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Oxford Brookes University · Education

In brief

Oxford Brookes University has announced plans to buy uniform and PPE and leisure and events work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

The estimated value is £150,000 excluding VAT.

The contract runs for 3 years, up to 5 years with extensions, starting 1 June 2026.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Usually high: a median of 6 bids per contract for uniform and PPE contracts in this region (from 17 awards in the last 12 months).

What the notice says

Oxford Brookes University has a student population of approximately 17,000 students and over 2800 staff, with approximately 2000 students being members of our 39 sports clubs, and a wider Sport & Active Wellness membership consisting of 6000 student, staff and community members accessing a range of our facilities and services. With our existing Under Armour contract terminating on 31st December 2025, the Directorate of Sport & Active Wellness are now requiring a new contract to be established with a sportswear supplier for a long-term partnership that enables student sports clubs, sports staff and coaches and the general student and staff community to wear university-branded sports apparel…Read the full description
Oxford Brookes University has a student population of approximately 17,000 students and over 2800 staff, with approximately 2000 students being members of our 39 sports clubs, and a wider Sport & Active Wellness membership consisting of 6000 student, staff and community members accessing a range of our facilities and services. With our existing Under Armour contract terminating on 31st December 2025, the Directorate of Sport & Active Wellness are now requiring a new contract to be established with a sportswear supplier for a long-term partnership that enables student sports clubs, sports staff and coaches and the general student and staff community to wear university-branded sports apparel to help support the University’s profile and brand better in the wider HE environment. Following on from our supplier event on 17/11/2025 and the feedback received from suppliers, we have decided to run 1-2-1 supplier meetings over the next 2 weeks. These will be in the form of a 30 minute online meeting with Oxford Brookes University project team and any releveant people from the suppliers side. If you wish to request a 1-2-1 meeting please contact procurement@brookes.ac.uk with some available dates and times and we will do our best to accomodate those where possible. The last 1-2-1 meetings will be held on 28/11/2025. To view this notice, please click here: https://www.delta-esourcing.com/delta/viewNotice.html?noticeId=994932670

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 071584-2025
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 074414-2025

About the buyer

Procurements

54

Awards

47

Suppliers it has used most for uniform and PPE

  1. 2026 WS3282950901 Maintenance, Repairs and Operations Goods (MRO) (Interim)

    Anglian Water Services LimitedNorth East, East Midlands, East of England, South EastUniforms, clothing and PPE, Security

    Open15 days leftFramework

    £14mframework ceiling
  2. SWAST-5039-F Supply of Workshop Consumables

    South Western Ambulance Service NHS Foundation TrustLondon, South East, South WestUniforms, clothing and PPE

    Open37 days leftSuitable for SMEsFramework

    £2.03mframework ceiling
  3. Cirrus Consortium Materials Supply Framework

    Coastline Housing LimitedNorth East, North West, Yorkshire and the Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West, Wales, ScotlandHighways and street lighting, Furniture

    Open41 days left7 lotsFramework

    £1.2bnframework ceiling
  4. Group Uniform and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) tender

    Mag Airport LimitedNorth West, East Midlands, South EastUniforms, clothing and PPE

    Open52 days leftSuitable for SMEs

    £7mestimated

From notice 071584-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 6 November 2025, last updated 17 November 2025. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.