Shetland Islands Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtLocal authorityScotlandLerwick, ShetlandCentral purchasing body on 7 of 20 notices

Find a Tender organisation id71681Websiteshetland.gov.uk ↗

What they buy
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Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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Last 24 months · 20 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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  • Contract85%(17 notices)
    17 of 20 notices are Contract (85%).
  • Framework15%(3 notices)
    3 of 20 notices are Framework (15%).
Procedure route
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  • Open55%(11 notices)
    11 of 20 notices are Open (55%).
  • Limited / restricted30%(6 notices)
    6 of 20 notices are Limited / restricted (30%).
  • Selective15%(3 notices)
    3 of 20 notices are Selective (15%).
Typical bids per lot
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Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

2robust · n=633.3% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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Based on 20 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

113 of 20 notices amended

Who wins here
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All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Shetland Grasscutting (a trading name of Grounds Maintenance Solutions Ltd)25.7%22—
HNP Engineers (Lerwick) Ltd25.7%12—
Malakoff Limitedframework/DPS on 225.7%02—
K and k transportframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Wastbus Ltdframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Martin's Car Hireframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Gary H Johnson T/A Johnson transportframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
J & K Scollayframework/DPS on 112.9%13—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 35 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 64 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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£15mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 12 of 12 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 88%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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£364k middle valuerobust · n=12Middle half £205k–£962k.

Contracts ending
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34 of 41 contracts carry an end date, 26 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 9 of 10 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 51 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Grounds Maintenance Services - Contract D - North MainlandGrassing servicesAwarded / complete14 Apr 2025—
Grounds Maintenance Services - Contract B - Central MainlandGrassing servicesAwarded / complete14 Apr 2025—
Provision of Naval Architecture Consultancy ServicesFrameworkcentral purchasing bodyMarine servicesAwarded / complete8 Apr 2025£500,000
Fair Isle & Grutness Ferry Terminal Redevelopmentcentral purchasing body3 lotsConstruction workAwarded / complete28 Feb 2025—
B9082 Gutcher to Cullivoe Road Improvement Scheme, Yell, ShetlandRoad construction worksCancelled21 Feb 2025£9,900,000
Supply of Fully-Automatic Twin Ram Horizontal Balercentral purchasing bodyRecycling equipmentAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025£325,000
Provision of Energy Transition Adviser and Project Coordinator for ORIONcentral purchasing bodyEnergy and related servicesAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025—
Consultancy Service for Knab Site Redevelopment Infrastructure and Public Realm Designcentral purchasing bodyInfrastructure works consultancy servicesAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025£400,000
Promote Shetland Service 2022-2027central purchasing bodyPromotional servicesAwarded / complete6 Jan 2025£2,000,000
Supply, installation and commissioning (including delivery) of 2 data acquisition and monitoring systems for tugs Tystie and Duntercentral purchasing bodyTug boatsCancelled19 Nov 2024£350,000
Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland - Hard Facilities Management ServicesBuilding and facilities management servicesCancelled11 Sept 2024—
Supply and Delivery of Fresh Fish to Shetland Islands CouncilFrameworkFresh fish filletsAwarded / complete19 Aug 2024£544,000
Supply and Delivery of Marine Grade Gas Oil to Shetland Islands CouncilFrameworkFuel oilsAwarded / complete1 Jul 2024£8,000,000
Provision of Business Gateway Shetland Advisory Services 2023 - 2026Framework4 lotsFeasibility studyAwarded / complete4 Jun 2024£300,000
Supply of 2 (two) Engine Room Propulsion Engines MV Fivlacentral purchasing bodyEnginesAwarded / complete7 May 2024£280,000
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foulacentral purchasing bodyFerry transport servicesAwarded / complete6 May 2024£1,750,000
Early Learning and Childcare Flexible Framework AgreementFrameworkcentral purchasing body2 lotsChild daycare servicesAwarded / complete18 Apr 2024—
Engineering Inspection Services2 lotsTechnical inspection and testing servicesUnsuccessful14 Feb 2024£400,000
Provision of Consultant Marine, Civil Engineering and Technical Services at Sullom Voe Harbour Area, ShetlandFrameworkCivil engineering consultancy servicesAwarded / complete29 Nov 2023—
Supply and Delivery of Biomass Pelletscentral purchasing bodyWood fuelsAwarded / complete9 Nov 2023—

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About this data
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 34 of 41 published contracts have an end date; 26 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar. Published values in that list come from either source; Contracts Finder figures are shown as published and stay out of this profile’s money totals.
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender and Contracts Finder), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0, updated through the day and rebuilt nightly. Not every figure uses both feeds, and each one shows how many records it rests on: see the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.