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The Open University tenders and contracts
Official name on notices: THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
- Tenders published
- 1
- In the last 12 months
- Contracts awarded
- 77
- To 70 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £102m
- 57 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £39k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 0
- 11 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
The Open University has no tenders open right now.
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £2mestimated
- £4mestimated
- £2.56mestimated
- £46mestimated
- Value not stated
- £6.12mestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 1 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)8%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)3%
- Direct award (no competition)89%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow The Open University has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Advertised openly
- 8%
- Lower than 88% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 38 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 28%
- Lower than 88% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 79 winning suppliers
- Direct awards
- 89%
- Higher than 95% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 38 procurements
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
The Open University: 8%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 14 |
| 10–20% | 10 |
| 20–30% | 7 |
| 30–40% | 7 |
| 40–50% | 3 |
| 50–60% | 8 |
| 60–70% | 4 |
| 70–80% | 6 |
| 80–90% | 9 |
| 90–100% | 32 |
The Open University: 28%
Show as a table
| Range | Buyers |
|---|---|
| 0–10% | 2 |
| 10–20% | 5 |
| 20–30% | 5 |
| 30–40% | 13 |
| 40–50% | 11 |
| 50–60% | 20 |
| 60–70% | 16 |
| 70–80% | 9 |
| 80–90% | 6 |
| 90–100% | 4 |
Each column is a group of schools, colleges and universities with similar figures. The coloured column holds The Open 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Books Purchase | Sage Publications Ltd | £70k | 30 Sept 2026 |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Legends Global Services Limited | £26k | 1 Oct 2026 |
| Sunpower Ltd, STEM equipment | Sunpower Inc | — | 16 Oct 2026 |
| Training Consultancy | Vanguard Consulting limited | £25k | 30 Oct 2026 |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Brighton Dome and Festival Ltd | £35k | 10 Nov 2026 |
| Cyber Incident Response | Quorum Cyber Security Ltd | £45k | 18 Nov 2026 |
| Spectrometry components - HRS300 monochromators | Teledyne UK Ltd | £27k | 19 Nov 2026 |
| CEI Test Chip Manufacture (HDR3) | X-FAB Sarawak Sdn. Bhd. | €105k | 4 Dec 2026 |
| Raman microscope upgrade | Horiba UK Ltd | £52k | 8 Dec 2026 |
| TohoSpec 3100-T Thick Film Thickness Measurement System | JPK Semiconductor Ltd | £78k | 10 Dec 2026 |
| Supply of Platinum Crucibles to KAMC-QMS-QP-0002 | Knights Amc Limited | £28k | 10 Dec 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Printed Book Production/CFP/PRO/2026 | Hobbs the Printers Limited, Sterling Press Limited | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Training Consultancy | Vanguard Consulting limited | — | 9 Sept 2026 |
| Media Monitoring | Aimediadata Ltd | — | 4 Sept 2026 |
| Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector | Teledyne UK Ltd | £585k | 1 Sept 2026 |
| Library Publications | Springer Nature Limited | — | 1 Aug 2026 |
| Cardinus Support Licence for Healthy Working Renewal | Cardinus Risk Management Limited | — | 31 Jul 2026 |
| Network cabling and installation services | GCH Data Limited | — | 29 Jul 2026 |
| OpenAthens | Jisc Services Limited | — | 28 Jul 2026 |
| Audit Software License Renewal | Ideagen Gael Limited | — | 23 Jul 2026 |
| Graduation Ceremony Venue Hire | Legends Global Holdings Limited | — | 23 Jul 2026 |