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University security tenders from UK public buyers

University security tenders open now: 1. In the 12 months to 23 October 2026, UK public buyers published 42 matching notices. The newest recorded award went to Cloudflare, Inc. on 17 Jul 2026.

Checked against primary sources3 sources linked below

University security tenders published each month, October 2025 to October 2026: bar chart of 42 UK notices
Notices per month, UK time. All matched by text.

Which buyers publish the most security for university buyers notices?

Coventry University, with 3 notices of 42 in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.

  1. Coventry University3
  2. Aneurin Bevan University Health Board2
  3. ROYAL AGRICULTURAL UNIVERSITY2
  4. University Hospitals Bristol and Weston NHS Foundation Trust2
  5. Velindre University NHS Trust2
  6. ASTON UNIVERSITY1
  7. Birmingham City University1
  8. Bournemouth University1

Count of notices by the buyer name as published, 42 notices in the window, read 23 October 2026.

How many security for university buyers notices are published each month?

About 4 a month over the last eleven full months; the busiest month was September 2026, with 8.

1 of the 14 security for university buyers notices that stated a GBP value in the last 12 months fell in this band (7%). 0 of the open notices listed above are in it.

Counts come from this page’s data. A stated estimate is not the contract value, and frameworks are excluded.

StageNotices
Award26
Tender7
Contract3
Planning3
Tender cancellation3
Stage as the source records it, of 42 notices in the 12 months to 23 October 2026.
Stated valueNotices
Under £25,0000
£25,000 to £100,0001
£100,000 to £500,0006
£500,000 to £2 million4
£2 million or more3
Only the 14 notices that state a GBP value, excluding frameworks, placeholders of £1,000 or less and ceilings of £100 million or more. An estimate in a notice is not a contract value.

Who has won security for university buyers contracts recently?

SMART SEC SOLUTIONS LTD won 2 of the award notices read for this hub, the most of any supplier.

The newest award

On 17 Jul 2026, OPEN UNIVERSITY(THE) recorded an award to Cloudflare, Inc. for “Cloudflare Advanced Application Security Services”, at a recorded value of £555,986.

Read the award notice. Legacy award record; supplier allocation and signed-contract status unverified

SupplierAward notices won
SMART SEC SOLUTIONS LTD2
ADVANCED OVERWATCH LIMITED1
ARC Fire Safety and Security Ltd1
Alternative Systems Protection1
BCC Security Services1
CHECK YOUR SECURITY LIMITED1
CVL Systems Ltd1
Chubb Fire & Security Ltd1
Distinct notices per supplier, from the newest 29 of 29 award and contract notices in the window. From the legacy award table, which ends on 23 July 2026. A count of awards, never a sum of spend.

What counts as university security tenders here?

Security tenders published by university buyers: the same title rule as the UK-wide security hub, kept to notices whose buyer the university tenders hub recognises by name. Notices from other buyers with the same subject are on the security hub; the university hub lists every subject.

Classified

This hub is chosen by buyer or place, which the catalogue does not describe, so it uses no classification.

Matched by text

The buyer's name contains one of: security guard…, guarding, manned security, door supervis…, cctv, access control, key holding, security services, university. A word match is not a judgment of what is bought, so these are labelled as matches.

  1. Open the official notice

    Every notice above links to its page here and to its record on Find a Tender or Contracts Finder. The documents there are the tender; this page is not.
  2. Check the dates

    Note the deadline and any clarification or expression-of-interest date. Forecast and planning notices have no bid deadline yet.
  3. Check the route to market

    A framework or dynamic purchasing system call-off needs a place on that agreement first; an open procedure does not.
  4. Look at who won before

    The winners above show who has delivered this kind of contract recently and for which buyers.

Read the buyer’s own notice before you spend a day on any of these.

Track university security tenders in one workspace

  1. 1 notice open now

    Listed above, closing soonest first, each linked to its page and the official record.
  2. Coventry University published 3 notices

    The most of any buyer here, out of 42 in the last 12 months.
  3. SMART SEC SOLUTIONS LTD won 2 awards

    The most of any supplier in the 29 award and contract notices read for this hub.
  4. About 4 notices a month

    Published on average over the last 11 full months, from 42 in the 12-month window.

Questions about this page

Short answers, with the figures read for this page.

How many university security tenders are open now?
1 notice with a stated deadline still ahead on 23 October 2026, all matched by text. The list is read again every day.
Where are these notices published?
On Find a Tender and Contracts Finder, the UK government's two public notice services. Each notice on this site links to its official record there; read that record and its documents before deciding to bid.
How does a notice get into this hub?
By its title, buyer or stated region matching the hub's rule. Classified notices will be added here when they are published to public pages; a text match is never presented as a classification.
Are EU, Scottish and Welsh portals included?
No. Only Find a Tender and Contracts Finder are read. EU (TED) notices are never added to these UK counts, and notices that appear only on Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales or eTendersNI are not here.

Hubs that share buyers or suppliers with this one, and the full tender index.

Sources and method

Read at
23 October 2026, regenerated daily
Window
23 October 2025 to 23 October 2026, by publication date
Classification
Not used for this hub
  • A text match means the notice's title, buyer or stated region fits this hub's rule. It is not a judgment of what is bought.
  • Open means a stated deadline still in the future. Tender notices with no stated deadline are listed separately, and only when published in the last 60 days; planning and forecast notices are not counted as open.
  • Award records come from the legacy award table, whose newest record is 23 July 2026.
  • UK notices from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder only. EU (TED) notices are not counted.

Contains public sector information licensed under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Source data © Crown copyright.

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