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London Universities Purchasing Consortium

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Total contracts

47

Known spend

£2bn

27 disclosed

Average value

£73m

Per contract

Active suppliers

10

Last 5 years

Open1Awarded24Closed18

Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    Camlab

    3 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £600m

  2. 2

    Wolf Laboratories Limited

    3 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £600m

  3. 3

    VWR International

    3 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £600m

  4. 4

    Scientific Laboratory Supplies Ltd.

    2 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £400m

  5. 5

    SciQuip Ltd.

    2 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £400m

  6. 6

    Appleton Woods Ltd.

    2 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £400m

  7. 7

    Fisher Scientific UK Ltd

    2 winslatest 30 Sept 2025

    £400m

  8. 8

    Be Scientific Ltd.

    1 winlatest 30 Sept 2025

    £200m

  9. 9

    AHR ARCHITECTS LIMITED

    1 winlatest 30 Jul 2026CH 04347086

    £50m

  10. 10

    BUILDING DESIGN PARTNERSHIP LIMITED

    1 winlatest 30 Jul 2026CH 02207415

    £50m

What they buy

By CPV category
  • Financial & insuranceCPV 66

    6 contracts · £13m

  • Travel & freightCPV 63

    4 contracts · £10m

  • Sewage, refuse & cleaningCPV 90

    3 contracts · £220m

  • Hotel, restaurant & retailCPV 55

    3 contracts · £100m

  • Business servicesCPV 79

    3 contracts · £90m

  • IT servicesCPV 72

    3 contracts · £647,000

  • Lab & precision equipmentCPV 38

    2 contracts · £400m

  • Transport servicesCPV 60

    2 contracts · £5m

Companies House

LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM · 04784719active

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Incorporated

Jun 2003

Last accounts filed

Jul 2025

Next accounts due

Apr 2027

Active officers

7

Active officers

  • BOWMAN, Donalsecretary
  • BOWMAN, Donaldirector
  • DYER, Andrew Charlesdirector
  • KUPER, Daviddirector
  • MARTIN, Christiandirector
  • ROBERTS, Daniel Jamesdirector
  • WRIGHT, Tessa Elizabeth Joy, Professordirector

SIC codes

94990

Tender activity

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All contracts (47)

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ocds-h6vhtk-07819b · planning

Waste management (sustainable) services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
London

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), working with participating UK University Purchasing Consortia, is undertaking preliminary market engagement to inform the developm

£Up to £110,000,000
Posted · 4d agoView details →
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109774 · opportunity

Waste management (sustainable) services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is consulting the market to shape a future multi‑lot Waste Management Services Framework for UK universities, covering everything from general recycling to hazardous and IT asset disposal.

£On request
⏱ 30 Oct 2026
Posted · 4d ago20d to apply →
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ocds-h6vhtk-058e03 · award

Estates professional services (sustainable)

LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
London

A framework to delivery estates services to Members across a number of disciplines. The Framework is being established for the first time and subsequent iterations will develop the

£Up to £50,000,000
⏱ 14 Nov 2025
Posted · 1mo agoView details →
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725f76ca-22a4-4d1d-a824-aec60f7bf0c0 · Contract

Supply and installation of glazed panels

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
goodsLondonSME friendly

2.1 This opportunity is for the supply, fabrication, and installation of high-performance acoustic glazed partitioning systems, including Perspex hanging diffusers to all open sect

£On request
⏱ 1 Sept 2026
Posted · 2mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06c6a3 · planning

Carbon offsetting and consultancy services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
London

LUPC is looking to retender the Carbon Offsetting and Validation Services framework which is a national offering to all members of UKUPC. The retender will be the second iteration

£On request
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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36bcb77e-4f3a-4e55-899e-3edc8def8be6 · Contract

BMS (building management system) phase 1

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
servicesLondonSME friendly

Ravensbourne University London is pleased to invite your organisation to submit a tender for the initial advance works package associated with the Ravensbourne University London -

£On request
⏱ 17 Jul 2026
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06b78a · tenderUpdate

Maintenance services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
London

The London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), acting on behalf of the UK Universities Purchasing Consortia (UKUPC), is establishing a Framework Agreement for Maintenance Se

£Up to £250,000,000
⏱ 11 Sept 2026
Posted · 3mo agoView details →
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77951900-d4d2-4eb0-a0ff-57349396be41 · Contract

Rcoa ncapc revised

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
servicesAny region

Data collection for a new national clinical audit, the National Clinical Audit of Perioperative Care (NCAPC) to start in October 2026. To produce a scalable, secure and interoperab

£On request
⏱ 19 Jun 2026
Posted · 4mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0697c3 · planning

Carbon offsetting and consultancy services

LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
London

LUPC is looking to retender the Carbon Offsetting and Validation Services framework which is a national offering to all members of UKUPC. The retender will be the second iteration

£On request
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-068c8b · planning

Catering outsourced services retender

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
London

LUPC is working with its Member Institutions and those of the other UKUPCs to re-establish a national Framework Agreement for the Provision of Catering Outsourced Services across E

£On request
Posted · 5mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05431d · award

Legal services PA23

LONDON UNIVERSITIES PURCHASING CONSORTIUM
London

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will b

£Up to £12,500,000
⏱ 30 Jun 2025
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0544db · award

Security and cleaning services

LUPC
London

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) has established a multi-supplier Framework for the provision of security services, cleaning services, and combined security and cle

££24,000,000 — £32,000,000
⏱ 12 Sept 2025
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-04c8f4 · award

Lab equipment (general)

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
goods

LUPC is tendering to establish a multi-supplier framework agreement for the supply of general laboratory equipment. The requirement is covered through 9 lots of specific equipment

£Up to £200,000,000
Posted · 12mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0501ea · award

Financial lines insurance services

LUPC
London

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is undertaking this tendering process for Financial Lines Insurance Services commencing 1 August 2025 across three lots made up of

£On request
⏱ 22 May 2025
Posted · 15mo agoView details →
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d33c1ef6-1c13-4405-a0df-4276556de367 · tender

Insurance brokerage (non-life) including risk management services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC), a company limited by guarantee, is undertaking this tendering process for Insurance brokerage services for and on behalf of the LU

£On request
⏱ 10 May 2021
Posted · 67mo agoView details →
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eaf7ff30-c2d1-4daf-8d48-45eb3321fa29 · tender

EDGE network switches upgrade

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
goodsLondonSME friendly

The Royal College of Music (RCM) wishes to purchase Aruba enterprise network switches to replace their existing older models some of which are 12 years old. The RCM has recently up

££120,000 — £129,000
⏱ 26 Mar 2021
Posted · 67mo agoView details →
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c5753a1e-f03d-4b8f-960a-59123ae92d33 · tender

Legal services

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
servicesEast MidlandsSME friendly

London Universities Purchasing Consortium (LUPC) is establishing a multi-provider framework agreement for the provision of legal services in England and Wales. The framework will b

£On request
⏱ 8 Mar 2021
Posted · 69mo agoView details →
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4125c7af-25db-4819-9949-83996729cf36 · tender

2020/S 250-626758 general lab equipment

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
goodsSME friendly

The opportunity is for a Framework Agreement Tender - bidders should note that there is no guaranteed level of expenditure on the Framework Agreement. LUPC is tendering to establis

£On request
⏱ 1 Mar 2021
Posted · 69mo agoView details →
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9b04e620-2a9a-424a-9dd9-409057507588 · tender

Design of online portal for BAME techne students

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
goodsSME friendly

The University of Roehampton, along with other members of Techne institutions, requires an Online Programme Designer to develop an online hub, targeted at BAME (Black, Asian, and M

££35,000 — £47,000
⏱ 30 Nov 2020
Posted · 71mo agoView details →
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65e8bf6a-978e-40f2-a5d2-8be1a113106a · tender

HR and payroll system for trinity laban conservatoire of music and dance

London Universities Purchasing Consortium
servicesSME friendly

Trinity Laban Conservatoire of Music and Dance (Trinity Laban) wishes to source and implement a modern integrated computerised Human Resources and Payroll system from a single pref

££50,000 — £160,000
⏱ 30 Nov 2020
Posted · 72mo agoView details →