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Provision of Domestic Cleaning Services to the University of Aberdeen Owned Domestic Housing - University of Aberdeen

Buyer: University of Aberdeen →

BuyerUniversity of Aberdeen
StatusAwarded
Deadline10 Feb 2026
ValueValue not published
Published15 Apr 2026

What is being bought

AWARD NOTICE for a ranked framework agreement with 2 two Contractors for University of Aberdeen Staff Housing Cleaning as previously advertised.

Delivery location

UKM50

Categories

Accommodation, building and window cleaning services 90911000Accommodation, building and window cleaning services 90911000

Lot details

Lot 1

AWARD NOTICE for a ranked framework agreement with 2 two Contractors for University of Aberdeen Staff Housing Cleaning as previously advertised. Additional information: At times, the University may require the delivery of specialist cleaning services, including but not limited to professional level carpet and oven cleaning.

Statuscancelled

Award criteria
Technical — 60
price — 40

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Accommodation, building and window cleaning servicesNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 90. The category anchor is Accommodation, building and window cleaning services (90911000); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 903,4834 median · 21.5 average (1,179 of 3,483 with a bid count)3.2 average (1,256 of 3,483 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer27 median · 7 average (1 of 2 with a bid count)2 average (1 of 2 with named award suppliers)Not published
Delivery region: UKM50223 median · 8.7 average (15 of 22 with a bid count)2.7 average (15 of 22 with named award suppliers)Not published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementYes
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byGPA
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents0
Planning milestones0

No planning milestones published.

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Awards

Contracts

034404-2026-AU24/87-1

Statusactive
Value£64,500

Documents & submission route

No documents are published in the current source record.

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-060041
Latest release ID034404-2026
Latest release timestampWed Apr 15 2026 15:39:39 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statuscomplete
Procurement methodopen
Procurement method detailsOpen procedure
Main procurement categoryservices
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basis32014L0024
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender valueNot published
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release1
Contracts in latest release1
Parties in latest release4

Notice history

DateEventReference
15 Apr 2026award, contract034404-2026
6 Jan 2026tender000749-2026

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (2 releases)
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6 Jan 2026 · 000749-2026 · tender
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