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

Cardiff University has published 273 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 25 CPV divisions, most often business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security.

Across 112 awarded contracts the median value is £371.6k.

Its published awards total £175.8m.

How to win their contracts

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

Plan for about 34 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 72 of their tenders.
They publish about 4.0 tenders a month, measured over 68 months of history.
Half of their 112 awarded contracts are worth £371.6k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services, laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).
Their most frequent suppliers are CDW Limited (4), NanoString Technologies (4), Gameshift (4) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Car Parking Management	UK PARKING CONTROL LIMITED	31 July 2026	£4.5m
Electric Vehicles	FLEETEV LIMITED	8 July 2026	£189.5k
VMWare 2026	CDW Limited	2 June 2026	£82.5k
Nutanix Hardware	CDW Limited	27 May 2026	£683.4k
Residences Low Occupancy Water Flushing	Rock Compliance Limited	11 May 2026	£110.6k
Research Data Equipment FAIR	OCF LIMITED	10 February 2026	£1.4m

Contracts are dated by the tender's closing date — award dates are not published in the source data.

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
CDW Limited	4	£4.4m
NanoString Technologies	4	£1.5m
Gameshift	4	£800k
CriticalArc Limited	3	£499.5k
SYMMONS MADGE ASSOCIATES LIMITED	3	-
CELTIC TERAHERTZ TECHNOLOGY LIMITED	3	-
Stride Treglown	2	£4.1m
HFL Building Solutions	2	£2.8m