# Accessibility monitoring - Silktide

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [UNIVERSITY OF DERBY](/buyers/university-of-derby/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Silktide Ltd](/contract-winners/silktide/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £1,117,000
- Tender value: £29,389
- Award date: 31 January 2025
- Published: 13 August 2025
- Contract start: 1 February 2025
- Contract end: 31 January 2029
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: goods
- Notice ID: 5eb1cccd-c160-435a-a5ee-577c8af1a90e-858783
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-7c82ecc3-560d-4e34-9a05-0dd03ba890c9

## Description

Silktide has been chosen as the university's accessibility monitoring tool\. It provides an ongoing solution to meet our legal obligation of maintaining an accessible website\. The software offers an affordable and effective way to ensure compliance with accessibility standards, automatically scanning and testing any changes or new pages as they are created\. This allows the digital team to focus on building new content, rather than manually checking and approving other team members' work\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/5eb1cccd-c160-435a-a5ee-577c8af1a90e-858783)