Buyer profile · Local authority

Aberdeen City Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
7
About one every 52 days
Contracts awarded
3
To 3 different suppliers
Value awarded
£18.4m
6 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£92k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
3 coming up

Figures cover in the last 12 months, from notices on Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.

Open tenders

Aberdeen City Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

Pipeline, market engagement and planned procurement notices: early warning of tenders to come.

  1. Aberdeen Destination Marketing and Development Service

    ScotlandMarketing and communications, Management consultancy

    Upcoming

    £900kestimated
  2. Ruthrieston road bridge repairs - rfi

    ScotlandConstruction

    Upcoming

    Value not stated
  3. Request for Information: School Active Travel - Aberdeen City

    ScotlandTraining, Education services

    Upcoming

    £240kestimated

When it goes to market

Tender notices published each month. Active in 5 of 12 months.

What it buys

Procurements in the last 12 months, by trade.

Who it buys from

Suppliers awarded contracts in the last 12 months, by value awarded (frameworks excluded).

  1. Aberdeen Association of Social Service T/A VSASME£46.3m
    1 contract
  2. 1 contract
  3. 1 contract
  4. 1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. 1 contract
  7. 1 contract
  8. 1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)90%
  • Direct award (no competition)10%
Based on 10 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

How Aberdeen City Council has bought over the last 12 months, compared with similar buyers.

Time to bid
30 days
Shorter than 52% of local authorities
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
90%
Higher than 79% of local authorities
Based on 10 procurements
Bids per contract
6
More than 59% of local authorities
Based on 5 awards
Split into lots
43%
Higher than 91% of local authorities
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Direct awards
10%
Lower than 70% of local authorities
Based on 10 procurements
Cancelled
14%
Higher than 86% of local authorities
Based on 7 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 283 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days4
20–25 days11
25–30 days120
30–35 days119
35–40 days19
40–45 days7
45–50 days1
50–55 days1
55–60 days1
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 228 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–2 bids4
2–4 bids55
4–6 bids75
6–8 bids47
8–10 bids17
10–12 bids11
12–14 bids2
14–16 bids3
16–18 bids2
18–20 bids2
20+ bids10
Advertised openly, 365 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%13
10–20%11
20–30%25
30–40%32
40–50%36
50–60%48
60–70%47
70–80%33
80–90%44
90–100%76

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Aberdeen City Council.See the full scoreboard

Contracts ending in the next 90 days

Contracts like these are often re-tendered. Knowing early gives you time to prepare.

No contracts we hold from Aberdeen City Council end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards