Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 16 Oct 2027 for OU graduation ceremony
Status: complete
Amount: £37,900
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 15 Dec 2025, 00:00
Published: 13 Mar 2026, 15:14
Sector: Printed books
Description: The Open University is commencing a competitive procurement, via a Competitive Flexible Procedure (CFP) to establish a closed framework for the supply of printed book production (to include paper supply, printing, finishing and binding) of educational materials for delivery into the The Open University's warehouse.
Th...
Status: active
Amount: £6,500,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: n/a
Published: 10 Mar 2026, 19:49
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 28 Oct 2028 for OU graduation ceremony
Status: complete
Amount: £40,955
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 26 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 09 Mar 2026, 11:52
Sector: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Description: Purchase of an Ultrasound (LOGIQ E10s R4) and a Dexa scanner (EU iDXA Pro MTY V18), plus five-year warranties for both items.
Status: complete
Amount: £176,982
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 18 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 16:29
Sector: Public relations services
Description: The Open University is seeking to establish framework agreement with one supplier for the provision of B2B Public Relations, to the Business Development Unit.
Status: complete
Amount: £947,027
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 01 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 15:41
Sector: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Description: Multiple items of equipment including 2 x Trigno Centro Package (equipment and software) and 2 x Trigno Product Case
Status: complete
Amount: £49,410
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 04 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 15:26
Sector: Software package and information systems
Description: Content management system for student facing OU Helpcentre website, Annual subscription to Enterprise level Content
Repository.
Status: complete
Amount: EUR 33,880
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 31 Mar 2026, 23:00
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 10:07
Sector: Software package and information systems
Description: Worldpay Credit Card Fees 2025-2026
Status: complete
Amount: £36,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 16 Jan 2026, 00:00
Published: 04 Mar 2026, 09:52
Sector: Personnel-training services
Description: Digital training support for staff
Status: complete
Amount: £33,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 12 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 02 Mar 2026, 10:23
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Symphony Hall, Birmingham on 30 Oct 2025 for OU graduation ceremony
Status: complete
Amount: £39,052
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 30 Oct 2025, 00:00
Published: 17 Feb 2026, 08:44
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Brighton Dome to hold Open University ceremonies on 10 November 2026
Status: complete
Amount: £34,899
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 10 Nov 2026, 00:00
Published: 09 Feb 2026, 10:42
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of York Barbican to hold two Open University ceremonies on 01 October 2026
Status: complete
Amount: £25,700
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 30 Sep 2026, 23:00
Published: 09 Feb 2026, 10:14
Sector: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Description: Multiple items of equipment including Cortex Metalyzer metabolic cart, Lode Exercise biked (CPET) and Lode braked cycle including 5 year maintenance and servicing.
Status: complete
Amount: £56,125
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 27 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 05 Feb 2026, 16:55
Sector: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Description: Platinum crucibles for ProSPA Instrument Sample Ovens for ProSPA Qualification Model and Flight Model build & test programmes.
Status: complete
Amount: £27,526
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 11 Dec 2025, 00:00
Published: 04 Feb 2026, 11:48
Sector: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Description: 70 advisor licenses - unlimited user access from subscribing
organization; setup, configuration, testing, and training; and
technical support
Status: complete
Amount: £49,577
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 08 Dec 2025, 00:00
Published: 04 Feb 2026, 10:33
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of National Exhibition Centre for the 16th October 2027 graduation ceremony
Status: complete
Amount: £30,035
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 27 Nov 2025, 00:00
Published: 04 Feb 2026, 09:28
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Bridgewater Hall for 11th November 2025 graduation ceremony
Status: complete
Amount: £31,015
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 11 Nov 2025, 00:00
Published: 04 Feb 2026, 09:15
Sector: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Description: FTIR (Fourier transform infra-red) Spectrometer combined with FTIR microscope and software.
Status: complete
Amount: £61,882
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 30 Mar 2026, 23:00
Published: 03 Feb 2026, 16:03
Sector: Event services
Description: Hire of Brighton Dome to hold two Open University ceremonies on 10 October 2025.
Status: complete
Amount: £29,237
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 09 Oct 2025, 23:00
Published: 03 Feb 2026, 16:00
Sector: Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
Description: Purchase of medical research equipment, the Biodex System 4 Isokinetic Dynamometer for muscle testing and rehabilitation by medical and physiotherapy professionals and the Biodex Balance System for measures of static and dynamic balance.
Status: complete
Amount: £104,739
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 27 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 03 Feb 2026, 15:52
Sector: Refrigerating and freezing equipment
Description: Modification of contract to facilitate the supply and install of two Daiken chiller units within the OU laboratory facilities
Status: complete
Amount: £400,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 05 Mar 2026, 00:00
Published: 02 Feb 2026, 14:59
Sector: Printed books, brochures and leaflets
Description: The Open University (OU) is preparing to initiate a future procurement activity for the provision of Printed Book Production Services to support the delivery of student course materials.
The intended procurement is likely to result in the appointment of two suppliers under a framework style arrangement.
This notice is ...
Status: planning
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: n/a
Published: 28 Jan 2026, 16:53
Sector: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
Description: Batch 2 - manufacture of 5 bespoke PZT valves to previously agreed dimensions.
Status: complete
Amount: £44,875
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 17 Dec 2025, 00:00
Published: 26 Jan 2026, 14:52
Sector: Database software package
Description: The contract is for the purchase of the subscription to the Ingres database.
Status: complete
Amount: £5,638,551
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 30 Nov 2025, 00:00
Published: 21 Jan 2026, 17:28
Sector: Education and training services
Description: Subscription to Elsevier Read and Publish online journals via the contract set up by Jisc Services Ltd under the framework.
Status: complete
Amount: £1,378,548
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 02 Feb 2026, 00:00
Published: 21 Jan 2026, 17:00
Sector: Market research services
Description: Procurement for a provider of market research services to undertake a higher education market research project for the University.
Status: complete
Amount: £66,700
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 21 Jan 2026, 00:00
Published: 21 Jan 2026, 14:46
Sector: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
Description: Spectrometry components (12 items):
Dry Nitrogen (N2) purge option (1 item)
Dry Nitrogen (N2) purge option Motorized slit (2 items)
Filter wheel without filters (1 item)
ARC protected Silver (Ag) coating on mirror (1 item)
68x68mm Ruled Grating 1200 g/mm 500 nm blaze (1 item)
68x68mm Ruled Grating 300 g/mm 1.2 um blaze...
Status: complete
Amount: £27,242
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 19 Nov 2025, 00:00
Published: 21 Jan 2026, 10:35
Sector: Education and training services
Description: Direct award to procure access to specific publisher owned law publications for teaching delivery.
The contract was signed in July 2025 with an end date as given in the notice, below.
Status: complete
Amount: £2,500,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 20 Jan 2026, 00:00
Published: 20 Jan 2026, 16:23
Sector: Event services
Description: Venue Hire for OU Graduation Ceremony for 2 days
Status: complete
Amount: £110,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 13 Sep 2026, 23:00
Published: 16 Jan 2026, 18:27
Sector: Event services
Description: Venue Hire for London based ceremonies in spring 2026 (Barbican Centre)
Status: complete
Amount: £59,923
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 28 Mar 2026, 00:00
Published: 16 Jan 2026, 18:02
Sector: Education and training services
Description: Supply of books and magazines
Status: complete
Amount: £57,000
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 01 Jan 2026, 00:00
Published: 15 Jan 2026, 15:03
Sector: Education and training services
Description: Subscription to academic journals for the OU Library
Status: complete
Amount: £135,286
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 30 Sep 2025, 23:00
Published: 15 Jan 2026, 14:42
Sector: Education and training services
Description: Subscription to counselling videos for the OU Library
Status: complete
Amount: £28,179
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 01 Nov 2025, 00:00
Published: 15 Jan 2026, 13:45
Sector: Repair and maintenance services
Description: Silver member service contract for Cameca SX100 microprobe
01/09/2025 - 31/08/2026
Status: complete
Amount: EUR 29,612
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 31 Aug 2025, 23:00
Published: 09 Jan 2026, 16:20
Sector: Event services
Description: OU Graduation Cermony and Venue Hire
Status: complete
Amount: £25,156
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 25 Sep 2025, 23:00
Published: 07 Jan 2026, 12:13
Sector: Lighting systems
Description: Replacement of Fluorescent Lights with LED in Charles Pinfold
Status: complete
Amount: £38,099
Deadline: n/a
Contract Start: 14 Oct 2025, 23:00
Published: 07 Jan 2026, 11:48