Recruitment of an Interim Deputy Director of Estates and Facilities

About the buyer

University of East Anglia is a higher education institution in Norwich and a public contracting authority bound by UK procurement law. A dedicated procurement team buys goods, services and works across the university. Tender opportunities appear first on In-Tend, the university's own electronic tendering portal. Suppliers also register on the tender mailing list and the government's Central Digital Platform. Local businesses, SMEs, specialist providers, sole traders and international suppliers all compete for contracts, spanning construction, facilities management, scientific equipment and marketing consultancy. The procurement team also posts live opportunities on its own LinkedIn page.

Education procurement reached £47.4bn in 2024/25, the fourth-largest public sector budget.

Over the past 5 years, most of University of East Anglia's contract awards have been in business services, software and information systems and IT services.