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Official UK procurement notice

Supply of Vessel · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Shetland Islands Council (Local council)

GoodsOpen procedureSME suitable
Published estimate£5,700,000exc. VAT0.9% below published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Oct 2024awarded 4 Jun 2025
Awarded to Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd.

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Tenders were sought from interested parties to supply to Shetland Islands Council a new vessel in accordance with the Specification of Requirements and in the timescale detailed in the Invitation to Tender documents. The requirement was for a MCA workboat code compliant new build steel monohull vessel with 12 passenger capacity.

CPV: Ferry boats · Ships and boats · Ships and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1The procurement procedure followed for the Supply of Vessel, was the Open Procedure in…Awarded

The procurement procedure followed for the Supply of Vessel, was the Open Procedure in accordance with Regulation 28 of the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.

Delivery: Scotland · Handover of the vessel to take place at the supplier’s yard or as agreed between the supplier and the contracting authority.
Variant bids: not allowed

What it takes to win
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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 more
How bids were scored
Quality: 40%Price: 60%
Published award criteria (2)
  • Quality: 40
  • Price: 60
Conditions of participation2
  • Condition of participation
    no text published
    Minimum: Tenderers must complete the Single Procurement Document (Scotland) (“SPD”) to include information on the following: 4B1a of the SPD – General Yearly Turnover:- Tenderers are be required to have a minimum, general, overall turnover of 7 million GBP per year for the last 3 financia…
  • Technical & professional ability

    4C8.1 of the SPD: Tenderers will be required to confirm their average annual manpower for the last three years.

    4C8.2 of the SPD: Tenderers will be required to confirm their average and the number of managerial staff for the last three years.

    4C10 of the SPD: Tenderers will be required to confirm whether they intend to subcontract and, if so, for what proportion of the contract.

    Minimum: 4D.1 of the SPD: Quality Management: -The Tenderer must hold a UKAS (or equivalent) accredited independent third party certificate of compliance in accordance with BS EN ISO 9001 (or equivalent); or -The Tenderer must comply with the alternative requirements as specified in the p…
What this means for your bid
  • Price carries 60 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 6 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.

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
Goods
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 Sept 2024, 16:28 BST
Last source update
10 Jun 2025, 13:45 BST
Award evaluation window
4 Oct 2024 – …
Authority reference
ED/9/24
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-031264
Classification (CPV)
Ferry boatsShips and boatsShips and similar vessels for the transport of persons or goods
Delivery area
Scotland (UKM66)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0497d7 Find a Tender
Contract terms
Electronic trading
e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment

Publisher note: (SC Ref:801303)

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: Public Contracts Scotland · Who buys & how to bid on PCS
Supplier login requiredLanguage: EN
Access & registration note: Free single registration for Scotland; PCS-Tender (Jaggaer) for full bidding
Submission deadline
8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
{"electronicSubmission"}
Accepted languages
en
Bid validity
180 days from the deadline
Bids opened
4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

Timeline

4 Oct 2024 → 10 Jun 2025 · 3 dates
  1. Bids opened
    4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Submission deadline
    8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  3. Notice published
    10 Jun 2025, 13:45 BST

Notice history

2 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 17 Sept 2024
  1. Deadline moved to 8 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
    17 Sept 2024, 13:32 BST
    +4 days · was 4 Oct 2024, 12:00 BST
  2. Status changed to complete
    10 Jun 2025, 13:45 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
WhenWhatBeforeAfterShift
—DeadlineTime limit · IV.2.24 Oct 20248 Oct 2024+4 d
—Bid openingConditions for opening of tenders · IV.2.74 Oct 20248 Oct 2024+4 d

Extension

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £5,646,7001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 22 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Jun 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Parkol Marine Engineering Ltd.SME£5,646,700 †—Awarded

Contracts

Bid statistics published by the authority

BidsSMEVCSEValid bid range
2bids · 2 electronic · 2 from abroad2——

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Shetland Islands Council

Contracting authorityLocal CouncilRegional or local authorityGeneral public services 8 North Ness Business Park, Lerwick, Scotland, ZE1 0LZContact name, email, phone Published organisation website ↗

Dispute resolution & review bodies

  • Lerwick Sheriff CourtReview body LerwickContact email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Official documents & specifications

Official links; attachments are not copied

No document links were published on the notice.