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

Manchester Metropolitan University has published 27 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 12 CPV divisions, most often laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).

Across 12 awarded contracts the median value is £393k.

Its published awards total £6.6m.

How to win their contracts

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

Plan for about 31 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 13 of their tenders.
They publish about 0.8 tenders a month, measured over 35 months of history.
Half of their 12 awarded contracts are worth £393k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), musical instruments, sport goods, games, toys, handicraft, art materials, education and training services.
Their most frequent suppliers are UCAS Media Ltd (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Procurement of a Fluorescence Activated Cell Sorter	Sony Europe B.V	5 June 2023	£187.8k
Sports Kit and Leisurewear	Kukri GB Limited	6 March 2023	£500k
Provision of Student and Education Sector Data	UCAS Media Ltd	15 December 2022	£386.5k
FIB Scanning Electron Microscope	Carl Zeiss Ltd	1 September 2022	£1.2m
X-Ray Diffractometer	Bruker UK	29 June 2022	£214.8k
Graduation Services (Gowns and Photography)	Ede and Ravenscroft Ltd	24 March 2022	£254.2k

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