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Published 23 Sept 2026, 16:22 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Instron accessories — UK public procurement notice

Authority: ASTON UNIVERSITY (Education)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)+6 more
Awarded value£178,464published contract · inc. VAT
Awarded 18 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Instron Division of ITW Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Aston recently ordered a Universal Testing System for tensile, compression and flexure testing, secured through external research

funding. The accessories required to support teaching across multiple construction materials and testing methodologies are currently unavailable. The funding available is to purchase a range of accessories to allow us to make full use of the machine in teaching

activities.

This purchase will unlock the educational use of the Universal Testing System for teaching civil engineering students and move students from observing demonstrations to undertaking independent testing of a wide variety of samples, developing skills directly applicable to professional construction and engineering practice.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Lot 1Awarded
Delivery: North East, North West, Yorkshire & Humber, East Midlands, West Midlands, East of England, London, South East, South West
38540000 Machines and apparatus for testing and measuring

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
23 Sept 2026, 16:22 BST
Last source update
23 Sept 2026, 16:22 BST
Authority reference
1326
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)East Midlands (UKF)West Midlands (UKG)East of England (UKH)London (UKI)South East (UKJ)+1 more
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0778f7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £178,4641 contract inc. VAT — no net value published
Contracts signed 1latest 18 Sept 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Instron Division of ITW Ltd——Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Instron Division of ITW Ltd

    Signed
    18 Sept 2026
    Value
    £178,464 inc. VAT
    Period
    31 Oct 2026 — 31 Oct 2027
    Status
    active
    1 agreed KPI: Order Accuracy / Fulfilment Rate
    • Order Accuracy / Fulfilment Rate

Notice history

1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender
  1. Contract details notice published
    23 Sept 2026, 16:22 BSTUK7

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ASTON UNIVERSITY

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: RC000904 · GB-PPON: PTLB-7496-TPTR Aston Triangle, Birmingham, West Midlands, B4 7ET [email protected]

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ITW LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00559693GB-PPON: PGGX-2826-LVCT Saxon House, 2-4 Victoria Street, Windsor, England, Windsor, South East, SL4 1EN

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender