Official UK procurement notice
PROVISION OF PAYMENT PLATFORM - UNIVERSITY OF ABERDEEN
Authority: University of Aberdeen (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision 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 publishedWhat it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 80%
- price: 20%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 80
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Closed
- 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 – …
- Authority reference
AU25/27- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-088594- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07753eFind a Tender
- 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 it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Timeline
18 Sept 2026 → 19 Oct 2026 · 3 dates- Notice published40 days ago18 Sept 2026, 11:32 BST
- Submission deadline9 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened9 days ago19 Oct 2026, 12:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Aberdeen Sheriff CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria