Awarded contract

E-Tendering Portal

Details

Buyer: Aston University
Supplier(s): PROACTIS GROUP LIMITED
Value: £30,000
Duration: 5 years
Topic: Software package and information systems
Published: 29 September 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Provision of E-Tendering Portal, ProContract ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published29 September 2025
Current notice
Completed: Award date29 September 2025
Next: Contract expiry date30 September 2030in 4 years

About the buyer

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.

Relevant CPV codes

48000000 · Software package and information systems

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

Job title	Phone number	Work email
Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov
Commercial Director	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov
Procurement Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov
Category Lead	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov
Senior Buyer	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov
Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@aston-university.gov