trust has awarded £6.9m across 1 suppliers, with 5 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 100% · 1 open notice now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 67% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration100%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share67%
Pipeline · open now1
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

University Schools Trust is a contracting authority, based in UKI. Tracks 7 published notices and 6 awards on PublicSupply.

7
Notices published
6
Awards
1
Suppliers engaged
2021
First award on file

Spend profile

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

£5.6m
12 m spend
£82.7
Prior 12 m
+6730439%
YoY change
£3.5m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
University Schools Trust — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£2m£3m£5m£6mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

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

Planned

0

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

1

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

Unspecified5 · £6.9m
services1 · £6.0m
goods1 · £0

Instrument type

contract7 · £12.9m
Source:Contracts Finder: 5Find a Tender: 2

Awarded contracts · 5 live

All contracts with a published award notice where University Schools Trust is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
University Schools Trust ~ Catering TenderOlive Dining Ltd55524000£5.6m17 Jul 2025active
University Schools Trust ~ Catering Tender£6.0mest.active
University Schools Trust ~ Catering Tender55524000£0active
CA14141 - CPC/MK/02/2023: CPC/MK/02/2023: Provision of Building Cleaning Services Framework Agreement90911200£82.717 Jul 2024active
University Schools TrustOlive Dining Ltd15894210£1.3m25 Jan 2021active
University Schools TrustOlive Dining Ltdactive
University Schools Trust15894210£0active

Top suppliers · by total award value

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

1
OD
3 contracts · SME · 25 Jan17 Jul
£6.9m
100% of total
New

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Other
2 contracts
£6.0m
46%
Hotel, restaurant, retail
2 contracts
£5.6m
43%
Food, beverages, tobacco
2 contracts
£1.3m
10%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£82.7
0%

Activity heatmap

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

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Other
Hotel, restaurant, retail
6
Food, beverages, tobacco
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 Schools Trust 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.

67%
SME supplier share
target 33%
2
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
1
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

Major UK press & trade publications.

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKI
Contact
Mr Paul Saville
Email
tenders@litmuspartnership.co.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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