Buyer profile · Education

Heriot-Watt University tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
10
About one every 37 days
Contracts awarded
7
To 9 different suppliers
Value awarded
£1.48m
6 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£251k
Median value awarded
Open now
1
0 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

  1. £600kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 7 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).

  1. Brew Contract Cleaning LtdSME£400k
    1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. Flexi Clean Group LtdSME£327k
    1 contract
  4. Blackwood PartnershipSME£175k
    1 contract
  5. RSP Consulting Engineers LLPSME£175k
    1 contract
  6. WGM Consulting EngineersSME£175k
    1 contract
  7. Cambridge Raman Imaging SrlSME£168k
    1 contract
  8. attocube systems AGSME£165k
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)92%
  • Direct award (no competition)8%
Based on 13 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Heriot-Watt University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
31 days
Longer than 62% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
92%
Higher than 74% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 13 procurements
Won by small firms
89%
Higher than 95% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 9 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
7.5
More than 81% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 6 awards
Split into lots
10%
Higher than 53% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 10 advertised tenders
Direct awards
8%
Lower than 67% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 13 procurements
Cancelled
10%
Higher than 78% of schools, colleges and universities
Based on 10 tenders

Compared with other schools, colleges and universities

Time to bid, 69 schools, colleges and universities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days1
10–15 days1
15–20 days2
20–25 days7
25–30 days28
30–35 days23
35–40 days6
40–45 days0
45–50 days0
50–55 days0
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 60 schools, colleges and universities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids1
2–4 bids17
4–6 bids17
6–8 bids15
8–10 bids5
10–12 bids1
12–14 bids0
14–16 bids1
16–18 bids0
18–20 bids1
20+ bids2
Advertised openly, 141 schools, colleges and universities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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
Won by small firms, 132 schools, colleges and universities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
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 Heriot-Watt 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.

No contracts we hold from Heriot-Watt University end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards

ContractWon byValueAwarded
Portable Appliance Testing (PAT) and Fixed Appliance Testing (FAT)Guardian Electrical Compliance Limited—3 Jul 2026
Window Cleaning ServicesBrew Contract Cleaning Ltd—19 Jun 2026
Mechanical and Electrical Consultancy Design ServicesWGM Consulting Engineers, RSP Consulting Engineers LLP, Blackwood Partnership—2 Jun 2026
Purchase of Closed-Cycle Helium Cryogenic Systemattocube systems AG—27 Apr 2026
Purchase of Stimulated Raman Laser & Multi-Channel Lock-In AmplifierCambridge Raman Imaging Srl—22 Apr 2026
Oriam Grass Pitch Maintenance ServicesGreentech Sportsturf Ltd—12 Mar 2026
Nightshift Cleaning Services - OriamFlexi Clean Group Ltd—3 Dec 2025
Laser and Fibre Opto-Mechanical ComponentsPhotonic Solutions Limited, Thorlabs Limited, Newport Spectra-Physics Ltd.—21 Oct 2025
Virtualisation Infrastructure Servers and StorageCircle IT Solutions—9 Jun 2025
Laboratory & Workshop Equipment - Preventative Maintenance, Reactive Works and InspectionScot JCB T/A Scot Industrial Air, Instron Ltd, Absolute Machine Tool Services Ltd and 8 more—1 Mar 2025