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Academia: public sector contracts
Covering 600+ buyer sites · 5 years of records · Contracts awarded in the 24 months to 14 October 2026 · Updated 14 October 2026 · How we count
- Contracts won
- 191
- Last 24 months
- Median contract
- £74k
- Recorded value
- Recorded value
- £68.9m
- 182 of 191 have a published value
- Buyers
- 62
- Awarded it contracts
- Ending in 12 months
- 50
- Contracts with a recorded end date
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What Academia wins
By service, contracts awarded in the 24 months to 14 October 2026. BidSkim assigns contracts to services from the notice text. How services are assigned
- 1Laptops26 contracts£22.9m
- 2Software licensing16 contracts£2.9m
- 3Lecture capture and education video platforms8 contracts£2.0m
- 4Mobile device management8 contracts£471k
- 5LMS7 contracts£686k
- 6Finite element analysis software6 contracts£414k
- 7Technical computing software (MATLAB, Mathematica)6 contracts£455k
- 8Business intelligence5 contracts£343k
- 9Mobile phones5 contracts£192k
- 10Student placement management4 contracts£223k
Who buys from Academia
By contracts awarded, the 24 months to 14 October 2026.
- 1UK Shared Business Services (UK SBS)27 contracts£3.3m
- 2University of Southampton17 contracts£7.5m
- 3University of Portsmouth Higher Education Corporation8 contracts£2.5m
- 4University of the West of England Higher Education Corporation8 contracts£318k
- 5UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER7 contracts£1.6m
- 6University of Sussex6 contracts£10.9m
- 7The Open University5 contracts£4.4m
- 8Keele University5 contracts£1.5m
- 9Bath Spa University5 contracts£1.5m
- 10Royal Holloway, University of London5 contracts£1.1m
Contracts won by quarter
Frameworks it wins through
117 of 191 contracts were call-offs from a framework or dynamic purchasing system.
- Software Licence Agreements, Applications and Associated Services Framework1 contract