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Swansea University tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 16
- About one every 23 days
- Contracts awarded
- 44
- To 36 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £5.61m
- 35 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £46k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 6 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £600kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- SU69(26) Preliminary Market Engagement Notice for Laboratory & Hazardous Substance Management System£300kestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 11 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%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)13%
- Direct award (no competition)58%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Swansea University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 29 days
- Longer than 50% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 28%
- Lower than 68% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 43%
- Lower than 73% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 44 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 7 awards
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 64% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 16 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 58%
- Higher than 74% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 60 procurements
- Cancelled
- 6%
- Higher than 67% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 16 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Swansea University: 29 days
Show as a table
| 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 |
Swansea University: 5
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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 |
Swansea 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 |
Swansea University: 43%
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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 Swansea 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Supply of Benchtop High-Resolution Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Instrument | Massmend Ltd | £50k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Supply of clinical simulation and skills training equipment | Limbs & Things Limited | £35k | 16 Nov 2026 |
| Realiti plus UK simulated patient monitor | UK 3b Scientific Limited | £16k | 17 Nov 2026 |
| SU76(26) Renewal of ProQuest Central | ProQuest LLC | £42k | 30 Nov 2026 |
| SU92(26) BMJ Read and Publish subscription via the JISC R&P Framework Agreement | Jisc Services Limited | £56k | 31 Dec 2026 |
| SU78(26) Calamari Time Management Software | Calamari sp. z o.o. sp. k. | £65k | 7 Jan 2027 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Osteotomy inserts | Jewel Management Ltd | — | 1 Nov 2026 |
| SU11(27) Subscription to Law Trove (Complete Law Collection 2026 + Criminology & Criminal Justice) | Oxford University Press | £219k | 23 Oct 2026 |
| Supply of clinical simulation and skills training equipment | Limbs & Things Limited | — | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Supply of Benchtop High-Resolution Quadrupole Mass Spectrometer Instrument | Massmend Ltd | — | 16 Oct 2026 |
| (Maintenance of) Shandon Diagnostics Equipment - PS0551/26 | Epredia (Shandon Diagnostics Ltd) | £144k | 15 Oct 2026 |
| SU123(26) Margam & Union House Buildings Over cladding Works | D&B Facades UK Ltd | £6.76m | 14 Oct 2026 |
| Upgrade of Zeiss 980 confocal microscope | Carl Zeiss Ltd | — | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Glovebox System for Inert-atmosphere Optical Spectroscopy (INOS) | MBraun Inertgas-Systeme GmbH | — | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Tender for UV-Enhanced Tuneable Light Source | Hamamatsu Photonics UK Limited | — | 7 Oct 2026 |
| SU06(27) Zoom Rooms and Telephony | Zoom Communications Inc. | £219k | 2 Oct 2026 |