Procurement at UCA
The University spends approximately £25+ million a year on goods, services and works across our campuses. The university strives to achieve value for money with all of its purchases and where appropriate does this via competitive tendering / by utilising exiting framework agreements.
Where a contract value for goods, services or works is likely to exceed the relevant Procurement Thresholds then the contract will be tendered in accordance with the appropriate regulations.
The University is a member of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium which, amongst other things establishes a number of frameworks that are accessible to UCA. The SUPC is able to aggregate the demand from a large number of Higher Education organisations in the South of England and leverage this to access competitive pricing that may otherwise not be accessible by us.
Tenders
UCA will actively advertise tenders in accordance with the relevant UK public procurement regulations. Supplier are encouraged to sign up to the governments Contracts Finder and Find a Tender systems.
Competitive tenders will be administered via the universities tender portal. View the UCA tendering portal user guide (PDF).
Generic queries regarding procurement at UCA should be sent to procurement@uca.ac.uk.
Terms and conditions
UCA Standard Terms and Conditions for the Supply of Goods and Services.
Ethical guidelines
The University follows the Chartered Institute of Purchasing and Supply's ethical guidelines on procurement and purchasing. If any supplier feels they have been unfairly treated or are concerned about any aspect of the University's procurement policies and procedures they should contact the Head of Procurement in the first instance.