Award of contract for OEMS support - University of Aberdeen

Official notice

Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM50)

Awarded value£200,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 20 Apr 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Data Architects Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Award of contract for custom built solution developed exclusively for the University to meet specific operational, technical, and regulatory requirements. It is not a commercially available off the shelf product.

CPV: Software support services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Award of contract for a custom built solution developed exclusively for the University…Awarded

Award of contract for a custom built solution developed exclusively for the University to meet specific operational, technical, and regulatory requirements. It is not a commercially available off the shelf product.

Delivery: Scotland

72261000 Software support services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached

Procedure method: Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis: CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category: Services
Notice status: Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold: Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime: Standard
Commercial structure: Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type: Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered: Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 20 Apr 2026, 15:51 BST
Last source update: 20 Apr 2026, 15:51 BST
Authority reference: AU25/11
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-035775
Classification (CPV): Software support services
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0686ad Find a Tender

Why no open competition: The works, supplies or services can be provided only by a particular economic operator due to absence of competition for technical reasons
Published justification: Under clause 33 (1)(b)(ii) of the legislation, a contracting authority may award a contract without competition (only where no reasonable alternative or substitute exists, and the absence of competition is not the result of artificial narrowing down of parameters of the procurement). In this case, the grounds for not exposing to competition are as follows:

Publisher note: (SC Ref:829865)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £200,0001 contract exc. VAT

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 1latest 20 Apr 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Data Architects LtdSME	£200,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 035775-2026-AU25/11-1 · Data Architects LtdSME
Signed
20 Apr 2026
Value
£200,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

Bids	SME	VCSE	Valid bid range
1bids · 1 electronic · 1 from abroad	1	—	—

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Aberdeen

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Office, King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 3FXContact email

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body Aberdeen

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Data Architects LtdAwarded supplier Hoults Yard, Walker Road, Newcastle upon Tyne, North East, NE6 2HL

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.