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Research Grants Management System
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- Not statedValue not stated in source
- Deadline (UK time)
- No open deadlineA deadline does not apply to this historical notice.
- Published
- 17 Apr 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
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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 part of Aston's pre- and post-award grants processes and houses the approvals process via an automated system in Agresso. The tool also functions as a storage facility for application and award paperwork, tax liabilities and due diligence. All research reporting using PowerBI is underpinned by data held in ARCP.
Due to Unit 4 issuing an end-of-life announcement, ARCP will no longer be supported or maintained from 31st December 2026. Without a timely viable alternative, there is a significant risk that the university would not be compliant with Cyber Essentials and critical business activities would grind to a halt.
The ARCP system is used by Research and Enterprise and Research Finance, and provides information for the Finance Director, College Deans, and Vice Chancellor.
Given the end-of life announcement for ARCP, the teams want to use this opportunity to find a solution that can deliver improved automation, collaboration and reporting across the teams involved in pre-award and post-award research funding enhancing strategic operations
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 48000000
- 72260000
04/ History
Releases of this notice
3 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 19 Nov 2025Tender notice
Tender notice published 19 November 2025.
Deadline in this release: Fri 19 Dec 2025, 12:00 GMT.
Release 074997-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 4 Mar 2026Notice
Notice published 4 March 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 019627-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 17 Apr 2026Notice
Notice published 17 April 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 034976-2026
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- ocds-h6vhtk-05e3db
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- Stage
- award · Awarded
- Last verified
- Tue 21 Apr 2026, 08:07 BST
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- Thu 22 Oct 2026, 22:42 BST
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