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Tenders awarded by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Live data from Contracts Finder and Find a Tender. 40 awards we have tracked from UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON, with the suppliers winning the work and how their procurement is shifting.
40
awards tracked
£22.9m
total contract value
£573k
average award size
17.5%
awarded to SMEs
Recent awards
Latest tenders awarded by UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON
Qlik Licences
Awarded to Cybit Limited on 20 Mar 2026 · Software package and information systems
£391k
English Language Print Books for Library Stock
Awarded to EBSCO International Inc on 19 Mar 2026 · Printed books
£1m
Provision of Cognos Licences
Awarded to Academia Limited on 23 Feb 2026 · Software package and information systems
£83k
Valley Graphics Van Lease
Awarded to Lex Autolease Ltd on 18 Feb 2026 · Motor vehicles for the transport of goods and Electric vehicles
£17k
Provision of Apple Products
Awarded to Academia Limited on 30 Jan 2026 · Miscellaneous computer equipment
£6m
Provision of Valley Graphics Print Machines
Awarded to Konica Minolta Business Solutions UK Limited on 21 Jan 2026 · Printers and plotters and Printing machinery and Printing services
£260k
VMware Server Storage
Awarded to DELL CORPORATION LIMITED on 8 Jan 2026 · Data-processing machines (hardware)
£275k
Provision of Hexagon Actran Licences
Awarded to Academia Limited on 22 Dec 2025 · Software package and information systems
£51k
Provision of Alteryx Designer Licences
Awarded to Academia Ltd on 11 Dec 2025 · Software package and information systems
£59k
Filestore Storage
Awarded to DELL CORPORATION LIMITED on 11 Dec 2025 · Information systems and servers
£171k
Academic Appeals Software
Awarded to SYMPLICITY UK LTD (Corporation) on 10 Dec 2025 · Software package and information systems
£135k
Adobe ETLA
Awarded to Academia Ltd on 28 Nov 2025 · Software package and information systems
£245k
Spend pattern
What UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON buys, and how the spend behaves
UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON has issued 40 tracked awards worth £22.9m across the period we monitor. The average award sits at £573k. Spend skews towards Software package and information systems, Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products and Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) and Data-processing machines (hardware). The largest single award we have on record went to Academia Limited for £6m, on a Provision of Apple Products notice. Only 17.5% of awards have gone to SMBs, so smaller suppliers are under-represented relative to the wider market. Activity is broadly flat versus the prior month.
Where UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON actually spends
Software package and information systems
12 awards · £1.8m
Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products and Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
2 awards · £3m
Data-processing machines (hardware)
2 awards · £513k
Diffraction apparatus
2 awards · £194k
Checking and testing apparatus
2 awards · £163k
Biggest single award
£6m
Provision of Apple Products
Won by Academia Limited on 30 Jan 2026
Busiest month
May 25
9 awards published, totalling £6.2m.
Last 30 days vs the prior 30: roughly flat.
Top suppliers
Who is winning the work
Academia Limited
6 awards · £6.3m total
Academia Ltd
3 awards · £338k total
DELL CORPORATION LIMITED
2 awards · £447k total
Rigaku Europe SE
2 awards · £194k total
Bruker UK Ltd
2 awards · £163k total
BP Rolls (Maxus) Limited
2 awards · £61k total
BOC Limited
1 award · £6m total
Fisher Scientific UK
1 award · £1.5m total
Related sectors
The categories where UNIVERSITY OF SOUTHAMPTON concentrates its spend.
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