Cardiff Metropolitan University: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Cardiff Metropolitan University has published 77 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 17 CPV divisions, most often software package and information systems.

Across 27 awarded contracts the median value is £295k.

Its published awards total £15.3m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Cardiff Metropolitan University's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 35 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 13 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.1 tenders a month, measured over 68 months of history.
Half of their 27 awarded contracts are worth £295k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in software package and information systems, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.
Their most frequent suppliers are JISC Services Limited (3), JISC (3), Wales Millennium Centre (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Lexis Nexis Database Subscription	LexisNexis	14 August 2023	£215.8k
Lexis Nexis Subscription	LexisNexis	21 July 2023	£216k
Provision of a Security Operations Centre (SOC)	Waterstons Limited	22 June 2023	£590k
Occupational Health & Associated Services	Innovate Healthcare Management Ltd	19 June 2023	£350k
Grounds Maintenance Services	Gavin Jones	26 April 2023	£2m
Central Research Information Management System	Elsevier B.V.	2 March 2023	£240k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
JISC Services Limited	3	-
JISC	3	-
Wales Millennium Centre	2	£1.5m
LexisNexis	2	£431.8k
The Copyright Licensing Agency Ltd	2	-
EBSCO Information Services	2	-
Atlas Facilities Management Limited	2	-
SportsMed Products Ltd	2	-