---
title: "Financial Benchmarking"
ocid: "ocds-kuma6s-149473"
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json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-kuma6s-149473.json"
source: "Sell2Wales"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "CARDIFF UNIVERSITY"
published: "2025-03-28"
---

# Financial Benchmarking

Buyer: CARDIFF UNIVERSITY  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-kuma6s-149473

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## Summary

Cardiff University has awarded a contract for "Financial Benchmarking" services, focusing on business services within the law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, and security industry categories. The procurement process, which has reached the award stage, primarily aims to provide annual analyses of Cardiff University's financial accounts and other related data to support strategic decision-making. This project is situated in Cardiff, with the contract being signed on 1st March 2025. The awarded supplier is Empowering Education, based in Sheffield.

This tender presents a significant opportunity for businesses specialising in financial analysis and benchmarking services, particularly those with experience in the higher education sector. Companies with expertise in providing comprehensive business services, including consulting and data analysis, would be well-suited to compete in future similar opportunities. The procurement establishes a precedent for continued collaboration between financial consultants and Cardiff University, fostering potential growth and expansion in the educational consultancy market.

## Notice

Annual benchmarking, based on analysing Cardiff University financial accounts, student and staff data for benchmarking purposes against other similar institutions to provide senior leadership with data to inform strategic decisions.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Sell2Wales |
| Latest notice | https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=149473 |
| Notice type | S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Not Specified |
| Procurement method details | Not specified |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Not specified |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 28 Mar 2025 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 1 Mar 2025 |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Not specified |
| Lots status | Not specified |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | CARDIFF UNIVERSITY |
| Locality | CARDIFF |
| Post town | Cardiff |
| Postcode | CF24 4HQ |
| Country | Wales |
| ITL 1 | TLL Wales |
| ITL 2 | TLL5 South East Wales |
| ITL 3 | TLL52 Cardiff and Vale of Glamorgan |
| Local authority | Cardiff |
| Electoral ward | Cathays |
| Westminster constituency | Cardiff South and Penarth |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | EMPOWERING EDUCATION |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

### Codes

- 79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

## Release History

- 28 Mar 2025 at 16:28 - Award - S2W Notice - Website Contract Award Notice - https://www.sell2wales.gov.wales/search/search_switch.aspx?ID=149473

## Notice URLs

- http://www.cardiff.ac.uk/business/why-work-with-us/for-suppliers

## Provenance

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