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Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority)

Find a Tender identifier: GB-FTS-10325 · Kirkwall, UKM65

Procurement processes8
Open opportunities0
Awarded procurements7
Signed contracts7
Avg. awarded suppliers1.1
Avg. reported bids1.7
Highest reported bids3
Bid-count coverage6 of 8

Value and contract picture

Published value (GBP)£100,000,000
Average published value (GBP)£100,000,000
Signed contract value (GBP)£10,791,134

GBP totals only, so values in another currency are never silently mixed into the total.

Procurement methods

Open procedure
5
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
1
Competitive dialogue
1
Not published
1

Top categories

Boats
1
Composition and purity testing and analysis services
1
Ferry transport services
1
Quay construction work
1
Services related to water pollution
1
Ships and boats
1
Tourist information services
1
Vessel registration services
1

Most competitive procurements

Ranked by the number of bids reported by the buyer; a multi-lot procurement can report one count per lot.

ProcurementBids reportedValueStatus
Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay (SDWQ)3Value not publishedcomplete
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic Determination2Value not publishedcomplete
Provision of Consultancy and Technical Services for the Orkney Ferry Replacement Programme and Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 22Value not publishedcomplete
Invitation to Tender for the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Service1Value not publishedcomplete
Supply of a Second Hand 24m Landing Craft Type Vessel1Value not publishedcomplete
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Ballast Water Sampling1Value not publishedcomplete

Most frequent awarded suppliers

SupplierProcurements wonPublished award value (GBP)
Acciona Construccion S.A.1Value not published
Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co Ltd1Value not published
Arch Henderson LLP1Value not published
Lloyd's Register EMEA1Value not published
Orcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd.1Value not published
BK Marine Ltd.1Value not published
Ship2shoreorkney1Value not published
APEM Ltd1Value not published

Recent and open procurements

ProcurementStatusDeadlineValue
Provision of Shipyard Detailed Design and Build Contract RoPax VesselsClosed9 Jan 2026£100,000,000
Invitation to Tender for the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information ServicecompleteNot publishedValue not published
Supply of a Second Hand 24m Landing Craft Type VesselcompleteNot publishedValue not published
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic DeterminationcompleteNot publishedValue not published
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Ballast Water SamplingcompleteNot publishedValue not published
Provision of Classification ServicescompleteNot publishedValue not published
Provision of Consultancy and Technical Services for the Orkney Ferry Replacement Programme and Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 2completeNot publishedValue not published
Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay (SDWQ)completeNot publishedValue not published

How to read these figures

Supplier count means distinct suppliers named in awards, not all bidders. Bid counts are published aggregate statistics, not a list of submitted bids. Award and contract data currently comes from the latest retained OCDS record for each procurement process.