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Published 18 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST

Official UK procurement notice

PROVISION OF PAYMENT PLATFORM - UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN

Submit via Public Contracts Scotland Competition analysis

Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)

GoodsOpen procedure
Sectors: Software Packages & ERP (48)CPV 66 Delivery: Scotland (UKM50)
Budget not disclosed Value not published
Submission deadline 19 Oct 202612:00 BST · 30d 23h left
Bids per lot · this authority 4all categories · n=15 · competition analysis ↓

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of an enterprise online payment platform and associated payment processing services, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), merchant services, payment gateway functionality, online store capability, implementation, integration, support, maintenance and associated professional services

CPV: Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services · Financial systems software package · Industry specific software package · Software package and information systems

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Provision of an enterprise online payment platform and associated payment processing services, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), merchant services, payment gateway...Renewal
Provision of an enterprise online payment platform and associated payment processing services, including software-as-a-service (SaaS), merchant services, payment gateway functionality, online store capability, implementation, integration, support, maintenance and associated professional services
Delivery: Scotland
Extensions
The contract will be awarded for an initial period of five years. At its sole discretion, the University may extend the contract by up to ten additional years, with extensions capable of being exercised as one or multiple twelve-month periods at a time.
Variant bids
not allowed
48000000 Software package and information systems48442000 Financial systems software package66170000 Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house services

Who is likely to bid for this lot ↓

What it takes to win

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published — the tender pack may add more
How bids are scored
Quality: 160Price: 40
Published sub-criteria (4)
  • Technical — 80
  • Technical — 80
  • price — 20
  • price — 20
Published award criteria (4)
  • Technical — 80
  • price — 20
  • Technical — 80
  • price — 20

No conditions of participation were published on the notice; check the tender documents.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How University of Aberdeen buys Financial analysis and accounting software package (CPV 4844) — and who usually turns up

University of Aberdeen’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

University of Aberdeen

contract notices in 36 months: 3 in division 48 (1 direct) · 29 in all categories (8 direct)

Bids per lot4all categories · 36m · n=15 lots
Single-bid lots20%all categories · 36m · n=15 lots
Award vs estimate25% aboveall categories · 36m · n=3 pairs
Deadline → award—no award dates published
Notice updates2all categories · 24m · n=35 notices
Awarded without competition33%division 48 · 36m · n=3 notices
Bids per lot robust · n=15
  • 1 bid 20%
  • 2–3 27%
  • 4–6 33%
  • 7+ 20%

Median 4 · 15 lots on 15 contested notices · all categories.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=3
  • Below estimate 0%
  • Within ±2% 33%
  • Above estimate 67%

3 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

Scotland · Financial analysis and accounting software package (CPV 4844)

contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 28 in CPV 4844 (23 contested) · 245 in division 48 (172 contested)

Bids per lot7.5CPV 4844 · 36m · n=8 lots
Single-bid lots0%CPV 4844 · 36m · n=8 lots
Award vs estimate12% belowdivision 48 · 36m · n=33 pairs
Deadline → award197ddivision 48 · 36m · n=1 notices
SME bidders62%CPV 4844 · 36m · n=8 lots
Winners based in the region17%CPV 4844 · 36m · n=6 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=8
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 38%
  • 4–6 13%
  • 7+ 50%

Median 7.5 · 8 lots on 8 contested notices · CPV 4844.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=33
  • Below estimate 70%
  • Within ±2% 24%
  • Above estimate 6%

33 lot pairs · division 48.

moderate · n=3 Awards in University of Aberdeen (all categories, n=3 pairs) land a median 25% above. Too few pairs to turn into a pound figure with any confidence — read the percentage as a rough direction, not this notice’s estimate converted.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Open procedure
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Goods
Notice status
Open for tender
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
18 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
Last source update
18 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
Award evaluation window
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST — …
Authority reference
AU25/27
Classification (CPV)
Financial consultancy, financial transaction processing and clearing-house servicesFinancial systems software packageIndustry specific software packageSoftware package and information systems
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM50)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07753e
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: The buyer is using PCS-Tender to conduct this ITT exercise. The Project code is 32797. For more information see: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/info/InfoCentre.aspx?ID=2343 (SC Ref:843414)

How to participate & submission route

Submit via Public Contracts Scotland
Authorised e-sourcing portalPublic Contracts Scotland ↗Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Open official portal workspace ↗
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Expression of interest (EOI)
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Tender submission deadline
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
—
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
90 days from the deadline
Bids opened
19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
www.publictendersscotland.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/esop/pts-host/public… ↗

Timeline

3 published dates · Europe/London
  1. Notice publishedjust passed
    18 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
  2. Submission deadlinein 31 days
    19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
  3. Bids openedin 31 days
    19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Nothing awarded yet
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

University of Aberdeen

Contracting authorityEducationBody governed by public lawEducation University Office, King's College, Aberdeen, Scotland, AB24 3FX Published organisation website ↗
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Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body Aberdeen

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

  • Economic and financial selection criteriatenderEconomic and financial selection criteria
  • Technical selection criteriatenderTechnical selection criteria