Welcome to Coventry University’s web area for suppliers. This area is intended to provide information to current and potential suppliers about purchasing at Coventry University, tenders that are currently planned and other information that we believe may be useful to suppliers.

Coventry University is a publicly-funded Higher Education institution with an annual expenditure on goods and services in excess of £50 million.

The aim of the Procurement team is to achieve best value for money contracts for the Institution's purchasers to use, thereby helping to maximise benefit from the use of University resources, and developing and maintaining effective and up to date purchasing policies and procedures whilst ensuring compliance with relevant legislation.

The Procurement team are part of the Finance function of the University and comprises of the Head of Procurement and two Contracts Officers.

You can contact the Procurement team on 024 76795116 or 024 76887392

The University, like most universities, operates in a devolved manner. Departments have responsibility for their own budgets and a fair degree of autonomy in spending that money. However, departments also have to follow the Institution’s procurement policies and procedures, including the use of "approved" suppliers wherever possible. At Coventry University an approved supplier is defined as:

"A supplier that has been successful in a University or a consortia-lead competitive tendering exercise, or have, for some other substantial reason, earned the right to the title of ‘approved’ and to whom all ongoing University business for contracted items should be directed".

Therefore, in most cases, the University will only approve suppliers who have successfully completed an appropriate competitive process.

The University already has in place contracts and agreements for various commodities within the University. Please see the supplier agreements in place before contacting the Purchasing Department regarding becoming an approved supplier. You can also register your interest in becoming a University-approved supplier by visiting our internal tendering website. Coventry University is also part of the Southern Universities Purchasing Consortium (SUPC).

Please note that Coventry University is not responsible for the content of external websites.