Aston University tenders, awards, and pre-procurement notices.

Aston University has 437 awarded contracts on Stotles. Its activity spans Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security and Software package and information systems. It is the 31st largest buyer in West Midlands by recent notice volume. Over the last five years it has awarded 296 contracts worth £402.5m.

About Aston University

Aston University is a higher education provider in Birmingham, and buys through a dedicated Procurement Team. Tender opportunities are advertised on ProContract, the university's e-tendering system, where suppliers register free to respond. Larger contracts also appear on Find a Tender Service, with Contracts Finder used for smaller notices. Low-value construction work can be sourced through Constructionline. Much of this procurement flows through frameworks including SUPC, TUCO, ESPO and the Crown Commercial Service. The Procurement Team also maintains a Contracts Register of awarded tenders and framework agreements. All procurement follows financial regulations and University policy.

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

Over the past 5 years, most of Aston University's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, construction work and software and information systems.

Recent notices from Aston University

Browse open tenders, awarded contracts, and pre-procurement documents from Aston University. Click on any notice to view more details.

  • Closed tender

    608 - Optometry Simulation Suite Equipment

    Aston University—Closing 19 November 2021
  • Closed tender

    595 - 3D Multi-Jet Printer

    Aston University—Closing 29 October 2021
  • Closed tender

    606 - Business Consultants

    Aston University—Closing 6 October 2021
  • Closed tender

    585 - Facilitators and Mentors

    Aston University—Closing 18 October 2021
  • Closed tender

    585 - Facilitators and Mentors

    Aston University—Closing 18 October 2021
  • Expired contract

    578 - Ground Floor Main Building - Furniture

    Aston University£187,803Closing —
  • Closed tender

    541 - External Audit Services

    Aston University—Closing 23 September 2021
  • Closed tender

    594 - Building Management System (BMS)

    Aston University—Closing 9 September 2021
  • Expired contract

    538 - MRI Scanner Aston Day Hospital

    Aston University£2,635,000Closing —
  • Expired contract

    494 Curriculum Management System (CMS)

    Aston University£225,630Closing —
  • Expired contract

    563 - Walsall Mechanical Boiler Works

    Aston University£101,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    590 - Graduate Support Services

    Aston University£200,000Closing 16 June 2021
  • Expired contract

    583 - Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FNIRS)

    Aston University£54,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    486 - Design, supply, delivery and installation of a Cyber-Physical Manufacturing Rig for the Greater Birmingham & Solihull Institute of Technology (GBS-IoT)

    Aston University£1,700,000Closing 28 May 2021
  • Expired contract

    584 - Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

    Aston University£100,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    632 - BSEEN Incubation Space 2

    Aston University£34,583Closing 21 April 2022
  • Closed tender

    583 - Functional Near-Infrared Spectroscopy (FNIRS)

    Aston University—Closing 12 April 2021
  • Closed tender

    584 - Optical Coherence Tomography (OCT)

    Aston University—Closing 8 April 2021

Top procurement categories

Categories Aston University has published tenders under over the last five years.

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CategoriesCountValue
  1. Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)
    130
    £29.2m
  2. Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
    42
    £29.3m
  3. Software package and information systems
    41
    £12.1m
  4. IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
    31
    £10.8m
  5. Construction work
    28
    £28.8m
  6. Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
    26
    £30.8m
  7. Medical equipments, pharmaceuticals and personal care products
    16
    £1.9m
  8. Office and computing machinery, equipment and supplies except furniture and software packages
    14
    £3.8m
  9. Furniture (incl. office furniture), furnishings, domestic appliances (excl. lighting) and cleaning products
    12
    £5.4m
  10. Industrial machinery
    10
    £4.3m

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