LHA Housing Management System

Official notice

Authority: Lanarkshire Housing Association Limited (Housing)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable

Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: Scotland (UKM84)

Awarded value£216,000published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 10 Dec 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Designer Software Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Lanarkshire Housing Association use and rely upon ActiveH Housing Management Software which is provided by MIS Active Management Systems (owned by Aareon) Our desktop software requires an upgrade and LHA have been offered an intra-group graduation to an alternative software solution in HomeMaster (under the same parent company)

CPV: IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Lanarkshire Housing Association are in contract with MIS Active Management Systems…Awarded

Lanarkshire Housing Association are in contract with MIS Active Management Systems until August 2027 for the use of ActiveH Desktop (housing management software) The Association need to upgrade our desktop modules and the parent company have offered an intra-group graduation to an alternative software solution. HomeMaster has been assessed to meet the needs of the business and the organisation is unable to offer an open procurement opportunity to alternative suppliers until 2027.

Delivery: Scotland · Lanarkshire Housing Association Ltd, 191 Brandon Street, Motherwell, ML1 1RS

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: 10 Dec 2025, 14:59 GMT
Last source update: 10 Aug 2026, 14:57 BST
Authority reference: LHA HMS 2026-29
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-075805
Classification (CPV): IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support
Delivery area: Scotland (UKM84)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-05f2eb 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: Competition is absent for technical reasons. Lanarkshire Housing Association use and rely upon ActiveH Housing Management Software which is provided by MIS Active Management Systems (owned by Aareon) LHA need to upgrade and develop our desktop software solution and have been offered an intra-group graduation to an alternative software solution in HomeMaster (under the same parent company) It is the Associations intention to enter into a 36 month contract with Aareon HomeMaster replacing the current contract with MIS Active Management Systems which has a remaining balance of 21 months. HomeMaster has been assessed to meet the needs of the business and the organisation is unable to offer an open procurement opportunity to alternative suppliers until 2027. There is no reasonable workaround and the absence of competition is not the result of an artificial narrowing down of the parameters of the procurement.

Review and risk notes

Review procedure: An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contract (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (SSI2015/446) (as amended) may bring proceedings to the Sheriff Court or the Court of Session.

Publisher note: It should be noted that this VEAT notice is intended to inform the market of the intention to award a contract under Regulation 33 (1) (b) (ii) and/or (iii) and whilst the system requires an award date prior to the notice publication at section V.2.1 above, the contract shall not be entered into until a minimum of 8 days from the publication of this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site. (SC Ref:819445)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £216,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Bids received 11 from SMEs

Contracts signed 2latest 10 Dec 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Designer Software LtdSME	£216,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded
Designer Software LtdSME	£216,000 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 075805-2026-LANARK001-1 · Designer Software LtdSME
Signed
10 Dec 2025
Value
£216,000
Status
active
Contract 081582-2025-LANARK001-1 · Designer Software LtdSME
Signed
10 Dec 2025
Value
£216,000
Status
active

Bid statistics published by the authority

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

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Lanarkshire Housing Association Limited

Contracting authorityHousingBody governed by public lawHousing and community amenities 191 Brandon Street, Motherwell, Scotland, ML1 1RSContact name, email, phone

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Hamiton Sheriff CourtReview body HamiltonContact phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Designer Software LtdAwarded supplier 11 Whittle Court, Milton Keynes, South East, MK5 8FTContact phone

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.