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title: "Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic Determination"
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# Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic Determination

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-the-provision-of-aquatic-sample-processing-and-taxonomic-determin-ocds-h6vhtk-05445e). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Orkney Islands Council: "Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic Determination". Published status: complete. Published Value: £300,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Orkney Islands Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/orkney-islands-council-ons-s12000023)
- **Published Value:** £300,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 July 2025 at 12:00 BST
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Composition and purity testing and analysis services, Laboratory services, Research laboratory services, Technical inspection and testing services, Technical testing services (+1 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKM65
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0025
- **Awarded Value:** £283,670 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-05445e`

## Before you bid
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- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-the-provision-of-aquatic-sample-processing-and-taxonomic-determin-ocds-h6vhtk-05445e#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/invitation-to-tender-for-the-provision-of-aquatic-sample-processing-and-taxonomic-determin-ocds-h6vhtk-05445e#participate

## Description
Orkney 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.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 71600000, 71630000, 71632000, 71900000, 73111000
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Estimated Value:** £300,000
- **Description:** 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 Fl...
- **Contract Period:** 03/08/2025 to 03/08/2028
- **Renewal published:** yes

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 064952-2025-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **APEM Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-161448`
  - Value: £283,670 † (exc. VAT)

> † value taken from the contract record; the award notice published none.

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 064952-2025-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £283,670
  - Signed Date: 21/09/2025

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F064952-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-10-13T16:13:01.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-26T10:03:49.291Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-05445e