Buyer profile
THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
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Total contracts
204
Known spend
£260m
164 disclosed
Average value
£2m
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED
£227,140
- 2
JISC SERVICES LIMITED
£141,564
- 3
The National Exhibition Centre
4 winslatest 17 Aug 2026£89,890
- 4
SYRENIS LIMITED
3 winslatest 09 Apr 2026£990,478
- 5
B:Music (Enterprises) Ltd
3 winslatest 26 Mar 2026£116,755
- 6
LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED
£92,017
- 7
Taylor & Francis Limited
3 winslatest 12 Aug 2026 - 8
The Barbican Centre
2 winslatest 16 Jan 2026£11m
- 9
Actian Europe Ltd
2 winslatest 21 Jan 2026£9m
- 10
Database for Business Limited
2 winslatest 05 Nov 2025£3m
What they buy
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Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (204)
Iris connect
Online education management and practice learning platform used by the PGCE Partnership Team to support the management, monitoring and assessment of student teachers' school-based
Media monitoring
Media monitoring partner capable of delivering high‑quality, reliable, and comprehensive monitoring services across relevant channels
Graduation ceremony venue hire
Hire of Bridgewater Hall for a graduation ceremony on 5th March 2027
Training consultancy
Consultancy for specific training courses.
Graduation ceremony venue hire
Hire of Bridgewater Hall for a graduation ceremony on 29th October 2027
Graduation ceremony venue hire
Hire of York Barbican for 16th April 2027 graduation ceremony
Printed book Production/CFP/PRO/2026
The Open University intends to award a closed framework for the supply of printed book production (to include paper supply, printing, finishing and binding) of educational material
B2B public Relations/CFP/PRO/2025
The Open University is seeking to establish framework agreement with one supplier for the provision of B2B Public Relations, to the Business Development Unit.
Habitable worlds observatory detector
Habitable Worlds Observatory Detector. Qualification testing of bespoke CIS300 series UVIS detectors. This work is being performed under the remit of a UK Space Agency (UKSA) resea
DHL courier services
DHL Courier services for Postal Services for financial year 2026/27
BM27AB venue hire - NEC (ICC) - 21 may 2027
Hire of NEC on 21st May 2027 for OU graduation ceremony
Graduation ceremony venue hire
Hire of NEC, Birmingham on 28 October 2028 for OU graduation ceremony
Library publications
Library purchase of ebook publications
Organisational training
Organisation training for users.
OUPA11768
Books required from publisher for module E104
Jisc building digital capability (BDC) service subscription
Jisc Building Digital Capability (BDC) service subscription for a three-year period.
Bluecat networks support renewal
Support and Maintenance for Bluecat Networks for two-year period.
Labstar pro glovebox
LABstar pro four-glove Glovebox package with gas purifier, 2 x vacuum antechambers, 1 x sensor set, wood packing and installation.
Network cabling and installation services
General supply and installation of structured cabling systems for the IT Infrastructure teams.
Cardinus support licence for healthy working renewal
Annual Support Licence for Healthy Working for three-year period.