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London Universities Purchasing Consortium

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United Kingdom
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London

London Universities Purchasing Consortium is a UK purchasing body for universities that has published 143 tenders covering business services, waste and cleaning, and laboratory equipment. The consortium's tenders carry a total estimated value of about £2,071,500,000, with activity running from 2012 to 2025 and a peak of 17 tenders in 2016. Its most recent tender dates from April 2025, and its largest contracts include two £600,000,000 frameworks, for fixed-term energy contracts (August 2023) and the National Desktop and Notebook Agreement (January 2022). Work is performed mainly in London, with 10 tenders, followed by East of England (3) and South East England (2). Awards go most often to Cimple Ltd. and In-tend Ltd., with two each, while ADDLESHAW GODDARD LLP, DAC Beachcroft LLP, Freeths LLP and Muckle LLP have one each. Among the most revealing tenders are the £200,000,000 "Lab Equipment (General)" (April 2025) and the £125,000,000 "Estates and Facilities Management Services" (May 2021).

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Activity of London Universities Purchasing Consortium in public procurement

143
Tenders published
24
Awards
€3,591,912,729
Total awarded
€2,828,265,335
Total published value
£16,000,000
Median amount

By sector (CPV)

Laboratory, optical and…: 15.7%Industrial or laboratory…: 13.5%Refuse and waste related…: 13.5%Autoclaves: 12.4%Security services: 11.2%Water-purifying apparatus: 11.2%Other: 22.5%
  • Laboratory, optical and…15.7%
  • Industrial or laboratory…13.5%
  • Refuse and waste related…13.5%
  • Autoclaves12.4%
  • Security services11.2%
  • Water-purifying apparatus11.2%
  • Other22.5%
CPV code
CPV codeTenders published
Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) 3800000014
Industrial or laboratory furnaces, incinerators and ovens 4230000012
Refuse and waste related services 9050000012
Autoclaves 3319111011
Security services 7971000010
Water-purifying apparatus 4291233010
Laboratory centrifuges and accessories 4293110010
Legal services 7910000010

Activity by year

2016: 171720162017: 9920172018: 8820182019: 131320192020: 141420202021: 10 187.5 M€10187.5 M€20212022: 10 2,154.2 M€102,154.2 M€20222023: 20 5.7 M€205.7 M€20232024: 17 1,005.1 M€171,005.1 M€20242025: 4 239.4 M€4239.4 M€2025

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Main suppliers of London Universities Purchasing Consortium

By region

Place of performanceTenders published
Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire2
Essex1
Inner London — West1

Contract types

Other: 62.2%Services: 22.4%Supplies: 15.4%
  • Other62.2%
  • Services22.4%
  • Supplies15.4%

By amount range

< 100k: 11< 100k100k–500k: 11100k–500k500k–1M: 11500k–1M1M–5M: 111M–5M5M–20M: 995M–20M> 20M: 1212> 20M

Keywords

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Data collected from official public procurement sources. Amounts as published by the buyer.