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# Aberdeen City Council · UK Public Procurement Dossier

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aberdeen-city-council-ons-s12000033). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Authority Summary:** Aberdeen City Council is a Local authority based in Scotland. Tracked in the Tenderline open procurement catalogue across 136 published procedures, with 2 live opportunities open for bidding right now.

## Key Information
- **Contracting Authority:** Aberdeen City Council
- **Classification:** Local authority
- **Delivery Region:** Scotland
- **Authority ID:** `GB-FTS-757` (Find a Tender organisation id)
- **Live Open Tenders:** 2
- **Total Published Procedures:** 136
- **Published Award Value (24 months):** £47m (median award: £553k) across 16 of 16 eligible published values (VAT excluded; not actual spend)
- **Official Registers:** ons-geography (Aberdeen City)
- **Tenderline Record:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aberdeen-city-council-ons-s12000033

## Competition & Bidding Profile
- **Typical Bids per Lot:** 6 bids (median of 12 published per-lot bid counts on contested contract notices)
- **Single-Bid Lots:** 8% of lots drew only 1 bidder


## Procurement Vehicles & Sourcing Routes
- **Commercial Tools (24m):** Contract: 27 (87%), Framework: 4 (13%)
- **Sourcing Procedures (24m):** Open: 17 (55%), Route not published: 6 (19%), Limited / restricted: 5 (16%), Selective: 3 (10%)

## Primary Procurement Sectors (CPV)
1. **[Construction work](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-civil-engineering-45000000) (CPV 45):** 8 notices, last 24 months (26% of this period)
2. **[Health and social work services](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/health-social-care-85000000) (CPV 85):** 6 notices, last 24 months (19% of this period)
3. **[Construction structures and materials](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/construction-materials-prefab-44000000) (CPV 44):** 6 notices, last 24 months (19% of this period)
4. **[Architectural, construction, engineering](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/architecture-engineering-71000000) (CPV 71):** 6 notices, last 24 months (19% of this period)
5. **[Industrial machinery](https://tenderline.uk/sectors/industrial-machinery-42000000) (CPV 42):** 5 notices, last 24 months (16% of this period)

## Key Awarded Suppliers
1. **[SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/suez-recycling-and-recovery-uk-ltd-coh-02291198):** 4 procedures (5 awards)
2. **[Live Event Management LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/live-event-management-ltd-coh-sc623705):** 4 procedures
3. **[SKYFORM (SCOTLAND) LTD](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/skyform-scotland-ltd-coh-sc165115):** 4 procedures (20 awards)
4. **[‘Aberdeen Association of Social Service T/A VSA](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/aberdeen-association-of-social-service-t-a-vsa-GB-FTS-78584):** 4 procedures
5. **[Care UK](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/care-uk-coh-01668247):** 3 procedures

## Largest Public Contract Awards
Top public contracts awarded by this authority:
1. **[SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/suez-recycling-and-recovery-uk-ltd-coh-02291198):** £27m · [Provision of Emergency O&M Services - Energy from Waste Facility](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/provision-of-emergency-o-m-services-energy-from-waste-facility-ocds-h6vhtk-065b82)
2. **[British Red Cross Society](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/british-red-cross-society-coh-rc000070):** £7.1m · [Discharge to Assess Service](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/discharge-to-assess-service-ocds-h6vhtk-0556f1)
3. **[SUEZ Recycling and Recovery UK Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/suez-recycling-and-recovery-uk-ltd-coh-02291198):** £5.7m · [Disposal of Residual Waste](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/disposal-of-residual-waste-ocds-h6vhtk-0585d4)
4. **[OneAdvanced Limited](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/oneadvanced-limited-coh-03214465):** £2.0m · [Award of Financial System Renewal](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/award-of-financial-system-renewal-ocds-h6vhtk-0782b6)
5. **[Tigh a'Chomainn Camphill Ltd](https://tenderline.uk/suppliers/tigh-a-chomainn-camphill-ltd-coh-sc103792):** £1.4m · [Care Home for Adults with Learning Dfficulties](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/care-home-for-adults-with-learning-dfficulties-ocds-h6vhtk-04f870)

## Retender Radar & Upcoming Expiries
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 6 Months:** 2
- **Active Contracts Expiring in 18 Months:** 38
- **Catalogue Retender Radar:** [Track upcoming UK contract expiries](https://tenderline.uk/retenders)

## Award Values & Counterparties
> **Complete Contracting Authority Dossier:** Published award values over 24 months, supplier rosters, contract expiry dates, and direct award breakdowns are available in the interactive dossier on Tenderline:
> [Explore full Aberdeen City Council intelligence dossier on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aberdeen-city-council-ons-s12000033#spend-analytics)

## Provenance and Open Data
- **Data Source:** Official notices published under the Open Government Licence v3.0.
- **Canonical Profile:** https://tenderline.uk/buyers/aberdeen-city-council-ons-s12000033
- **Full Catalogue Machine Access:** https://tenderline.uk/llms.txt