Buyer profile · Education
University of Worcester tenders and contracts
- Tenders published
- 20
- About one every 18 days
- Contracts awarded
- 25
- To 26 different suppliers
- Value awarded
- £2.79m
- 17 contracts, frameworks excluded
- Typical contract
- £43k
- Median value awarded
- Open now
- 2
- 5 coming up
Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
Open tenders
- £165kestimated
- Value not stated
Coming up
Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
- £640kestimated
- Value not stated
- Value not stated
When it goes to market
Tender notices published each month. Active in 9 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)66%
- Framework call-off (only suppliers on the framework)6%
- Direct award (no competition)29%
Scorecard
How we scoreHow University of Worcester has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.
- Time to bid
- 28 days
- Shorter than 59% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 18 advertised tenders
- Advertised openly
- 66%
- Higher than 51% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 35 procurements
- Won by small firms
- 42%
- Lower than 76% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 26 winning suppliers
- Bids per contract
- 5
- About the same as most schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 7 awards
- Split into lots
- 10%
- Higher than 53% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 20 advertised tenders
- Direct awards
- 29%
- Higher than 54% of schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 35 procurements
- Cancelled
- 0%
- About the same as most schools, colleges and universities
- Based on 20 tenders
Compared with other schools, colleges and universities
University of Worcester: 28 days
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| 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 |
University of Worcester: 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 |
University of Worcester: 66%
Show as a table
| 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 |
University of Worcester: 42%
Show as a table
| 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 University of Worcester.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 University of Worcester end in the next 90 days.
Recent contract awards
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|---|---|---|---|
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