Aston University: tenders, sectors & how to win their contracts

Aston University has published 54 tenders in United Kingdom.

Its buying spans 6 CPV divisions, most often laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses).

Across 32 awarded contracts the median value is £797k.

Its published awards total £280.9m.

How to win their contracts

Measured from Aston University's own published record — no estimates, no generic advice.

Plan for about 30 days to prepare a bid — that is the median gap between publication and deadline across 15 of their tenders.
They publish about 1.0 tenders a month, measured over 53 months of history.
Half of their 32 awarded contracts are worth £797k or less — size your bid to that range.
Most of their buying falls in laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses), business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing, security, printed matter and related products.
Their most frequent suppliers are Mag4Health (2), Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific (2), Cerca Magnetics Limited (2) — expect to bid against incumbents who already know this buyer.

Tender	Winner	Tender closed	Contract Value
Serials, Periodicals, and Associated Services (Print and Dig...	EBSCO International Inc	31 July 2023	£500k
Digital Advertising - Student Recruitment	RH Advertising Ltd	31 July 2023	£1m
753 - Pilot Scale Fluidised Bed Pressurised Gasifier	Micrometrics Ltd	27 July 2023	£500k
Ophthalmic Surgical Simulators Supply & Installation	HAAG-STREIT UK LIMITED	13 January 2023	£290.5k
659 - Design Services 2	Creative Triangle	14 December 2022	£1.9m
596 - Student Virtual Internships	Virtual Internships	10 August 2022	£198k

Supplier	Contracts	Total Value
Mag4Health	2	£3.2m
Thermo Electron Manufacturing Limited T/A Thermo Fisher Scientific	2	£3m
Cerca Magnetics Limited	2	£1.6m
Scienion (UK) Limited	2	£1.2m