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Public sector contracts from University of Bristol

University of Bristol is a university or college that has published 176 contract awards since 2023.

14 of those were awarded in the last twelve months. Across the whole period it has used 151 different suppliers.

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14
Awards, last 12 months
176
Awards since 2021
151
Distinct suppliers
£123k
Median contract value
47
Expiring in 18 months

Most recent award recorded 9 Sept 2026. Value figures cover the 170 of 176 contracts where a value was published.

Coming up for renewal

47 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.

Overview

Its most active procurement category is business and professional services.

Jisc Commercial Limited appears most frequently, holding 11 awards.

Published contract values total £169.7m, across the 170 contracts that state one, with a median of £123k. Framework ceilings are counted once rather than once per supplier.

47 contracts held with this organisation are due to expire within the next eighteen months.

Awards per quarter

Q4 2414Q1 2510Q2 255Q3 258Q4 252Q1 266Q2 263Q3 263

Recent activity

Latest contract awards

ContractSupplierValueAwarded
University of Bristol - Purview, Copilot Guardrails and Power Platform Ecosystem ProgrammeANS Group Limited£72k9 Sept 2026
Cameras and Accessories (2026)Creative Video Productions Ltd£73k3 Aug 2026
Procurement eMarketplace, eInvoicing and eServices (2026-2029)OneAdvanced Limited£140k1 Aug 2026
Cryogenic SystemNot stated£216k15 Jun 2026
Purchase of High Throughput Powder X-Ray DiffractometerBruker UK Limited£333k30 Apr 2026
Microsoft Support (2026-2029)Softcat PLC£333k28 Apr 2026
Student Services Contact Cloud Centre (2026- 2029)8x8 UK Limited£565k31 Mar 2026
Purchase of ICP-OESAgilent Technologies LDA Limited£75k18 Mar 2026
Purchase of iTOC-CN - Fully integrated TOC/Nb isotope ratio analysisElementar£71k13 Mar 2026
University of Bristol - Vehicle Hire SolutionsEnterprise Rent-A-Car UK LimitedNot stated1 Mar 2026
Electric Vehicle (EV) Salary Sacrifice SchemeNHS Fleet Solutions c/o Northumbria Healthcare NHS Foundation TrNot stated17 Feb 2026
Isambard AI Data Facility (AIDF)Dell Corporation Limited£11.6m22 Jan 2026
Procurement of Optical Tracking Solutions for the Real-time Tracking of Deformations within a Wind Tunnel Environment.TARGET3D LIMITED£27k17 Dec 2025
Purchase of a gas chromatograph triple quadrupole mass spectrometer and single quadrupole instrumentThermo Fisher Scientifc£204k23 Oct 2025
SolarWinds Licences & Loop 1 SupportInsight Direct UK Ltd£50k1 Sept 2025
IScan Silver Support Plan, Illumina Product Care LiHa Preventative Maintenance Plan, Autoloader 2 Silver Support Plan 2025-26Illumina Cambridge£60k8 Aug 2025
Print book supply from GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCOEBSCO International Inc£65k4 Aug 2025
Ebook supply from GOBI Library Solutions from EBSCOEBSCO International Inc£180k4 Aug 2025
LucidLink Renewal (2025-2028)Jigsaw Systems Limited£178k1 Aug 2025
Access to Elsevier Knovel 2025-2030Jisc Services Limited£177k1 Aug 2025

Who they buy from

Most frequent suppliers

  1. 01Jisc Commercial Limited11 awards
  2. 02EBSCO International INC7 awards
  3. 03JISC Services Limited5 awards
  4. 04Illumina Cambridge LTD5 awards
  5. 05VWR International Limited4 awards
  6. 06Academia LTD4 awards
  7. 07FEI UK Limited3 awards
  8. 08Wolf Laboratories Limited3 awards
  9. 09Hills Waste Solutions Limited3 awards
  10. 10AMP Electrical Ltd2 awards

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Common questions

University of Bristol, in short

Who does University of Bristol award contracts to?

Across 176 contracts recorded since 2021, University of Bristol has used 151 different suppliers. The most frequent are Jisc Commercial Limited (11 contracts), EBSCO International INC (7 contracts), JISC Services Limited (5 contracts).

What does University of Bristol buy?

Its most active procurement categories are business and professional services, laboratory and precision equipment, construction works. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.

When do University of Bristol contracts come up for renewal?

47 contracts awarded by University of Bristol have an end date within the next 18 months, the earliest on 30 Sept 2026. End dates come from the original award notices, so they are visible well before any re-tender is advertised.

How much does University of Bristol spend on contracts?

Published values total £169.7m across the 170 contracts that state one, with a median of £123k. These are the values published on award notices, which for frameworks are ceilings rather than money actually spent.

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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.