Buyer profile · Education
University of South Wales tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 23
- About one every 16 days
- Contracts awarded
- 50
- To 38 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £6.39m
- 46 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £72k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 1
- 2 contracts end in 90 days
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £400kestimated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- £200kestimated
- £250kestimated
- £558kestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
- £1.2mestimated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 8 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)40%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)13%
- Direct award (no competition)48%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow University of South Wales has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 22 days
- Shorter than 89% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 21 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 40%
- Lower than 63% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 63 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 38%
- Lower than 83% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 50 winning suppliers
- Split into lots
- 0%
- Lower than 61% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 23 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 48%
- Higher than 65% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 63 procurements
- Cancelled
- 4%
- Higher than 67% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 23 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
University of South Wales: 22 days
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| 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 |
University of South Wales: 40%
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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 |
University of South Wales: 38%
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| 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 University of South Wales.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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| UCAS Media Partnership | UCAS Media Ltd | £193k | 9 Nov 2026 |
| University of South Wales Train Station Sponsorship | Route Sales and Media Ltd | £47k | 30 Nov 2026 |
Recent contract awards
| Contract | Won by | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oxford University Press - Oxford Law Trove 2026-2029 | Oxford University Press | — | 24 Sept 2026 |
| SAGE CATALYST collection 2026-2027 | Sage Publications Ltd | — | 24 Sept 2026 |
| University of South Wales Social Media Management: China | Ping Pong Digital Ltd | — | 14 Sept 2026 |
| Online peer-to-peer and student-to-staff asynchronous chat platform, and virtual community platform | Unibuddy Limited | £193k | 10 Sept 2026 |
| Elsevier Subscriptions 2026-2029 | Elsevier B.V. | — | 1 Sept 2026 |
| ProQuest Content Package 2026 - 2027 | ProQuest LLC | — | 18 Aug 2026 |
| Supply of oneweb and starlink satellite connectivity hardware and services | Excelerate Technology ltd | — | 10 Aug 2026 |
| BMJ Best Practice 2026-2029 | BMJ Publishing Group Limited | — | 5 Aug 2026 |
| Thomson Reuters law collection 2026-2027 | Thomson Reuters (Professional) UK Limited | — | 1 Aug 2026 |
| SAE Academic Complete (Mobilus) 2026-2029 | Content Online AB | — | 1 Aug 2026 |