Official UK procurement notice
2026 Aberdeenshire Dementia Service - Holistic & Community Support
Authority: Aberdeenshire Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAberdeenshire Council requires the provision of suitable and adequate holistic
and community support services to support Service Users within North, South
and Central Aberdeenshire.
Holistic Support:
Information, advice and support will be provided for Service Users throughout Aberdeenshire with signposting to advice and support for their carers offered.
Services provided will be flexible and respond to the needs of Service Users.
The Service Provider will ensure the safety of the Service User in daily living through continuous prompting and advice.
Interaction with appropriate groups and individuals in the community will be encouraged.
The Service Provider will endeavour to raise general awareness of dementia amongst professional workers and the general public and promote the development of dementia friendly communities across the region.
The Service Provider will establish and maintain clear communication channels with the public, partners, and colleagues, sharing relevant information, and will advertise all events widely throughout Aberdeenshire.
Developments in knowledge and learning will be shared with all relevant professionals and service users as appropriate.
Community Support:
A community development programme will be provided for Service Users.
The Service provider will establish, facilitate and support self-help groups in
North, South and Central Aberdeenshire.
CPV: Social work and related services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of suitable and adequate holistic and…Planned
Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of suitable and adequate holistic and community support services to support Service Users within North, South and Central Aberdeenshire.
Holistic Support:
Information, advice and support will be provided for Service Users throughout Aberdeenshire with signposting to advice and support for their carers offered. Services provided will be flexible and respond to the needs of Service Users. The Service Provider will ensure the safety of the Service User in daily living through continuous prompting and advice. Interaction with appropriate groups and individuals in the community will be encouraged. The Service Provider will endeavour to raise general awareness of dementia amongst professional workers and the general public and promote the development of dementia friendly communities across the region. The Service Provider will establish and maintain clear communication channels with the public, partners, and colleagues, sharing relevant information and will advertise all events widely throughout Aberdeenshire. Developments in knowledge and learning will be shared with all relevant professionals and service users as appropriate.
Community Support:
A community development programme will be provided for Service Users and the service provider will establish, facilitate and support self-help groups in North, South and Central Aberdeenshire.
The Service Provider is responsible for: providing Service Users with information regarding the Services provided, which must include a complaints procedure. Ensuring that if any Service Users have difficulty in expressing their views, the Service Provider will make sure they have access to information to enable them to secure the services of an advocate to represent them. The Service Provider is under no obligation to find such representatives but will allow representatives to work with Service Users should this be their wish. Additional information: Aberdeenshire Council may require the service specification to be amended to meet its requirements over the duration of the contract; and
in response to changes in legislation and statutory guidance or where outcomes demonstrate the benefits of an amendment or in the event of
additional funding being made available for service development from other sources (including the Scottish Government).
Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published
How Aberdeenshire Council buys Social work and related services (CPV 8530), and who usually turns up
Aberdeenshire Council’s published record next to the market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are left out: they draw different bid counts. Whole-market view: Social work and related services (CPV 8530) →
How the contest usually goes
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How often local firms win similar work.
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A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners were registered in the region where that award was delivered.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
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Half of these awards have an award date within 50 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
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How many bids did past lots attract?
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Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid0% / 16%
2–327% / 47%
4–669% / 32%
7+3% / 5%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Below estimate71% / 8%
Within ±2%14% / 85%
Above estimate14% / 8%
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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Lot #1Aberdeenshire Council requires the provision of suitable and adequate holistic and…CPV 8530Published estimate£417k
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How many bids this lot may attract.
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Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 19 past lots.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid16%
2–347%
4–632%
7+5%
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Where the award price may land.
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No comparable awards for this lot yet.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
| Supplier | This buyer’s earlier contract | Lot | Award value | Why listed |
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| ‘Aberdeen Association of Social Service T/A VSAEarlier contract | 2023 Support Service for Carers in Aberdeenshirenotice published Jan 2024 | — | £3.6m | Matched as the earlier contract |
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Who could compete for this lot?
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None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
43% title match.
A past supplier may not bid again.
The prior contract this notice most likely re-tenders · matched by title and category (43% title match), the holder is not guaranteed to re-bid
2023 Support Service for Carers in Aberdeenshire — held by ‘Aberdeen Association of Social Service T/A VSA; no contract end date published.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Planned procurement
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:30 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Sept 2026, 15:30 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-089754- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0777c9Find a Tender
Publisher note: This contract will be for 3 years with the option of an additional 1 year extension. Annual contract value will be approximately 105000 GBP. Commencement of this contract will be July 2027. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=842180. (SC Ref:842180)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
22 Sept 2026 → 16 Oct 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published36 days ago22 Sept 2026, 15:30 BST
- Tender notice expected12 days ago16 Oct 2026, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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