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)
University listings site
Placement of OU advertising on The Student Room website
Content design consultancy
Delivery of Content Design consultancy
Textbooks
Purchase of textbooks.
Textbooks
Procurement of textbooks for student materials.
Textbooks
Procurement of textbooks for student materials.
Unicom system architect
System Architect Client Floating User Maintenance.
Fire extinguisher servicing
Fire Extinguisher Servicing for OU Sites
OU graduation ceremony
OU Graduation Ceremony Venue
CORE development services
Service development capacity, in the form of software development and associated activities, to support the CORE project: CORE hosts the world's largest collection of open access r
Alumni mentoring platform
Alumni mentoring platform for the OU Business School, continuous career service supporting the triple accreditation.
Student support
Student support non medical help.
Nationally representative online survey
Nationally representative online survey looking at potential influence on public awareness of recently aired popular BBC/OU programmes
Law databases
Subscription to law databases
Vmware vsphere 8
VMware vSphere 8 Standard - Subscription License
THeseus2 - CIS300 camera system
1 x CIS300 Camera Electronics System - £114,000 1x CIS300 Camera System PCB Vacuum Chamber Feedthrough = £19,500 Total = £133,500 exc VAT / £160,200 inc VAT
Figshare for institutions (scholarship exchange) extension for 2 years
This amendment extends the term of the Scholarly Exchange Portal license and adjusts the associated fees.
Agency services
Agency Services for Disposal of OU Office in Edinburgh
OU graduation ceremony
Graduation Ceremony for the Open University
Microsoft azure (OCRE agreement)
Microsoft Azure Platform (OCRE agreement).
Provision of business travel
Provision of Business Travel and Travel Management Services