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Aberdeenshire Council tenders and contracts

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Tenders published
7
About one every 52 days
Contracts awarded
19
To 139 different suppliers
Value awarded
£42.3m
41 contracts, frameworks excluded
Typical contract
£420k
Median value awarded
Open now
0
4 coming up

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

Open tenders

Aberdeenshire Council has no tenders open right now.

Coming up

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

  1. £417kestimated
  2. 2026 Social Care - Aberdeenshire Self Directed Support Services

    ScotlandSocial and domiciliary care

    Upcoming

    £2mestimated
  3. Discharge to Assess (D2A) Service - Aberdeenshire

    ScotlandSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Upcoming

    £957kestimated
  4. Buildings to Lease - Aberdeenshire (For the delivery of social care support services)

    ScotlandSocial and domiciliary care, Healthcare services

    Upcoming

    Value not stated

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. Claymore Homes LtdSME£16.8m
    3 contracts
  2. Gray Painters ltdSME£7.89m
    1 contract
  3. Michael Lawson Painter and DecoratorSME£7.89m
    1 contract
  4. John G Baird LimitedSME£7.35m
    1 contract
  5. 1 contract
  6. S & N Carle LtdSME£6.84m
    1 contract
  7. Norris roofing LtdSME£4.16m
    1 contract
  8. C&M Mckenzie LtdSME£3.69m
    1 contract

How it buys

How much of its work was open to any supplier.

  • Advertised openly (any supplier could bid)64%
  • Direct award (no competition)36%
Based on 28 procurements.

Scorecard

How we score

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

Time to bid
34 days
Longer than 83% of local authorities
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Advertised openly
64%
Higher than 58% of local authorities
Based on 28 procurements
Won by small firms
53%
Lower than 81% of local authorities
Based on 130 winning suppliers
Bids per contract
5
About the same as most local authorities
Based on 48 awards
Split into lots
57%
Higher than 98% of local authorities
Based on 7 advertised tenders
Direct awards
36%
Higher than 65% of local authorities
Based on 28 procurements
Cancelled
29%
Higher than 99% of local authorities
Based on 7 tenders

Compared with other local authorities

Time to bid, 321 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–5 days0
5–10 days0
10–15 days0
15–20 days3
20–25 days17
25–30 days140
30–35 days126
35–40 days25
40–45 days6
45–50 days3
50–55 days1
55–60 days0
60+ days0
Bids per contract, 280 local authorities
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RangeBuyers
0–2 bids5
2–4 bids71
4–6 bids95
6–8 bids53
8–10 bids26
10–12 bids12
12–14 bids4
14–16 bids4
16–18 bids1
18–20 bids0
20+ bids9
Advertised openly, 408 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%16
10–20%22
20–30%35
30–40%42
40–50%39
50–60%47
60–70%64
70–80%33
80–90%37
90–100%73
Won by small firms, 373 local authorities
Show as a table
RangeBuyers
0–10%0
10–20%1
20–30%5
30–40%14
40–50%19
50–60%69
60–70%90
70–80%102
80–90%50
90–100%23

Each column is a group of local authorities with similar figures. The coloured column holds Aberdeenshire 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 Aberdeenshire Council end in the next 90 days.

Recent contract awards