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)
Accomodation for FIFA guardians event
Accomodation venue for FIFA Guradians Event
Entrepreneurial rural bootcamps
Entrepreneurial Rural Bootcamps for Open University
Building condition surveys
Walton Hall Campus - 5 yearly building condition surveys
Library publications geology
Purchase of journals for geology and earth sciences.
Library subscription chemical data
Subscription of chemical databases for library resources
Market research
Market research services
Library publications
Library purchase of ebook publications.
Library subscription to business databases
Subscription of a business database for the OU library.
Market research services
Market research servies for particular audiences.
Sunpower ltd, STEM equipment
Sunpower Ltd, STEM equipment (11 items): Cryotel GT: CT acceptor Gen 2 AVC Balancer, CT/GT Controller, AVC, GT Permanent Water Jacket - CT/GT Power Cable, AVC CT/GT RTD Assembly 4.
DBFB internet connectivity
DBFB Internet Connectivity, supply of internet circuits
Appcheck web application scanning tool
AppCheck Web Application Scanning Tool, three-year renewal
VVT tool enhancement
Enhancement of VVT Tool
Social media advertising
Social Media advertising services
Haplo graduate education manager subscription
Three year Graduate Education Manager Subscription with Haplo.
Dollar universe maintenance
Continued maintenance for Dollar Universe, a workload automation software. Dollar Universe is a scheduling tool which manages all of the dependencies between the hundreds of "batch
DBFB internet connectivity
Connectivity (supply of internet and non internet facing circuits) 1GB Internet Circuits for Milton Keynes, 1GB Internet Circuits for Manchester 1GB Internet Circuits for Nottingha
Market research databases
Market research databases subscription for two years.
Educational services
Education Services from UCAS
Outplacement support services
Outplacement support services for employees.