Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Domestic Stock Condition Surveys
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council is seeking to appoint a suitably qualified and experienced consultant to undertake domestic Stock Condition Surveys (SCS) including full Scottish Housing Quality Standard (SHQS) assessments across its social rented housing stock. The commission will cover approximately 1,050 properties over a three year period, with around one third of the stock surveyed annually.
CPV: Architectural and building-surveying services · Building surveying services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£210,000
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 award criteria (2)
- Quality: 60
- Price: 40
- 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
- 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
- 3 Jun 2026, 09:43 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Sept 2026, 10:25 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 6 Jul 2026 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2383- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-082949- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ac09Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Performance terms
As stated in the tender documentation
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 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court of Court of Session. (SC Ref:841362)
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: http://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk ↗
- Submission deadline
- 6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 6 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
Timeline
6 Jul 2026 → 2 Sept 2026 · 3 dates- Submission deadline110 days ago6 Jul 2026, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened110 days ago6 Jul 2026, 14:00 BST
- Notice published52 days ago2 Sept 2026, 10:25 BST
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to complete2 Sept 2026, 10:25 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| FIRNTEC LTD | £166,800 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 082949-2026-OIC/PROC/2383-1 · FIRNTEC LTD
- Signed
- 28 Aug 2026
- Value
- £166,800
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad | 2 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Kirkwall Sheriff CourtReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Firntec LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria