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# Promote Shetland Service 2022-2027

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/promote-shetland-service-2022-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea0d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Shetland Islands Council: "Promote Shetland Service 2022-2027". Published status: complete. Published Value: £2,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 8 Nov 2021, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Shetland Islands Council](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/shetland-islands-council-ons-s12000027)
- **Published Value:** £2,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 8 November 2021 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Promotional services
- **Delivery Location:** UKM66
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **Awarded Value:** £366,000 (exc. VAT, 1 contract)
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-02ea0d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **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/promote-shetland-service-2022-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea0d#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk](/out?url=http%3A%2F%2Fwww.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/promote-shetland-service-2022-2027-ocds-h6vhtk-02ea0d#participate

## Description
The Council wished to engage a service provider to develop, manage and coordinate a promotional service for Shetland to be known as Promote Shetland, for the period 01 April 2022 to 31 March 2027.
The role of Promote Shetland was to:
- Act as the vehicle to advice and support public authority, non-government organisations, private sector and educational stakeholders around a common vision for promoting Shetland as an attractive place to live, work, study, visit and invest.
- Support the collaboration between all those involved in building a strong place brand and reputation for Shetland, particularly for quality, distinctiveness, authenticity and integrity.  Promote Shetland will work in partnership with stakeholders to achieve a set of objectives.
The aim of the Promote Shetland service is to build a strong place brand and positive reputation for Shetland as a place to live, work, study, visit and invest.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** complete
- **CPV codes:** 79342200
- **Delivery regions:** UKM

- **Description:** The procurement procedure being followed for the Promote Shetland Service 2022 - 2027 was the Open Procedure in accordance with Regulation 28 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 (the “Regulations”).

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** 000233-2025-ED/4/21-1 (active)

  - Supplier(s): **NB Communication Ltd**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-134013`
  - Value: £366,000 † (exc. VAT)

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

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** 000233-2025-ED/4/21-1 (active)
  - Signed Value: £366,000
  - Signed Date: 20/01/2022

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000233-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-06T16:05:42.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T09:55:21.973Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-02ea0d