School, college and university tenders in the UK

Academy trusts, colleges and universities buy catering, cleaning, building works, IT and student services. Universities are often covered by purchasing consortia (such as SUPC, NEUPC, LUPC and APUC) that run frameworks, so a single framework re-tender can open up dozens of institutions. Many smaller school contracts fall below the advertising thresholds.

Open tenders by source: 113 from Find a Tender, 18 from Contracts Finder. 2,135 buyers are classed as schools, colleges & universities (buyer name contains university, school, college, academy or learning/education trust). Name-based, so a few buyers may be misclassified.

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Contracts ending in the next 3–18 months

These contracts have already been awarded. The published end date tells you when the buyer is likely to re-tender. Most re-tenders start 6–12 months before the end date.

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Tips for winning schools, colleges & universities work

• School catering and cleaning contracts often run for 3-5 years and are re-tendered before September starts.
• Look for multi-academy trusts. One tender can cover many schools.
• Universities buy through consortia frameworks, so watch the framework end dates.

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