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-TPTRCompanies HouseRC000904 ↗
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Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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313 awarded tenders, 275 different suppliers.
Open notices
1 live · deadline in the future or not published · as of page build
| Notice | Deadline | Days left | Published value |
|---|---|---|---|
| Manual Total Stations | 17 Dec 2026 | 32d | £284,061 |
What they buyi
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
48 Software package and information systems13 procedures · 13%45 Construction work12 procedures · 12%79 Business services: law, marketing, consulting12 procedures · 12%71 Architectural, construction, engineering9 procedures · 9%38 Laboratory, optical and precision7 procedures · 7% · 1 open72 IT services: consulting, software, internet5 procedures · 5%50 Repair and maintenance services4 procedures · 4% · 1 open30 Office and computing machinery3 procedures · 3%How they buyi
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Last 24 months · 97 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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Contract97%(94 notices)
94 of 97 notices are Contract (97%).Framework3%(3 notices)
3 of 97 notices are Framework (3%).
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Direct award40%(39 notices)
39 of 97 notices are Direct award (40%).Limited / restricted37%(36 notices)
36 of 97 notices are Limited / restricted (37%).Route not published11%(11 notices)
11 of 97 notices are Route not published (11%).Open8%(8 notices)
8 of 97 notices are Open (8%).Selective3%(3 notices)
3 of 97 notices are Selective (3%).
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Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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Based on 6 decided tenders across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 97 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Based on 4 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
Who wins herei
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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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| Waters Ltd | 8 | 2.6% | 5 | 8 | 2 Feb 2026 |
| Evolve Shopfitting Ltd | 5 | 1.6% | 4 | 5 | 3 Aug 2022 |
| Agilent Technologies LDA UK Ltd | 5 | 1.6% | 1 | 5 | 22 Mar 2024 |
| RIDGE AND PARTNERS LLP | 5 | 1.6% | 0 | 7 | 20 May 2024 |
| BMG LABTECH LIMITED | 3 | 1% | 3 | 3 | — |
| Phoenix Software Ltd | 3 | 1% | 2 | 3 | 28 Apr 2026 |
| Santec Europe Ltd | 3 | 1% | 2 | 3 | 20 Sept 2023 |
| SciMed Ltd | 3 | 1% | 2 | 3 | 1 Jul 2023 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 6% of 313 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 275 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.
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Largest published awards i | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| District Heating | BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED | — | 26 yrs | £37,500,000 ≈ £1.4m/yr |
| 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 † |
| Enterprise Data Centre Storage | Akhter Computers Ltd | — | — | £1,676,300 † |
Contracts endingi
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328 of 370 contracts carry an end date, 27 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| 486 - Cyber Physical Manufacturing Rig | DIDACTIC SERVICES LIMITED | 25 Nov 2026 | £1,689,022 |
| 924 Workwear and Personal Protective Equipment (PPE) | Arco Limited | 27 Nov 2026 | £239,546 |
| 838 - e-Powertrain Test Cell Equipment Supply and Installation | Horiba UK Limited | 28 Nov 2026 estimated | £500,000 |
| 880 - Security Operations Centre | boxxe Limited | 17 Dec 2026 | £550,000 |
| 478 Mobile Games & Apps | Eyespark ltd | 18 Dec 2026 | £39,600 |
| 731 - Real-Time Four-Channel Oscilloscope Supply & Installation | Keysight Technologies UK Ltd | 31 Dec 2026 | £480,000 |
| Office Stationery | Lyreco UK Limited | 9 Feb 2027 | £200,000 |
| Acoustic Control Systems Equipment | ACS-Solutions Gmbh | 27 Feb 2027 | £33,192 |
| Continuous Flow Cell Disruptor | Constant Systems Ltd | 27 Feb 2027 | £50,000 |
| 838 - e-Powertrain Test Cell Equipment Supply and Installation | Horiba UK Limited | 28 Feb 2027 | £500,000 |
Soonest 10 of 45 contracts ending within 18 months.
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 145 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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| Continuous Flow Cell Disruptor | Awarded / complete | 26 Feb 2026 | — |
| Pipette Washing Machine | Awarded / complete | 16 Feb 2026 | — |
| Bruker LabScape Essential - NMR Maintenance Service Agreements | Awarded / complete | 9 Feb 2026 | — |
| Acoustic Control Systems Equipment | Awarded / complete | 9 Feb 2026 | — |
| PCSA - Water System Replacement Works (E & G Corners) - Pagabo Mechanical & Electrical Solutions Framework Call‑OffWater plumbing work | Awarded / complete | 29 Jan 2026 | — |
| Conference Aston Toilet Refurbishment | Awarded / complete | 5 Jan 2026 | — |
| Biosciences Lab Refurbishment - Main ContractorLaboratory building construction work | Awarded / complete | 19 Dec 2025 | — |
| qPCRs | Awarded / complete | 17 Dec 2025 | — |
| China Overseas Recruitment Services | Awarded / complete | 16 Dec 2025 | — |
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Contracts Finder adds 236 more procedures by this authority, mostly below the Find a Tender threshold or from before 2025. Each is counted once beside any Find a Tender copy; they are in the totals, not in this list or in search.
About this data
- 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. 328 of 370 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. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.