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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

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Top suppliers

Last 5 years
  1. 1

    DHL INTERNATIONAL (UK) LIMITED

    5 winslatest 19 Aug 2026CH 01184988

    £227,140

  2. 2

    JISC SERVICES LIMITED

    4 winslatest 11 Aug 2026CH 02881024

    £141,564

  3. 3

    The National Exhibition Centre

    4 winslatest 17 Aug 2026

    £89,890

  4. 4

    SYRENIS LIMITED

    3 winslatest 09 Apr 2026

    £990,478

  5. 5

    B:Music (Enterprises) Ltd

    3 winslatest 26 Mar 2026

    £116,755

  6. 6

    LEGENDS GLOBAL HOLDINGS LIMITED

    3 winslatest 23 Sept 2026CH 05558259

    £92,017

  7. 7

    Taylor & Francis Limited

    3 winslatest 12 Aug 2026
  8. 8

    The Barbican Centre

    2 winslatest 16 Jan 2026

    £11m

  9. 9

    Actian Europe Ltd

    2 winslatest 21 Jan 2026

    £9m

  10. 10

    Database for Business Limited

    2 winslatest 05 Nov 2025

    £3m

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Tender activity

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All contracts (204)

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ocds-h6vhtk-06146b · award

Refrigeration Maintenance/Restricted/Pro/2023

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Modification of contract to facilitate the supply and install of two Daiken chiller units within the OU laboratory facilities

£Up to £400,000
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05646a · award

Lupex PZT valves

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Batch 2 - manufacture of 5 bespoke PZT valves to previously agreed dimensions.

£Up to £44,875
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05e445 · award

Ingres database Subscription/PRO/2025

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

The contract is for the purchase of the subscription to the Ingres database.

£Up to £5,638,551
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-060b45 · award

Market research

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Procurement for a provider of market research services to undertake a higher education market research project for the University.

£Up to £66,700
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-060ab1 · award

Spectrometry components - HRS300 monochromators

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Spectrometry components (12 items): Dry Nitrogen (N2) purge option (1 item) Dry Nitrogen (N2) purge option Motorized slit (2 items) Filter wheel without filters (1 item) ARC protec

£Up to £27,242
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-060a61 · award

Access to law publications

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Direct award to procure access to specific publisher owned law publications for teaching delivery. The contract was signed in July 2025 with an end date as given in the notice, bel

£On request
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-060820 · award

Venue hire for OU graduation ceremony

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Venue Hire for OU Graduation Ceremony for 2 days

£Up to £110,000
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-06081d · award

OU graduation ceremony

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Venue Hire for London based ceremonies in spring 2026 (Barbican Centre)

£Up to £59,923
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0606e1 · award

Library resources

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Supply of books and magazines

£On request
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0606d2 · award

Library resources

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Subscription to academic journals for the OU Library

£On request
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0606ae · award

Library resources

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Subscription to counselling videos for the OU Library

£Up to £28,179
Posted · 8mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-060333 · award

Silver member service contract for cameca SX100 microprobe

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Silver member service contract for Cameca SX100 microprobe 01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026

£Up to €29,612
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0600e6 · award

OU graduation ceremony

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

OU Graduation Cermony and Venue Hire

£Up to £25,156
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0600d2 · award

Replacement of fluorescent lights with LED

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Replacement of Fluorescent Lights with LED in Charles Pinfold

£Up to £38,099
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-0600be · award

Licence for broadcasting materials

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

The licence provides the necessary copyright permissions for the educational use of broadcast content.

£Up to £33,196
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05fa80 · award

Courier services

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

LDS use of DHL for the 2025/26

£Up to £45,000
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f8e8 · award

CEI test chip manufacture (HDR3)

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Procurement of one test chip (integrated circuit) HDR3 device, including manufacture and delivery.

£Up to €104,929
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f8cd · award

Raman microscope upgrade

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Package of hardware and software to upgrade the Raman microscope in the school of Physical Sciences.

£Up to £51,624
Posted · 9mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f538 · award

Tohospec 3100-T thick film thickness measurement system

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

TohoSpec 3100-T Thick Film Thickness Measurement System £93,546

£Up to £77,955
Posted · 10mo agoView details →
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ocds-h6vhtk-05f142 · award

Library resources

THE OPEN UNIVERSITY
South East

Continued access to video resources for the University's library resources.

£Up to £430,000
Posted · 10mo agoView details →
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