Official UK procurement notice
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Web Services
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe provision of web services to the orkney.com website for up to 3 years with 2 x 12 extensions available.
CPV: Web page editing software development services · World wide web (www) site design services · World wide web (www) site operation host services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) work in…AwardedRenewalPublished value£250,000
Orkney Islands Council (OIC) and Highlands & Islands Enterprise (HIE) work in partnership to support key sectors and companies of growth to market their products and services through the jointly funded Orkney Marketing programme. For the purposes of this contract OIC will act as the contracting authority while HIE will be the lead contact for the management of the contract.
Submissions are invited from contractors who can provide web service for the orkney.com website. The contract will initially be for 3 years (1 August 2024 to 31 July 2027) with a further 2 x 12 months subject to availability of budgets. There will also be break clauses at Year 1 and Year 2 which will only be applied if funding for year 2 or year 3 becomes unavailable - Contractors will be advised of any changes by 24 December 2024 (year 2) and 24 December 2025 (year 3).
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)
- Methodology: 40%
- Project Delivery: 50%
- price: 10%
Published award criteria (6)
- Methodology: 40
- Project Delivery: 50
- Fair Work Practices: 0
- Website Hosting Technical Requirement: 0
- Cyber Security Reponse: 0
- Price: 10
- 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.
- Price carries 10 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 1 point. 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 · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 23 May 2024, 09:06 BST
- Last source update
- 26 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 21 Jun 2024 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/1905- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-007247- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0469e5Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · 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 Session. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. (SC Ref:791604)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 21 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 21 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
Timeline
21 Jun 2024 → 26 Feb 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline21 Jun 2024, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened21 Jun 2024, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Aug 2024, 00:00 BST
- Notice published26 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete26 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NB Communication LtdSME | £214,500 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 007247-2025-OIC/PROC/1905-1 · NB Communication LtdSME
- Signed
- 8 Aug 2024
- Value
- £214,500
- Period
- … – 31 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 7bids · 7 electronic · 7 from abroad | 7 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Highlands and Islands EnterpriseContracting authority
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriff CourtMediation body
- Sheriffs CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NB Communication LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.