buyer and supplier
The Open University
as a buyer
341 procurement records (316 unique titles), of which 295 have award details , between 10 Feb 2015 and 23 Jul 2026.
as a supplier
77 recorded awards from 52 buyers , between 2 Oct 2016 and 30 Jan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salesforce UK Limited | 5 | £3,000,000 |
| Public Digital Limited | 5 | £183,600 |
| Academia Limited | 4 | £1,334,488 |
| Equal Experts UK Limited | 3 | £1,500,000 |
| Teledyne UK Ltd | 3 | · |
| B:Music (Enterprises) Ltd | 3 | · |
| Innovation Technology and Business Solutions Limited | 3 | £400,000 |
| DHL International (UK) Limited | 2 | · |
| Dell Corporation Limited | 2 | £161,435 |
| EBSCO International Inc. | 2 | · |
| Brightsource Limited | 2 | £52,894 |
| Brighton & Hove City Council | 2 | · |
what it buys
- IT services 44
- business and professional services 39
- 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
contracts won
every contract won by The Open University →
contracts published
every contract published by The Open University →
as published
This page combines 13 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 | 157 |
| The Open University | · | MK7 6AA | 152 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/3TQF8m8D | MK76AA | 63 |
| THE OPEN UNIVERSITY | GB-CHC RC000391 | MK76AA | 18 |
| The Open University | GB-COH RC000391 | MK7 6AA | 10 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY (THE) | · | MK76AA | 9 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) (The Open University) | GB-SRS sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/hBB47GKb | MK76AA | 3 |
| OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) | GB-PPON PQMB-1743-RHWV | MK7 6AA | 2 |
| open university | GB-SC SC038302 | · | 1 |
| The Open University | GB-COH 03776406 | · | 1 |
| The Open University | GB-COH 12031028 | · | 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 4
- 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