Official UK procurement notice
ITT for the Provision of Specialist Consultancy Services for Landscape and Visual Assessments
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council has a requirement for specialist Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVIA) advisors to support the appraisal and assessment of a wide range of development projects, polices or proposals including EIA development projects.
CPV: Environmental impact assessment other than for construction · Environmental planning · Environmental security control services · Environmental services
The lotProcurement structure
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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 (4)
- Project Understanding and Methodology: 20%
- Contract Management, Timescales and Specific Expertise: 40%
- Technical: 10%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (5)
- Project Understanding and Methodology: 20
- Contract Management, Timescales and Specific Expertise: 40
- Fair Work Practices: Pass / Fail
- Technical: 10
- Price: 30
- 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 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 · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Closed
- 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
- 10 Jul 2026, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2026, 16:05 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 10 Aug 2026 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2455- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-065313- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
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- 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 Session. Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=837142. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:837142) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=837142
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 10 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
Timeline
10 Jul 2026 → 14 Sept 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published110 days ago10 Jul 2026, 16:05 BST
- Submission deadline79 days ago10 Aug 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened79 days ago10 Aug 2026, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts45 days ago14 Sept 2026, 00:00 BST
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Sheriffs CourtReview body
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.