buyer and supplier · GB-PPONPYNW-6296-ZJQQ
The Open University
The Open University has won 93 UK public sector awards from 57 buyers since 2016. The typical award is worth £160,000. It has published 356 tenders and contracts since 2015, 317 naming a winner.
as a buyer
356 procurement records (328 unique titles), of which 317 have award details , between 10 Feb 2015 and 20 Aug 2026.
as a supplier
93 recorded awards from 57 buyers , between 12 Feb 2016 and 25 Aug 2026.
“Exclusive” means this organisation was the only one awarded under that procurement; the rest were shared with other suppliers, typically on a framework.
sells to
top suppliers
| supplier | awards | median |
|---|---|---|
| Public Digital Limited | 5 | £183,600 |
| DHL International (UK) Limited | 4 | · |
| Teledyne UK Limited | 4 | £420,000 |
| Academia Limited | 4 | £1,334,488 |
| Salesforce UK Limited | 4 | £3,000,000 |
| Jisc Services Limited | 4 | · |
| Syrenis Limited | 3 | £481,739 |
| Taylor & Francis Limited | 3 | · |
| B:Music (Enterprises) Ltd | 3 | · |
| National Exhibition Centre Limited (the) | 3 | · |
| Equal Experts UK Limited | 3 | £1,500,000 |
| Innovation Technology and Business Solutions Limited | 3 | £400,000 |
what it buys
- IT services 44
- business and professional services 38
- software and information systems 30
- waste, cleaning and environment 8
- printing and publishing 8
- education and training 7
- research and development 7
- office and computer equipment 5
- architecture and engineering 4
- catering, hotels and retail 4
common questions about The Open University
How many contracts has The Open University published?
- The Open University has published 356 procurement notices since 2015, of which 317 name a winning supplier.
Does The Open University have any open tenders right now?
- The Open University has no tenders open for bids right now.
Who are The Open University's biggest suppliers?
- By number of contracts awarded, The Open University's most frequent suppliers are Public Digital Limited, DHL International (UK) Limited and Teledyne UK Limited.
How many public sector contracts has The Open University won?
- The Open University has won 93 UK public sector contracts from 57 public bodies since 2016.
Which public bodies buy from The Open University?
- The Open University has won the most contracts from Somerset Council, Torbay Council and Kirklees Council.
How large are The Open University's contracts?
- The median published value of a contract won by The Open University is £160,000. Framework ceilings are excluded, because they state a spending limit shared across many suppliers rather than a value one supplier received.
Which The Open University contracts are expiring soon?
- 20 contracts involving The Open University have end dates in the next 12 months, the earliest on 30 Sept 2026.
contracts expiring in the next 12 months
Contract end dates as published on the original notice. An end date is not a commitment to re-tender — a contract may be extended, varied or allowed to lapse — but it is the earliest public signal that work may come back to market.
contracts won
every contract won by The Open University →
contracts published
every contract published by The Open University →
as published
This page combines 14 separate records from the source data. Every one is listed below exactly as the publisher filed it, so you can check the grouping yourself.
| name as published | identifier | postcode | records |
|---|---|---|---|
| THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | GB-PPON PYNW-6296-ZJQQ | MK7 6AA | 171 |
| The Open University | · | MK7 6AA | 163 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D | MK76AA | 63 |
| THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | GB-CHC RC000391 | MK76AA | 20 |
| The Open University | GB-COH RC000391 | MK7 6AA | 12 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY (THE) | · | MK76AA | 9 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | GB-PPON PQMB-1743-RHWV | MK7 6AA | 3 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (The Open University) | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/hBB47GKb | MK76AA | 3 |
| open university | GB-SC SC038302 | · | 1 |
| The Open University | GB-COH 12031028 | · | 1 |
| The Open University | GB-COH 03221609 | · | 1 |
| The Open University | GB-COH 03776406 | · | 1 |
| THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | GB-UKPRN 10007773 | · | 1 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | GB-CHC RC 000391 | MK76AA | 0 |
why these were combined
- identical name and address · MK76AA 5
- identical name · open university 5
- same identifier and address · RC000391 1
- same identifier and address · RC000391 1
- near-identical name at the same address · MK76AA 1
Matching uses organisation identifiers where publishers provide them, falling back to name and address. Records are never combined on address alone, because one shared-service postcode carries 244 different organisations. how this works
where these figures come from
Every figure on this page is derived from notices published by Contracts Finder, Find a Tender, Public Contracts Scotland and Sell2Wales, under the Open Government Licence v3.0. The corpus runs from 17 Dec 2014 to 11 Sept 2026 and is refreshed from the publishers' own APIs through the working day.
Records are combined into one organisation on identifiers where publishers provide them — a Companies House number, a GB-PPON supplier id — and on exact normalised name and address where they do not. Never on address alone: one shared-service postcode carries 244 unrelated organisations. The 14 published records behind this page are listed above exactly as filed, so any merge can be checked.
Counts are of contracting processes, not published notices: a tender and its award notice are one contract, and are counted once. Values are medians, never totals, and exclude framework ceilings — a ceiling states a spending limit shared across every supplier on the framework, so adding them together produces a number no one ever spent. sources and coverage · how matching works
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