Buyer profile · Education
Coventry University tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 3
- About one every 122 days
- Contracts awarded
- 94
- To 80 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £30.8m
- 80 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £77k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 13 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
Coventry University has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 3 of 12 months.
What it buys
Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.
What its tenders ask for
Accreditations and conditions its notices mention in the last 12 months. Always check the tender documents.
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)5%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)2%
- Direct award (no competition)90%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Coventry University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 5%
- Lower than 90% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 128 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 18%
- Lower than 98% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 94 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 4.5
- Fewer than 58% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 8 awards
- Direct awards
- 90%
- Higher than 97% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 128 procurements
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Coventry University: 4.5
Show as a table
| 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 |
Coventry University: 5%
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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 |
Coventry University: 18%
Show as a table
| 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 Coventry 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Site license agreement | Simitive Limited | £76k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Workspace licences | Refinitiv Limited | £84k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| Clean Furnace | Shandong Kehua Intelligent Equipment Co Ltd | £64k | 2 Dec 2026 |
| Own Back-up licences | Salesforce UK Limited | £60k | 5 Dec 2026 |
| Unibuddy platform | Unibuddy Limited | £29k | 9 Dec 2026 |
| Planon software | Planon Ltd | £62k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| Proquest Central | ProQuest LLC | — | 31 Dec 2026 |
| JISC - Oxford University Press Journals | Jisc Services Limited | £59k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| C-ALPS Gas Regulators Replacement Project | Speck and Burke | — | 2 Jan 2027 |
| Coating Machine | Xiamen Tmax Battery Equipment | £39k | 16 Jan 2027 |
| Lansweeper Enterprise Renewal | Lansweeper NV | £53k | 28 Jan 2027 |
| Thompson Reuters - Westlaw subscription | Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited | £28k | 31 Jan 2027 |
| Conga Composer - business and add-on with premium support | AppExtremes, LLC dba CONGA | £35k | 31 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| The Studio - Creative Services | Created by Studio Pty Ltd | — | 6 Nov 2026 |
| Simitive WAMS | Simitive Limited | — | 27 Oct 2026 |
| C-ALPS Gas Regulators Replacement Project | Speck and Burke | — | 26 Oct 2026 |
| Magic Square Software Service Agreement | Magic Square Systems Limited | £237k | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Mongo Database | MongoDB Limited | £289k | 5 Oct 2026 |
| CINAHL Ultimate 2026-2029 renewal | Ebsco International Inc | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| XVR Software | XVR Simulation B.V | — | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Cognassist software | Cognassist UK Ltd | £228k | 25 Sept 2026 |
| Learning Resources Platform (VitalSource) | VitalSource Technologies LLC | £240k | 16 Sept 2026 |
| Inplace software | Quantum IT Europe Limited | — | 14 Sept 2026 |