# UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER: UK public-sector contract awards > A public buyer profile built from sourced government contract award notices. ## Key facts - Awards: 144 - Known award value: £26,600,240 - Distinct contract winners: 98 - First award: 23 June 2016 - Latest award: 7 August 2026 ## Top contract winners - [softcat Plc](/contract-winners/softcat/public-sector-contract-awards): 6 awards - [Academia](/contract-winners/academia/public-sector-contract-awards): 4 awards - [Getech](/contract-winners/getech/public-sector-contract-awards): 3 awards - [Ricoh UK](/contract-winners/ricoh-uk/public-sector-contract-awards): 3 awards - [SGS United Kingdom](/contract-winners/sgs-united-kingdom/public-sector-contract-awards): 3 awards ## Contract awards ### [Direct Award for a Video Management and Learning Platform under the SLRA - Framework Agreement for Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services, Agreement Reference: ITS4052 SU using Lot 4 - Commercial Off the Shelf Software \(COTS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-ec020fb8-1020-456a-99cd-061bdee2f650) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £150,000 · 7 August 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Safety and Security Software under Crown Commercial Service G-Cloud 14 Framework Agreement \(Ref\. RM1557\.14\), Using Lot 2: Cloud Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-77324dba-d14d-4b3e-86f6-52695ce7bca3) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · CriticalArc Ltd · £170,000 · 14 July 2026 · awarded ### [Direct Award for Engagement Platform Software under the SLRA - Framework Agreement for Software Licence Resellers Agreement & Consultancy Services, Agreement Reference: ITS4052 SU Lot 4 - Commercial Off the Shelf Software \(COTS\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6cb37b3b-127a-420a-854b-0d9c6be64b57) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £55,000 · 29 July 2026 · awarded ### [Award for E-textbooks using Lot 7: E-book aggregator: e-textbooks of Framework Agreement: Books, e-books and associated services Agreement Number: LIB4061 SU](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d615bf12-bc3a-48b9-9372-caccbc9a052d) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Kortext Limited · £420,000 · 29 July 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for TEC Water Services Call Off Contract Under the TEC Water Framework Reference TECPROC029](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d2ea9e7c-5af5-4af4-b4d0-246c7cb1e878) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Anglian Water Business \(National\) Limited Trading as Wave · £700,000 · 11 June 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for the Supply of Gym Equipment Under Sports, Fitness & Play Equipment framework agreement Reference: EFM3178 CPC Lot 2: Commercial Fitness and Gym Equipment](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-7d61df4c-9d5b-4aa5-b892-098d22adf260) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Life Fitness \(UK\) Limited · £100,000 · 10 June 2026 · awarded ### [Direct Award for the Supply of Furniture Under the NWUPC Furniture Framework using Lot 1 - Office, Learning & Communal Spaces \(Great Britain\); FFE3158NW FTS](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-23f094c6-a358-4ecd-b08f-8de33785922a) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Gresham Office Furniture Limited · £800,000 · 23 April 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Pre-Award Costing Tool under G-Cloud 14](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-9269b72c-0616-4165-9f54-eb41c304712d) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Fusion Practices Limited · £220,000 · 20 April 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Occupational Health Services and Employee Assistance Programmes \(EAP\) Under the Occupational Health Services framework agreement Reference: PFB5072 LU using Lot 1 - Occupational Health & EAP Services National](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-74941029-b8cf-4795-a093-0b21ac4ebcc1) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Optima Health PLC · £400,000 · 2 April 2026 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Fire Risk Assessments for University of Chester](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-1a3b7613-0e82-4323-93fc-8d7de446cb3a) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · FCS-live Limited · £60,000 · 31 March 2026 · awarded ### [Direct Award for Security Staffing under the NWUPC Framework Agreement for Security Staffing & Associated Services, Lot 2 - North West NWUPC Agreement number: EFM3197 CPC CPC Framework Reference: CPC/KB/01/2024](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-be241ebc-58a9-4f64-ac85-8a510a410aee) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Constant Security Services Ltd · £1,500,000 · 11 March 2026 · awarded ### [Direct Award for Debt Recovery Services under Debt Recovery Services Framework Agreement, Framework reference PFB5062 LU, Lot 1 - Debt Recovery \(Student Focused\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-52979fb8-37c6-4405-addf-c2bfb2aa569b) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · STA International Limited · £600,000 · 26 February 2026 · awarded ### [Direct Award for Online Training Under the Software Licence Resellers Agreement \(SLRA\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fed72d36-42c5-428c-9fdd-7365aa3a1eb5) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £190,000 · 16 February 2026 · awarded ### [University of Chester Decarbonisation of Wheeler & Queens Park ITT, using CCS Framework RM6314 - Demand Management & Renewables Framework - Lot 3\.2: Heat Pumps - Projects £1m and above](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-447f1d33-30dc-4183-9f63-29d7901e5ab6) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Dalkia Energy Services Ltd · £4,400,000 · 19 December 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for the Provision of Student Accommodation Management Software under Software Licence Resellers Agreement, Lot 4 - Other](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-27feefc6-bc83-4283-b805-e53916a65213) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £490,000 · 19 December 2025 · awarded ### [Apple Equipment & Associated Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c3e6d6e5-f87a-440c-b36f-3f8af692fb5b) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £60,000 · 28 November 2025 · awarded ### [Higher Education Marketing Agency to Support the Implementation of UK Student Recruitment Campaigns \(Media Planning and Buying\)](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-6bb3d375-bcae-42f4-bda4-06b200ccb4c5) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Havas People · £200,000 · 16 December 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Books, E-books E-textbooks, and Associated Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-752306ca-f01e-490e-9385-99b9bb89aedf) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Browns Books \(A\.T\. Little & Sons Limited\) · £180,000 · 19 December 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Supply, Delivery & Installation of Audio Visual Equipment and Associated Services Under the NWUPC Audiovisual Equipment and Installation Services Agreement - Reference: AVI3146NW using Lot 2 - Supply, Delivery & Installation of Audio Visual Equipment and Associated Services](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-da955e52-86db-42d5-9b5d-87fa62f3581a) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Julian Roche Associates Ltd Trading as Roche Audio Visual · £3,000,000 · 5 November 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Early Design Services for Decarbonisation Project](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-399d335f-083f-4cea-844f-86245f9bbfba) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Dalkia Energy Services Limited · £135,000 · 31 July 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Supply & Delivery of ServiceNow Software Licences Under the Software Licence Resellers Agreement \(SLRA\) - ITS4042SU SUPC framework - Lot 4 Other Software](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-33aa17f1-ac86-4a49-8eb5-81b685be7b07) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Academia Limited · £420,000 · 6 August 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Supply and Distribution of Fresh Fruit & Vegetables & Related Products under the CAT11061-TU framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-8144c209-d3cd-4670-901d-d15b27080eb6) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Dole PLC · £510,000 · 30 July 2025 · awarded ### [Gas Maintenance Services and Pressure Systems](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-0943df19-dfba-49ff-844b-66e75fb167f4) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Kimpton Ltd · £1,200,000 · 1 July 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Lease, Installation and Maintenance of Multi-Functional and Print Room Equipment and Associated Print Services and Supplies](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-58abba25-f7f3-444d-bad0-a21c5cd63c8b) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Ricoh UK Ltd · £700,000 · 18 June 2025 · awarded ### [Award Notice for Data and Transformation Academy Under the Apprenticeships and Associated Training Framework, Agreement Number: 1086, YPO Contract Notice: 2023/S 000-005546](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-aa2d99da-1014-49ef-a92c-5c858207ba1b) UNIVERSITY OF CHESTER · Multiverse Group Limited · £800,000 · 12 May 2025 · awarded Page 1 of 6; 144 total records.