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title: "Award of Financial System Renewal"
ocid: "ocds-r6ebe6-0000845084"
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source: "Public Contracts Scotland"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Aberdeen City Council"
published: "2026-10-07"
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# Award of Financial System Renewal

Buyer: Aberdeen City Council  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-r6ebe6-0000845084

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## Summary

Aberdeen City Council renewed its finance system contract to maintain continuity of service and support. The requirement covers renewal of the existing financial software system, rather than a new system procurement. The work is financial-management software and related services, within the broader software and IT services category (CPV 72000000). The Council is the buyer, and delivery is for Aberdeen City Council in Aberdeen. The procurement description states that the renewal was required to preserve continuity, and the lot description specifically refers to continued service and support from the incumbent supplier.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to OneAdvanced Limited. It was a single-lot direct award without a prior competition, justified on technical grounds: the Council considered the incumbent the only supplier able to renew the current finance system. The stated evaluation criterion was price, although the award route did not involve an open competition. The contract was signed on 21 August 2026 and is active. Its value is £2,022,450. The award date and contract period are not stated in the process data.

This award demonstrates ongoing public-sector demand for continuity and support of an established council finance system, rather than replacement software. A supplier seeking to compete when this requirement returns would need to demonstrate that it can renew or support the incumbent platform while preserving service continuity, and provide credible technical evidence that its solution can meet the Council’s operational needs. The Council used a direct award on the basis that only the incumbent could provide the renewal, so the key commercial challenge for an alternative provider would be overcoming that technical dependency. Relevant strengths would include expertise in the existing finance system, migration or renewal capability that avoids service disruption, and dependable ongoing support for a large local authority.

## Notice

The Council required to renew its contract for its finance system in order to maintain continuity, this was facilitated by direct arard under Public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b) (ii) Technical Reasons

### Lot Information

Lot 1

Direct award under Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33 (b) (ii) Technical REasons. The renewal of the currnt system is required to enable continutiy of service and support bythe incumbant supplier

### Procurement Information

as per Scottish Procurement (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b) (ii) Technical Reasons, only the invumbant supplier is able to provide the renewal of the current finance system

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Public Contracts Scotland |
| Latest notice | https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566162 |
| Notice type | OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 7 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | Not specified |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £2,022,450 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Not specified |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Aberdeen City Council |
| Locality | ABERDEEN |
| Postcode area | Aberdeen |
| Postcode | AB16 5GB |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM5 North Eastern Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |
| Local authority | Aberdeen City |
| Electoral ward | Midstocket/Rosemount |
| Westminster constituency | Aberdeen North |
| Delivery location | TLM50 Aberdeen City and Aberdeenshire |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | OneAdvanced Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 48 - Software package and information systems
- 72 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

### Codes

- 48000000 - Software package and information systems
- 48442000 - Financial systems software package
- 48443000 - Accounting software package
- 48444000 - Accounting system
- 72000000 - IT services: consulting, software development, Internet and support

## Release History

- 7 Oct 2026 at 01:00 - Award - OJEU - F3 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566162

## Documents

- https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/show/search_view.aspx?ID=OCT566162
  Award of Financial System Renewal - The Council required to renew its contract for its finance system in order to maintain continuity, this was facilitated by direct arard under Public contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 33(b) (ii) Technical Reasons

## Notice URLs

- http://
- http://www.aberdeencity.gov.uk
- https://api.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/v1/Notice?id=ocds-r6ebe6-0000845084

## Provenance

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