Buyer profile · Education
Cardiff University tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 18
- About one every 20 days
- Contracts awarded
- 71
- To 73 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £39.6m
- 58 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £163k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 4
- 7 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £8.84mestimated
- £5mframework ceiling
- £533kframework ceiling
- £271kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £5mframework ceiling
- £124kframework ceiling
- £16mframework ceiling
- £500kestimated
- £240kestimated
- £2mestimated
- £5mestimated
- £21mestimated
- £1.5mestimated
- £142kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 10 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
Who it buys from
Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).
How it buys
How much of its work was open to any supplier.
- Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)28%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)4%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)5%
- Direct award (no competition)63%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Cardiff University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 34 days
- Longer than 85% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 17 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 28%
- Lower than 69% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 51%
- Lower than 55% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 83 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4
- Fewer than 59% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 27 awards
- Split into lots
- 17%
- Higher than 70% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 63%
- Higher than 78% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 76 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 18 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Cardiff University: 34 days
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 1 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 2 |
| 20–25 days | 7 |
| 25–30 days | 28 |
| 30–35 days | 23 |
| 35–40 days | 6 |
| 40–45 days | 0 |
| 45–50 days | 0 |
| 50–55 days | 0 |
| 55–60 days | 1 |
| 60+ days | 0 |
Cardiff University: 4
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 1 |
| 2–4 bids | 17 |
| 4–6 bids | 17 |
| 6–8 bids | 15 |
| 8–10 bids | 5 |
| 10–12 bids | 1 |
| 12–14 bids | 0 |
| 14–16 bids | 1 |
| 16–18 bids | 0 |
| 18–20 bids | 1 |
| 20+ bids | 2 |
Cardiff University: 28%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 24 |
| 10–20% | 12 |
| 20–30% | 13 |
| 30–40% | 4 |
| 40–50% | 10 |
| 50–60% | 4 |
| 60–70% | 9 |
| 70–80% | 12 |
| 80–90% | 11 |
| 90–100% | 42 |
Cardiff University: 51%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 2 |
| 20–30% | 9 |
| 30–40% | 9 |
| 40–50% | 26 |
| 50–60% | 35 |
| 60–70% | 23 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 12 |
| 90–100% | 6 |
Each column is a group of schools, colleges and universities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Cardiff University.See the full scoreboard
Contracts ending in the next 90 days
Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.
| Contract | Current supplier | Value | Ends |
|---|---|---|---|
| Purchase of 3 portable human MRI open software systems | Open Imaging B.V. | £345k | 17 Dec 2026 |
| CU.2055.HM 0 Overleaf Commons | Digital Science UK Limited | £52k | 22 Dec 2026 |
| Autonomous Underwater Research Vehicles | Planet Ocean Limited | £605k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| North Wales Project Manager Extension | Bangor University | £27k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Purchase of Zetaview Evolution twin NTA | Analytik Ltd | £94k | 1 Jan 2027 |
| UG Internships Abroad | Gradcore Ltd | £42k | 6 Jan 2027 |
| T1D-Plus study with Dexcom | Dexcom International Ltd, 91,200 | £76k | 20 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Structured Cabling Award | IKM Network Communications Limited | £190k | 28 Oct 2026 |
| MRI Solution for Zomba Central Hospital, Malawi | Pacific Diagnostics Limited | — | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Masterplan Architect | Building Design Partnership Limited | — | 14 Oct 2026 |
| MEG Maintenance Service | CTF MEG Neuro Innovations Inc. | — | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Grounds Maintenance | Noonan Topco Ltd | £1.22m | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Campus Futures | Emu Interior Design | — | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Student Field Trips | Field Studies Council | £480k | 14 Sept 2026 |
| End to end CDMO services for the importation, encapsulation and distribution of T3S and Placebo for the LIONNS-D2 Trial | Simbec-Orion Group Ltd | £212k | 11 Sept 2026 |
| Digarbon Contractor (PCSA) | Bray and Slaughter Limited | — | 7 Sept 2026 |
| Contract Details Notice - Coach Framework | Edwards Coaches Ltd, Gwyn Jones, Keepings Coaches Ltd and 1 more | — | 27 Aug 2026 |