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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
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Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (204)
AI training & support consultancy
Jisc AI capability development consultancy for the Open University in Wales
Certificate paper
Contract for the supply of certificate paper to the university.
Cinahl publications database
Purchase of Cinahl Ultimate database for journals and publications from EBSCO.
Purchase of e-books
One off purchase of E-Books from Edward Elgar Publishing.
Publication resources
Access to Financial Times resources for students for one year.
Books purchase
Purchase of Mad or Bad books in print and ebooks for students from publisher.
Tube heating element 'moon heater'
Procurement of 65 tube heating elements 'moon heater', including delivery.
Credit reference agency
Extension of TransUnion credit reference agency contract
Fire extinguisher servicing
Annual (2026) fire extinguisher servicing across Walton Hall and East Campus
Provision of onsite behind-the-meter solar power purchase agreement (PPA)
Provision of a private wire (behind-the-meter) Solar Power Purchase Agreement (PPA), under which a third-party solar contractor shall undertake the design, installation, operation,
Provision of catering services
Provision of catering services at Open University Walton Hall Campus. Services include retail catering, vending and hospitality services
Provision of guarding services
Provison of Guarding Services at OU Walton Hall Campus and Nation and Locations. This shall cover: • static guarding • patrols • control room operations • lock and unlocks • key ho
Dell server
Dell serverProSupport and Next Business Day Onsite Service Variable Keep Your Hard Drive For Enterprise Variable
Salesforce sales cloud - enterprise edition
Contract #03437013 OUVP Validation Partnerships
Media service tender pipeline notice
Pipeline notice for Media Service tender (2027)
Sky guest wifi
The guest wifi for 28th Aug 2025 to 27th Dec 2026.
Philanthropy & alumni engagement CRM/RFI/PRO/2026
The Open University (OU) is requesting information regarding the provision of a modern, secure, cloud based Alumni and Philanthropy Customer Relationship Management (CRM) solution,
Courier Services/ITT/PRO/2026
Tender of OU Courier Services both domestically and internationally
Athlete testing and monitoring equipment and software
Multiple items of equipment including ForceDecks (FD Lite) Dual Force Plate System, ForceFrame Max Strength Testing System, NordBoard Hamstring Testing System, SmartSpeed Plus Star
GPS accelerometer system
Multiple items of equipment including hardware (Elite sports player performance analysis unit x 24, Customer docking station x 1 and Live antenna beacons x 1), ancillary hardware (