ASTON UNIVERSITY: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
Companies House: Royal Charter Company·DfE school register: Higher education institutions·Education·West Midlands·Birmingham
Official UK PPONPTLB-7496-TPTR
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
119 awarded tenders, 136 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting8 procedures · 8%45 Construction work7 procedures · 7%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet4 procedures · 4%48 Software package and information systems2 procedures · 2%50 Repair and maintenance services2 procedures · 2%71 Architectural, construction, engineering2 procedures · 2%22 Printed matter and related products1 procedure · 1%30 Office and computing machinery1 procedure · 1%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 97 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Contract97%(94 notices)
94 of 97 notices are Contract (97%).Framework3%(3 notices)
3 of 97 notices are Framework (3%).
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
Direct award40%(39 notices)
39 of 97 notices are Direct award (40%).Limited / restricted38%(37 notices)
37 of 97 notices are Limited / restricted (38%).Route not published11%(11 notices)
11 of 97 notices are Route not published (11%).Open7%(7 notices)
7 of 97 notices are Open (7%).Selective3%(3 notices)
3 of 97 notices are Selective (3%).
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How long this buyer takes to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the bid deadline to the award date, on this buyer’s own tenders.
Based on 6 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 97 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 4 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Evolve Shopfitting Ltd | 4 | 3.4% | 4 | 4 | — |
| BMG LABTECH LIMITED | 3 | 2.5% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Waters Ltd | 3 | 2.5% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Lambda Photometrics Ltd | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 3 | 9 Jun 2025 |
| Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Santec Europe Ltd | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 2 | — |
| World Precision Instruments Limited | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 2 | — |
| Instron Division of ITW Ltd | 2 | 1.7% | 2 | 2 | — |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 119 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 136 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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The middle published award value for this buyer.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| District Heating | BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED | — | 26 yrs | £37,500,000 ≈ £1.4m/yr |
| 1011 - Further Competition for Audio-Visual Design, Supply, Installation and Support Services | ProAv Limited | — | — | £17,000,000 † |
| Phase 1B - Refurbishment Works at 10 Woodcock Street | Willmott Dixon Interiors Limited | — | — | £7,343,161 † |
| 1051: Life Safety Systems Maintenance | Midland Fire Security Services Ltd | — | — | £2,097,459 † |
| Books and E Books | Kortext Limited | — | — | £1,848,666 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.
An end date does not confirm a new procurement.
104 of 146 contracts carry an end date, 27 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Website Redevelopment Project | Numiko Ltd | 31 Oct 2026 | £458,242 |
| 838 - e-Powertrain Test Cell Equipment Supply and Installation | Horiba UK Limited | 28 Nov 2026 estimated | £500,000 |
| Acoustic Control Systems Equipment | ACS-Solutions Gmbh | 27 Feb 2027 | £33,192 |
| Continuous Flow Cell Disruptor | Constant Systems Ltd | 27 Feb 2027 | £50,000 |
| Coherent transmitter and coherent receiver | Fraunhofer-Gesellschaft zur Foerderung der angewandten Forschung e.V. | 30 Apr 2027 | €210,000 |
| Aston University Science Conference | COCKPIT HOTEL (LONDON) LIMITED | 13 May 2027 | £148,680 |
| 668 - Print Services - Lot 1 - Corporate Stationery | L.G. DAVIS (STATIONERS) LIMITED | 10 Jun 2027 estimated | Not published |
| 668 - Print Services - Lot 3 - Prospectus & Large Campaigns | Sterling Press Ltd | 10 Jun 2027 estimated | Not published |
| Multi study license for CPRD | Clinical Practice Research Datalink (CPRD) | 28 Jun 2027 | £82,500 |
| Replacement Scientific Laser Equipment for AiPT | Lambda Photometrics Ltd | 30 Jun 2027 | £99,136 |
Soonest 10 of 16 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 144 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Postgraduate Research Management SystemSoftware package and information systems | Cancelled | 23 Oct 2026 | £439,000 |
| Project Phoenix: EBRI Integrated Laboratory Safety ProgrammeElectrical installation work | Planning | 19 Oct 2026 | £791,667 |
| Project Phoenix: EBRI Integrated Laboratory Safety ProgrammeElectrical installation work | Planning | 19 Oct 2026 | £791,667 |
| 3 Year Warranty Quotation 24606131 | Awarded / complete | 7 Oct 2026 | — |
| SEC-MALS and DSCLaboratory | Awarded / complete | 24 Sept 2026 | — |
| Instron accessories | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2026 | — |
| Independent Accountant's Reports (IARs) & Grant Assurance ServicesAccounting review services | Planning | 2 Sept 2026 | — |
| Plate Reader | Awarded / complete | 21 Aug 2026 | — |
| Energy Centre Cost ConsultantQuantity surveying services | Awarded / complete | 5 Aug 2026 | — |
| Waste Management - Lot 2 Hazardous and Chemical Waste (Laboratory)Radioactive- | Awarded / complete | 31 Jul 2026 | £1,200,000 |
| SOFIA Curriculum Mapping Platform | Awarded / complete | 27 Jul 2026 | — |
| Cleaning and Janitorial ConsumablesCleaning products | Awarded / complete | 15 Jul 2026 | — |
| Enterprise Data Centre StorageMedia storage and reader devices | Awarded / complete | 14 Jul 2026 | — |
| Multi study license for CPRD | Awarded / complete | 9 Jul 2026 | — |
| AIRDN+ Programme Evaluation and Consultation | Awarded / complete | 7 Jul 2026 | — |
| NGED Energy Centre Connection | Awarded / complete | 3 Jul 2026 | — |
| Books and E BooksLibrary books | Awarded / complete | 24 Jun 2026 | — |
| HR and Payroll SystemSoftware supply services | Awarded / complete | 23 Jun 2026 | — |
| Replacement Scientific Laser Equipment for AiPT | Awarded / complete | 12 Jun 2026 | — |
| Condition SurveyBuilding consultancy services | Awarded / complete | 4 Jun 2026 | — |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
- Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
- Contract end dates. 104 of 146 published contracts have an end date; 27 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.