How to win: Manual Total Stations

About this contract

Aston University requires robust manual total stations for teaching, supervised practical sessions and student fieldwork in surveying and the built environment. The equipment will be used by academic staff, technical staff and students, including users with differing levels of prior experience. The purpose of the procurement is to provide accurate, reliable and easy-to-use instruments that support practical learning, data capture and processing through the University’s existing teaching workflows. The solution must be suitable for repeated educational use and safe operation in both laboratory and outdoor field conditions. This will be a one-off delivery and installation, together with five years of servicing and calibration maintenance.

How to win contracts like this

• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Aston University scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓Lead with evidenced capability and social value — for goods work these usually outweigh price.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar goods contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 17 December 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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