Ulster University

How to win their contracts

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

• Plan for about 29 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 17 of their tenders.
• They publish about 2.9 tenders a month, measured over 10 months of history.
• Half of the tenders where they publish a value are estimated at £1.4m or less.
• Most of their buying falls in business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, health and social work services, security, fire-fighting, police and defence equipment.
• Their most frequent suppliers are Rapid Agency (NI) Ltd (3) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.