Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Designated Person for the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code and Marine Safety Management System (MSMS)
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council is the Statutory and Competent Harbour Authority for the Local Authority ports of Scapa Flow, Kirkwall and additional ferry terminals / piers within the Orkney Islands group. Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for a practical, pragmatic and independent person / company to be the Designated Person, as specified within the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code published by Department of Transport in April 2025 and detailed in A Guide to Good Practice on Port and Marine Facilities – Prepared in Conjunction with the Ports & Marine Facilities Safety Code published in April 2025, and any further updated / amendments for the period of this contracts.
- Recurrence: May / June 2031
CPV: Marine services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1RenewalPublished value£175,000
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)
- Method Statement: 30%
- Service Delivery: 30%
- price: 40%
Published award criteria (4)
- Method Statement: 30
- Service Delivery: 30
- Fair Work Practices: 0
- Price: 40
- Suitability
Managerial Staff would have a minimum qualification of SCTW / RN Officer of the Watch Certificate or equivalent.
Senior Managers would be expected to have a higher qualification and / or Harbour Master / Port Management qualifications.
- 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 40 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 4 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
- Yes · May / June 2031
- First published
- 27 May 2026, 08:34 BST
- Last source update
- 27 May 2026, 08:34 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 30 Jun 2026 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2414- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-049346- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06a550Find 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 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=832914. 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:832914) Download the ESPD document here: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=832914
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 30 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 30 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
Timeline
27 May 2026 → 13 Oct 2026 · 4 dates- Notice published151 days ago27 May 2026, 08:34 BST
- Submission deadline116 days ago30 Jun 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened116 days ago30 Jun 2026, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts12 days ago13 Oct 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.