Higher education tenders in the UK

CPV category: Higher education services (803*)

We track 696 awarded higher education services contracts (CPV 803*) in the UK. 29 of them have a published end date between 8 Jan 2027 and 8 Apr 2028. The median published award value is £66k, and half of awards fall between £33k and £205k (679 awards with a value). 86 award notices in this category did not publish an end date.

Ending in 3-18 months29

Open tenders11

Median award£66k

Contracts tracked696

Contracts ending soonest (10 of 29)

Contract	Buyer	Incumbent supplier(s)	Value	Ends	Region
Provision of GCS Leadership Programme Contracts Finder · CPV 80300000	Crown Commercial Service	University of Huddersfield	£2.1m	25 Feb 2027 re-tender may already be under way	UK-wide
Step Up to Social Work Cohort 9 Contracts Finder · CPV 80300000	Sheffield City Council	Manchester Metropolitan University	£518k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber
Step up to social work training programme Find a Tender · CPV 80300000	Leeds City Council	UNIVERSITY OF SALFORD(THE)	£350k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber
Youth Education Services (Vaping, Alcohol & Drugs and Gambling Related Harms) Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	City of Bradford Metropolitan District Council	Step 2 Young People's Health	£265k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	Yorkshire and the Humber
Youth Print Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Durham County Council	NE YOUTH LIMITED	£155k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	North East
VRP Hospital In-Reach and Community Based Service (Birmingham) Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Police and Crime Commissioner for West Midlands	OASIS COMMUNITY PARTNERSHIPS	£93k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	West Midlands
715521450 Research into non-invasive assessment of cerebral perfusion in traumatic brain injury using machine learning analysis of continuous trans-cranial Doppler waveforms – a pilot study Find a Tender · CPV 80320000	Ministry of Defence	King's College Hospital NHS Foundation Trust	£42k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	West Midlands
Lived Experience Mentoring Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	South Gloucestershire Council	BXCELLENCE COMMUNITY INTEREST COMPANY	£38k	31 Mar 2027 re-tender may already be under way	South West
Provision of Mountaineering Training and Guiding Contracts Finder · CPV 80320000	University of Central Lancashire	GM Guides Limited	£180k	11 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~11 Oct 2026	North West
Youth Provision Services Contracts Finder · CPV 80310000	Community Centre	Cambourne Youth Patnership	£30k	30 Apr 2027 re-tender likely from ~30 Oct 2026	East of England

See all 29 in the renewal radar

Open tenders (10 of 11)

Opportunity	Buyer	Value	Deadline	Region
For the provision of a Higher Education Institution to deliver the Step Up to Social Work Programme for the East Midlands Regional Partnership (Cohorts 10 and 11) Find a Tender · CPV 80300000	Derby City Council	£3.6m	23 Oct 2026, 10:00 UK time	East Midlands
TENDER FOR DESIGN, AND DELIVERY OF YOUTH DRAMA PROGRAMME Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Fermanagh and Omagh District Council	£88k	28 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time	Northern Ireland
Neurodiversity screening assessments for apprentices Find a Tender · CPV 80300000	University of Salford	£918	29 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time	North West
Educational Psychology assessments to identify and diagnose Specific Learning Difficulties Find a Tender · CPV 80300000	University of Salford	£548k	29 Oct 2026, 12:00 UK time	North West
London's VRU Boys, Young Men and Future Fathers Support Services Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Mayor's Office For Policing & Crime	£1.8m	29 Oct 2026, 13:00 UK time	London
NEET Prevention & Reduction Service Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Manchester City Council	£3.0m	2 Nov 2026, 11:00 UK time	North West
QUALITY MARK FOR YOUTH WORK IN WALES Find a Tender · CPV 80310000	Llywodraeth Cymru / Welsh Government	£110k	2 Nov 2026, 14:00 UK time	Wales
Special Educational Needs and Disabilities (SEND) Mediation and Disagreement Resolution Service. Find a Tender · CPV 80340000	Blackpool Borough Council	£150k	3 Nov 2026, 12:00 UK time	North West
DPS for Skills and Investment Grant Funding SME-suitable Contracts Finder · CPV 80300000	Worcestershire County Council	value not published	30 Sep 2028, 17:00 UK time	West Midlands
Flexible Procurement system for the Provision of Children's Specialist Education Services Find a Tender · CPV 80340000	City of Doncaster Council	value not published	26 Mar 2034, 12:00 UK time	UK-wide

All open tenders in this category

Expiring by quarter

Q1 2027 (8)Q2 2027 (3)Q3 2027 (10)Q4 2027 (2)Q1 2028 (5)Q2 2028 (4)

By region

Region	Contracts	Ending in window
South West	386	4
Yorkshire and the Humber	55	3
London	48	6
South East	40	3
North West	27	2
East of England	26	2
East Midlands	22	1
West Midlands	18	2
Wales	16	1
Scotland	14	0
North East	9	2
Northern Ireland	4	0

Top buyers

Buyer	Contracts	Value
University Of The West Of England	332	£25.7m
Ministry of Defence	18	£4.7m
Devon County Council	17	£129.4m
Kent County Council	14	£1.3m
Department for Education	9	£47.8m
DERBY CITY COUNCIL	9	£2.9m
Sheffield Hallam University	8	£346.4m
Bristol City Council	8	£1.8m
DE MONTFORT UNIVERSITY	6	£240.0m
LEEDS TRINITY UNIVERSITY	6	£4.9m

Most frequent incumbents

Supplier	Contracts	Value
South Devon College	9	£124.0m
City College Plymouth	7	£49.0m
Clear Links Support Ltd	7	£20.2m
Plymouth City Council	6	£121.3m
CF Psychology Group Limited	6	£281k
DIGITAL PENINSULA NETWORK LIMITED	5	£123.0m
PRIMED TALENT LIMITED	5	£122.9m
APRICOT CENTRE CIC	5	£120.8m
University of Exeter	5	£1.1m
Guangzhou Meiyu Education Consulting Co Ltd	5	£677k

Sub-categories

Youth education services (130)Special education services (119)Medical education services (54)

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Data from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder; updated every 2 hours. Where a notice doesn't publish a contract end date we show "end date not published" - we never guess.