Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic Determination
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council, Marine Services are seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced contractor for the provision of sample processing and taxonomic determination for a 3-year period (with the option to extend for a further 2 x 12 months). The Contract will commence on 4 August 2025.
- Recurrence: May / June 2030
CPV: Composition and purity testing and analysis services · Laboratory services · Research laboratory services · Technical inspection and testing services · Technical testing services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Orkney Island Council, Marine Services conducts marine non-native species monitoring…AwardedRenewalPublished value£300,000
Orkney Island Council, Marine Services conducts marine non-native species monitoring as part of its Ballast Water Management Policy (adopted December 2013). During this monitoring programme samples are collected from several locations within Scapa Flow, Orkney. In addition, samples are also collected from visiting yacht mooring (buoys and mooring chains).
One overall tender is required for the following, split as detailed below:
Project 1 - Non-native species monitoring programme (Option A and Option B).
Project 2 - Visiting Yacht Mooring surveys.
What 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 (3)
- Project Understanding and Requirements: 25%
- Project Methodology and Specific Expertise: 45%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Project Understanding and Requirements: 25
- Project Methodology and Specific Expertise: 45
- Fair Work First: 0
- Price: 30
- Suitability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Economic & financial standing
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Technical & professional ability
The relevant selection criteria will be included in the SPD Scotland module.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 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 · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- Yes · May / June 2030
- First published
- 6 Jun 2025, 12:36 BST
- Last source update
- 13 Oct 2025, 17:13 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 8 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2178- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-064952- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05445eFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic payment
Publisher note: Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders. Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS. An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Sessions. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. (SC Ref:810990)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Timeline
8 Jul 2025 → 13 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts4 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published378 days ago13 Oct 2025, 17:13 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete13 Oct 2025, 17:13 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| APEM | £283,670 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 064952-2025-1 · APEM
- Signed
- 22 Sept 2025
- Value
- £283,670
- Period
- … – 3 Aug 2028
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriffs CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- APEM LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.