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Aston University
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Total contracts
354
Known spend
£165m
250 disclosed
Average value
£661,105
Per contract
Active suppliers
10
Last 5 years
Top suppliers
Last 5 years- 1
Evolve Shopfitting Ltd
4 winslatest 04 Jun 2026£748,985
- 2
Waters Limited
£310,095
- 3
BMG Labtech Ltd
3 winslatest 21 Aug 2026£87,978
- 4
LAMBDA PHOTOMETRICS LIMITED
£99,136
- 5
SciMed Ltd
2 winslatest 24 Apr 2026 - 6
Leica Microsystems UK Ltd
- 7
Santec Europe Ltd
2 winslatest 05 May 2026 - 8
World Precision Instruments Ltd
2 winslatest 13 Nov 2025 - 9
ITW LIMITED
- 10
BIRMINGHAM DISTRICT ENERGY COMPANY LIMITED
£38m
What they buy
By CPV categoryLab & precision equipmentCPV 38
79 contracts · £8m
Industrial machineryCPV 42
28 contracts · £3m
Construction worksCPV 45
25 contracts · £48m
Business servicesCPV 79
24 contracts · £9m
Architectural & engineeringCPV 71
17 contracts · £18m
SoftwareCPV 48
14 contracts · £758,104
Education & trainingCPV 80
13 contracts · £495,000
IT servicesCPV 72
8 contracts · £2m
Companies House
ASTON UNIVERSITY · RC000904
Active officers
0
Tender activity
Notices published per month — last 24 months
All contracts (354)
Data centre - back up power system for main building
Provision of a back-up power system for Aston University's Main Building, including the design, supply, installation, integration, testing and commissioning of a battery UPS system
Conference aston ground floor toilet refurbishment
The provision of refurbishment works to the ground floor male, female and accessible toilets at Conference Aston.
Trading floor software
Aston University intends to purchase Bloomberg Terminal software licences, associated proprietary datasets, analytics tools, and support services required for the operation of the
Physisorption equipment
Supply and installation of chemisorption and physisorption equipment
Patent renewal management service
Aston University is seeking to procure a Patent Renewal Management Service. To assist with the initial stages of planning, the service is expected to include: • Monitoring of paten
Tunable lasers x 2
Purchase of two high-performance tunable semiconductor lasers
Coherent transmitter and coherent receiver
Purchase of Coherent O-band Transmission Platform for Next-Generation AI and Data-Centre Networks
Borehole works (new energy centre)
Design, supply, installation and testing services for borehole works in support of the Salix‑funded New Energy Centre project at Aston University, delivered under a JCT Intermediat
Aston university science conference
Organisation of the International Neuromorphic Computing Conference 2027, venue hire in London and associated event services required to host an international scientific conference
Fluorescence-detected taylor dispersion analyser
Supply and installation of the following equipment, along with associated services: • Fida Neo System UV • Fida Neo 480 Detector • Kinetics Software Module • Installation, training
Reactor
Purchase of high Pressure/High Temperature bench top lab reactor pressure vessel system
Thermo scientific quattro S SEM maintenance and service contract
Thermo Scientific Quattro S SEM Maintenance and Service Contract Includes initial repair of equipment.
Postgraduate research management system
Aston University is seeking proposals from suitably qualified and experienced suppliers to provide and implement an off-the-shelf solution to support the full Postgraduate Research
1206 - Postgraduate research management system
No description available
Research grants management system
The University currently uses Unit 4 Agresso Research Costing and Pricing (ARCP) as its research grant management system and costing tool. It provides valuable data and reports as
Floor standing loading machine
A Floor Standing Loading Machine that is capable of apply both tensile and compressive forces up 600 kN
Phase 1B - refurbishment works at 10 woodcock street
Aston University has awarded a contract for Phase 1B Refurbishment Works at 10 Woodcock Street, Birmingham (B7 4BL). The works involve refurbishment of the partial Ground Floor, th
Robot
Dual-arm autonomous robot manipulator purchase
LFP rigs
Electronic equipment for electrophysiology recordings (local field potentials)
Out of hours service (IT)
Aston University requires out of hours coverage for call logging management system. This is to ensure that IT support continues beyond normal office hours, including evenings, week