Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Food Law Intervention Services
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council as the Competent Food Authority for the County of Orkney is inviting tenders for the provision of programmed food law interventions at food businesses throughout the county of Orkney. The contract will run over a period of up to three years, with activity being commissioned as a planned programme of visits over the course of the three-year period.
CPV: Environmental auditing · Environmental services · Environmental standards other than for construction
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1CancelledPublished value£250,000
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 (4)
- Service Delivery: 30%
- Reporting Mechanisms: 10%
- Project Management and Timescales: 30%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (4)
- Service Delivery: 30
- Reporting Mechanisms: 10
- Project Management and Timescales: 30
- Price: 30
- 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.
- Staff
- Names and qualifications of delivery staff must be submitted
- 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
- Cancelled
- 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
- 12 Jun 2025, 12:01 BST
- Last source update
- 28 Oct 2025, 14:52 GMT
- Award evaluation window
- 14 Jul 2025 – …
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2170- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-069026- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-054774Find 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. (SC Ref:814140)
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 90 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 14 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
Timeline
14 Jul 2025 → 28 Oct 2025 · 4 dates- Submission deadline14 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
- Bids opened14 Jul 2025, 14:00 BST
- Contract starts15 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST
- Notice published365 days ago28 Oct 2025, 14:52 GMT
Notice history
1 event · 2 releases on Find a Tender- Status changed to unsuccessful28 Oct 2025, 14:52 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 further award records carry no date or value.
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.