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Published 6 Oct 2026, 15:56 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Provision of Social Care Workers

Official notice

Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)

ServicesAward procedure without prior publication of a call for competitionSME suitable
Sectors: Health & Social Care (85)Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: Scotland (UKM65)
Awarded value£2,666,961published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 5 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to MedGen Ltd Scotland +2 more

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provision of social care workers via agency provision to work within the Homecare, Care Homes, Supported Accommodation and Sheltered Housing within Orkney

CPV: Daycare services · Other community, social and personal services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: Scotland · Orkney
85312100 Daycare services98000000 Other community, social and personal services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record · publisher note attached
Procedure method
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Legal basis
CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award — no call for competition
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
No (one-off requirement)
First published
6 Oct 2026, 15:56 BST
Last source update
6 Oct 2026, 15:56 BST
Authority reference
OIC/PROC/2341
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094399
Classification (CPV)
Daycare servicesOther community, social and personal services
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM65)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0781f3 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Extreme urgency brought about by events unforeseeable for the contracting authority/entity and in accordance with the strict conditions stated in the directive
Published justification
In order to maintain the levels of service provision across the services and comply with legislation additional social care workers have been recruited via Agencies at short notice. The Scotland Excel framework does provide social care workers to Orkney however due to the limited availability of staff available the Authority has a continuing to recruit additional agency staff at short notice outwith the framework., whilst adhering to the Contract Standing Orders governance procedures.

Publisher note: (SC Ref:844903)

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £2,666,9611 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 33 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Mar 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
MedGen Ltd ScotlandSME, RandstadSME, Seven Resourcing LimitedSMEjoint award——Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
3bids · 0 electronic3——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Orkney Islands Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Scotland, KW15 1NY Denise Link [email protected] +44 01856873535

Dispute resolution & review bodies

Bidders & participating suppliers

3 commercial parties on the notice
  • MedGen Ltd ScotlandAwarded supplier Citibase, 1 St Colme Street, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH3 6AA +44 1312023361
  • RandstadAwarded supplier 101 George St, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH2 3ES +44 01312400887
  • Seven ResourcingAwarded supplier Oberon House, Adastral Park, Ipswich, East of England, IP5 3RE +44 07401073084

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.