Aberdeenshire Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile
ONS register: Local-authority-district·Local authority·Scotland·Aberdeen·Central purchasing body on 18 of 54 notices
Find a Tender organisation id756Websiteaberdeenshire.gov.uk ↗
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Tenders you can still bid for.
Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed.
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Notices published in the last 12 months.
Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 56 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.
Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.
92 awarded tenders, 474 different suppliers.
Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
What they buyi
What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
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What kind of work is bought here.
Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.
Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each
45 Construction work16 procedures · 30%85 Health and social work services10 procedures · 19%72 IT services: consulting, software, internet7 procedures · 13%48 Software package and information systems6 procedures · 11%90 Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental6 procedures · 11%43 Mining, quarrying and construction machinery3 procedures · 6%44 Construction structures and materials3 procedures · 6%55 Hotel, restaurant and retail trade services3 procedures · 6%How they buyi
How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
Last 24 months · 54 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim
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How work here is packaged.
Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.
- Contract 81% (44 notices)
- Framework 15% (8 notices)
- Dynamic purchasing system 4% (2 notices)
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Which procedures buyers here use.
Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.
- Open 56% (30 notices)
- Limited / restricted 24% (13 notices)
- Route not published 15% (8 notices)
- Selective 6% (3 notices)
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.
Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.
Based on 56 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.
Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.
Based on 54 notices across all categories, last 24 months.
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Do this buyer’s awards land above or below its own estimates.
Each lot’s published estimate against its award, on this buyer’s competitions, like for like.
Based on 4 lots with both an estimate and an award, last 24 months. Small sample.
A past pattern, not a price to bid.
Who wins herei
Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
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Which suppliers win the most here.
Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.
All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records
| Supplier | Procedures | Share | Last 24m | Award records | Last activity |
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| Gray Painters ltd | 4 | 4.3% | 2 | 16 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| BELL GROUP LTD | 4 | 4.3% | 2 | 9 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Claymore Homes Ltd | 3 | 3.3% | 3 | 4 | 5 May 2026 |
| Crystal Clear Grampian Ltd | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 24 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| John G Baird Limited | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 15 | 17 Feb 2026 |
| Bridgefield Services Ltd | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 15 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| V G Willox Ltd | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 15 | 23 Sept 2025 |
| NUCORE GROUP LTD | 3 | 3.3% | 2 | 14 | 23 Sept 2025 |
The three most frequent suppliers are named on 8% of 92 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 474 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards — not a statement of preference.
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.
Sum of award values to single suppliers, VAT excluded, on notices from the last 24 months. Framework ceilings and repeated totals are left out.
Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.
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What one of this buyer’s contracts is usually worth.
Middle value of the same awards as the total above.
Largest published awards iThe biggest published awards. Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice. A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check. | Supplier | Awarded | Term | Published value |
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| Hard FM - Planned Preventative and Reactive Maintenance | FES | — | — | £61,879,470 † |
| New Affordable Housing Project At Strabathie Village, Blackdog | Kirkwood Homes Ltd | — | — | £9,000,000 † |
| NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT GREENACRES, PETERHEAD | Claymore Homes Ltd | — | — | £8,880,000 † |
| 18783 - FRASERBURGH - KIRTON PHASE 1 - NEW BUILD HOUSING | CHAP Group (Aberdeen) Ltd | — | — | £8,586,036 † |
| 18739 Macduff Aquarium Extension and Upgrade | Ogilvie construction | — | — | £7,169,606 † |
Contracts endingi
Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.
Published contracts with an end date in that window. No end date, not counted.
A likely retender, not a certain one.
Published end dates only · 14 of 311 contracts carry one · not a retender forecast
| Contract | Holder | Ends | Published value |
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| Supply of Biomass Chips & Associated Services | Scot Heating Company Ltd | 31 Mar 2027 | £269,315 |
Recent procedures
Latest 50 of 141 procedures on this authority cluster, incl. beneficiary and procuring-entity roles
| Procedure | Status | Published | Published value |
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| Construction Design Services FrameworkArchitectural design services | Awarded / complete | 6 Mar 2026 | — |
| Provision of Visitor & Events Catering at Macduff Marine AquariumCanteen and catering services | Unsuccessful | 6 Mar 2026 | — |
| Contract for Housing Improvement Programme 2025 – 2029Refurbishment work | Cancelled | 3 Mar 2026 | — |
| Dynamic Purchasing System for the Provision of Foundation Apprenticeships for Aberdeenshire CouncilSecondary education services | Open | 26 Feb 2026 | — |
| Housing Reactive repair - Roof RepairsConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 17 Feb 2026 | £7,000,000 |
| Housing Reactive Repairs - Painting and PlasteringConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 17 Feb 2026 | — |
| Aberdeenshire Outreach Housing Support ServicesHealth and social work services | Open | 16 Feb 2026 | £4,961,330 |
| Buildings to Lease - Aberdeenshire (For the delivery of social care support services)Health and social work services | Planned | 5 Feb 2026 | — |
| Award of Leisure Management SystemIndustry specific software package | Awarded / complete | 26 Jan 2026 | — |
| NEW AFFORDABLE HOUSING PROJECT AT MELDRUM GRANGE, OLDMELDRUMBuilding construction work | Cancelled | 20 Nov 2025 | — |
| Purchase of various skipsRefuse skips | Awarded / complete | 17 Oct 2025 | — |
| Disposal of POPS, Bulky & Residual WasteRefuse and waste related services | Awarded / complete | 3 Oct 2025 | — |
| Housing Reactive Repairs Builder Work / MasonryConcrete slabs | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2025 | £11,000,000 |
| Housing Reactive repair - Electrical workConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 23 Sept 2025 | — |
| Road Resurfacing and Reconstruction FrameworkAccess road construction work | Awarded / complete | 30 Jul 2025 | — |
| Collection, Recovery and Disposal of Gas CylindersRefuse recycling services | Awarded / complete | 17 Jun 2025 | — |
| Supply of Biomass Chips & Associated ServicesFuel wood | Awarded / complete | 16 Jun 2025 | — |
| Provision of a Corporate CRM SystemCustomer Relation Management software package | Cancelled | 5 Jun 2025 | — |
| Request for Information for Provision of Visitor and Events Catering Services at Macduff Marine AquariumCanteen and catering services | Planned | 21 May 2025 | £1,750,000 |
| 18739 Macduff Aquarium Extension and UpgradeConstruction work | Awarded / complete | 14 Apr 2025 | £6,500,000 |
Data coverage & method
- Source: Find a Tender OCDS releases; mixed PCR 2015 / Procurement Act 2023 history — no legal-regime label is applied.
- Counts are procedures (one notice family), not lots. Authority cluster = canonical buyer plus beneficiary and procuring-entity roles.
- Published procedure values exist on a minority of notices; their lifetime sum (£221m, ceilings stripped) is a catalogue fact, not spend, and is not shown as a headline.
- Awards on procedures published in the last 24 months: 167 award records on 41 procedures (60 to a single canonical supplier, 107 multi-supplier). 40 values come from the contract record when the award carried none.
- Bid counts, deadline-to-award, amendments and award-vs-estimate come from the nightly buyer analytics row; each figure’s own method and sample is behind its , the long form on Methodology.
- Contract end dates: 14 of 311 published contracts carry a period end; 1 end within 18 months, 0 within 6.
- Never shown: contact details, predicted winners, payment behaviour, or “who to invite”.
Identifiers consolidated into this page (8 historical Find a Tender publication identifiers)
Official notices referenced this authority under these publication identifiers. Alias URLs are not separate pages.
Canonical page id: GB-FTS-756