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Public sector contracts from Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC)
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- 16
- Awards, last 12 months
- 63
- Awards since 2021
- 170
- Distinct suppliers
- £25.0m
- Median contract value
- 2
- Ending in 18 months
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- 2 contracts end in the next 6 months
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 67 new suppliers in the last 12 months
16 contract awards published in the last 12 months, down from 20 the year before, and 63 since 2021 from 170 suppliers.
this buyer at a glance
Its most active procurement category is business and professional services.
BOC LTd appears most frequently, holding 20 awards.
The median published contract value is £25.0m (62 contracts state a value).
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2 contracts expiring in the next 18 months
Contract end dates are published in the original award notices. A contract approaching its end date is a re-tender with a date on it, and the point at which a buyer is most open to a conversation.
| Contract | Incumbent | Value | Expires |
|---|---|---|---|
| Servers Storage Solutions National Agreement | 21 suppliers (framework) | £500.0m | 31 Jan 2027in 3 months |
| NERARS | 11 suppliers (framework) | £40.0m | 7 Mar 2027in 4 months |
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Latest contract awards
| Contract | Supplier | Value | Awarded |
|---|---|---|---|
| Compressed Industrial Gases | 2 suppliers (framework) | £16.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Dispensing Gases and Associated Systems | BOC Limited | £500k | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Gas Safety Training Courses | 2 suppliers (framework) | £500k | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Compressed Medical Gases | BOC Ltd | £2.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Compressed Research/Special Gases and Gas Mixtures | 2 suppliers (framework) | £24.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Solid Carbon Dioxide (CO2, ‘Dry Ice’) | 2 suppliers (framework) | £11.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Liquid Helium | 2 suppliers (framework) | £10.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Liquid Nitrogen and other Cryo Liquids in Small vessels | 2 suppliers (framework) | £32.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Liquid Nitrogen in Bulk | 2 suppliers (framework) | £22.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Gas Regulators and Handling Equipment | 3 suppliers (framework) | £1.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Assorted Fixtures and Fittings including Inspection and Maintenance | Medical and Industrial Gas Services Ltd | £1.0m | 1 Nov 20251 year ago |
| Recruitment One-Stop Shop | 17 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Non-Specialist Roles | 34 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| IT-Roles | 46 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Commercial Roles | 43 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Executive/Senior Leadership Roles | 39 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Medical/Veterinary roles | 12 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| Academic roles | 13 suppliers (framework) | £30.0m | 1 Oct 20251 year 1 month ago |
| High Performance Computing | 5 suppliers (framework) | Not stated | 1 Sept 20251 year 2 months ago |
| Print publications: standard suppliers for library stock | 2 suppliers (framework) | £70.0m | 9 Jul 20251 year 4 months ago |
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Latest activity
What this buyer has published recently
Open tenders, and the awards from the last 12 months that the table above does not list, newest first.An award is dated by its award date, or by its publication date where the award date is missing or later.
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Most frequent suppliers
- BOC LTd20 awards
- Fisher Scientific UK LTD15 awards
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited12 awards
- VWR International Limited12 awards
- Air Liquide UK Limited12 awards
- Camlab Limited9 awards
- Appleton Woods Limited8 awards
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited7 awards
- REED Specialist Recruitment Limited7 awards
- Randstad Solutions LTD7 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
238 of 415 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) with a profile94
- A T Little & Sons Ltd (T/A Browns Books)5
- Academia LTD1
- ADECCO UK Limited5
- Agilent Technologies LDA UK LTD3
- Air Liquide UK Limited12
- Allen Lane Limited3
- Alpha Laboratories Limited3
- Appleton Woods Limited8
- Axis Recruitment Limited6
- Bechtle Limited1
- BIbliU Limited3
- Bio-Techne Limited2
- Blue Arrow LTD2
- BOC LTd20
- Brook Street (UK) Limited1
- BYTES SOFTWARE SERVICES Limited1
- CAE Technology Services Limited1
- Cambridge Bioscience Limited2
- Camlab Limited9
- Campbell Tickell Limited3
- Castlefield Recruitment Limited4
- CDW- Limited3
- Certes IT Service Solutions Limited1
- CIVICA UK Limited1
- Community Resourcing Limited1
- COMPUTACENTER UK Ltd1
- DELL Corporation LTD2
- Diamond Medical Limited5
- Diversity Travel Limited3
- EBSCO International INC5
- Education Cubed Limited1
- Everest Recruitment and Services Ltd6
- Eviden Technology Services Limited1
- Evisa Solutions LimitedSME4
- Evolution Recruitment Solutions Limited1
- Fisher Scientific UK LTD15
- FuJitsu Services Ltd1
- Fusion People Limited3
- Gi Group Recruitment Limited6
- Global Resourcing Limited2
- Green Park Interim and Executive Search Limited1
- Greiner Bio-One Limited3
- Harvey Nash Limited4
- Havas People Limited1
- HAYS Specialist Recruitment LTD5
- Hewlett-Packard Limited1
- INSIGHT DIRECT UK Limited2
- Involved Solutions LtdSME3
- Key Travel Limited3
- Kortext Limited4
- LA International Computer Consultants LTD1
- Law Morgan Limited3
- LOGICALIS UK Limited1
- Lyreco UK LTD1
- McGregor Boyall Associates LtdSME4
- Merck Life Science UK Limited3
- Michael Page International Recruitment Limited5
- Miltenyi Biotec Ltd2
- Misco Technologies Limited1
- MLC Partners LTD3
- Morgan Hunt UK LTD6
- Morgan Jones LtdSME4
- MTI Technology LTD1
- OCF Limited1
- Omni Resource Management Solutions Limited2
- Oxford BioSystems LtdSME2
- Penna PLC1
- Perrett Laver Limited2
- Pertemps Recruitment Partnership Limited7
- Phoenix Software LTD1
- ProQuest LLC1
- Pugh Computers Limited1
- Randstad Solutions LTD7
- REED Specialist Recruitment Limited7
- RH Advertising Limited1
- Robertson Bell Limited3
- Saxton Bampfylde Ltd1
- Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited12
- Search Consultancy Limited3
- Service Care Solutions Limited7
- SMRS Limited1
- SOFTCAT PlC3
- SoftwareONE UK LTD1
- Specialist Computer Centres (SCC) PLC1
- STARLAB UK Limited6
- Stratech Scientific Limited3
- Sync (a trading name of GBM DIGITAL TECHNOLOGIES LIMITED)1
- TATE Recruitment5
- TMP (UK) Limited1
- Trustmarque Solutions LTD2
- Venesky-Brown Recruitment Limited2
- VWR International Limited12
- XMA LImited4
- Sanctuary Personnel Limited3
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Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC), in short
Who does Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) award contracts to?
Across 63 contracts recorded since 2021, Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) has used 170 different suppliers. The most frequent are BOC LTd (20 contracts), Fisher Scientific UK LTD (15 contracts), Scientific Laboratory Supplies Limited (12 contracts).
What does Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) buy?
Its most active procurement categories are business and professional services, food and catering supplies, energy and fuel. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) contracts come up for renewal?
2 contracts awarded by Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 31 Jan 2027. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.
How much does Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £25.0m, across the 62 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 8 November 2025 to 7 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards have fallen in each of the last two years. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 7 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 55, 20 and 16. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- 2 contracts end in the next 6 months: Published end dates between 7 November 2026 and 7 May 2027, each contract counted once.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 67 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 8 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 1 Nov 2025 (1 year ago).
- Values: value figures cover the 62 of 63 contracts where a value was published. Values are never added up: framework ceilings and values repeated across lots would make a total meaningless.
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 7 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC) [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/southern-universities-purchasing-consortium-supc (Accessed: 7 November 2026).
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