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Swansea University tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 15
- About one every 24 days
- Contracts awarded
- 44
- To 34 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.4m
- 35 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £65k
- 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
- £5mestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
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)30%
- Invited quotes (the buyer chose whom to ask)8%
- Direct award (no competition)62%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow Swansea University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 30 days
- Longer than 55% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 14 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 30%
- Lower than 69% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 63 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 41%
- Lower than 79% 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 61% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 15 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 62%
- Higher than 75% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 63 procurements
- Cancelled
- 7%
- Higher than 69% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 15 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
Swansea University: 30 days
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–5 days | 0 |
| 5–10 days | 1 |
| 10–15 days | 1 |
| 15–20 days | 1 |
| 20–25 days | 8 |
| 25–30 days | 26 |
| 30–35 days | 22 |
| 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
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–2 bids | 1 |
| 2–4 bids | 19 |
| 4–6 bids | 14 |
| 6–8 bids | 19 |
| 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: 30%
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| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 20 |
| 10–20% | 12 |
| 20–30% | 10 |
| 30–40% | 8 |
| 40–50% | 8 |
| 50–60% | 3 |
| 60–70% | 8 |
| 70–80% | 11 |
| 80–90% | 11 |
| 90–100% | 44 |
Swansea University: 41%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 1 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 6 |
| 30–40% | 10 |
| 40–50% | 24 |
| 50–60% | 31 |
| 60–70% | 19 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 11 |
| 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| SU29(26) Consultancy on Federation and Synthetic Data | King's College London | £37k | 29 Sept 2026 |
| SU13(26) Optum EMIS-X Explorer Bespoke | Egton Medical Information Systems Limited | £49k | 7 Oct 2026 |
| SU131(26) Contract Hire of Acoustic Receivers for NNB GENCo(HPC) Ltd funded projects | Atlantic Salmon Trust | £37k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| SU68(26) ProQuest Academic Complete ebook collection | ProQuest LLC | £46k | 31 Oct 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 |