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 30th 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

    475 RF Equipment / Arb. Wav. Gen.

    Aston University—Closing 17 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    474 High Resolution Oscilloscope

    Aston University—Closing 17 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    476 RF Signal Generator

    Aston University—Closing 17 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    473 Optical Spectrum Analyser

    Aston University—Closing 17 January 2020
  • Stale Pre-tender

    Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses)

    Aston University—Closing —
  • Closed tender

    459 - Fast Oscilloscope

    Aston University—Closing 10 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    483 Content Marketing Strategy

    Aston University£100,000Closing 6 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    483 Content Marketing Strategy

    Aston University£100,000Closing 6 January 2020
  • Closed tender

    479 Development Website Platform

    Aston University£126,150Closing 11 December 2019
  • Closed tender

    479 Development Website Platform

    Aston University£150,000Closing 11 December 2019
  • Closed tender

    472 Solid State UV Laser

    Aston University£77,500Closing 16 December 2019
  • Closed tender

    472 Solid State UV Laser

    Aston University£77,500Closing 16 December 2019
  • Awarded contract

    Miscellaneous repair and maintenance services

    Aston University£99,537Closing —
  • Expired contract

    416 Life Safety Systems

    Aston University£83,000Closing —
  • Awarded contract

    Mobile telephones

    Aston University£550,000Closing —
  • Closed tender

    478 Mobile Games & Apps

    Aston University£39,600Closing 21 November 2019
  • Closed tender

    478 Mobile Games & Apps

    Aston University£39,960Closing 21 November 2019
  • Closed tender

    436 - Asbestos Removal

    Aston University—Closing 9 December 2019

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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