Buyer
Orkney Islands Council
The tender notices in our corpus from Orkney Islands Council, newest first, read from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder. Each links to its own page and to the original.
- Notices in the corpus
- 116Counted in the corpus search index when this page was read, across every stage (forecast, tender, award, contract). The index is refreshed by the corpus, so the newest notices may be missing for a while.Counted at Thu 29 Oct 2026, 04:06 GMT.
- Newest notice published
- 6 Oct 2026
- Buyer type
- Local AuthorityThe corpus’s classification from the buyer name, as supplied.
- Read the buyer’s published records, newest first.
- Separate planning, live opportunities and historical outcomes.
- Read the original lot, value basis and documents.
- Investigate relevance before authorising response work.
Which notices has this buyer published?
Open notices are live tenders and forecasts. All notices also include historical ones: awarded, closed or past their deadline.
- Provision of Kerbside Collections and Associated Services for the Islands of Eday, Sanday, Stronsay, Westray, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Rousay, Egilsay and WyreOrkney Islands Council · Published 1 Oct 2026Orkney Islands Council ("the Authority") has a requirement for the provision of kerbside collections and associated services, the majority of these provided as a statutory requirement under the Environmental Protection Act 1990 (As Amended), for domestic and commercial wastes arising on the Islands£1,068,006Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Mon 2 Nov 2026, 12:00 GMT
- Grounds Maintenance Services: 2027-2031Orkney Islands Council · Published 31 Aug 2026To provide grounds maintenance services across the Orkney mainland, linked south isles and Hoy. This will include grass cutting, strimming, weed control, maintenance of planting including shrubs and small trees. Note this will be a term service contract for the four year period from 1 April 2027 unt£2,000,000Estimated value stated in the noticeForecast · Planning
- Dynamic Purchasing - Construction, Civil Engineering and associated works REVISEDOrkney Islands Council · Published 18 Sep 2025Orkney Islands Council is extending its existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for all construction, Civil Engineering and associated works for a 60 month period. This will replace the existing Approved Contractors List. Works up to 2,000,000 GBP including reactive and planned maintenance, improve£47,000,000Estimated value stated in the noticeCloses Mon 17 Jun 2030, 12:00 BST
- Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Asbestos Surveys and Associated Works 2025-2028Orkney Islands Council · Published 18 Jul 2025Asbestos surveys and associated works across the OIC property estate or where staff occupy space. Surveys will be for both domestic and non-domestic properties including circulation spaces.Value not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- Invitation to Tender for Catering ProvisionsOrkney Islands Council · Published 16 Aug 2022Orkney Islands Council has a requirement to appoint suppliers / providers in relation to the supply and delivery of catering products to a number of authority establishments throughout Orkney. The required provisions are as follows: Fresh Milk, Fresh Fruit, Vegetables and Potatoes, Fresh Fish, FreshValue not stated in sourceForecast · Planning
- Provision of Environmental Consultancy for Scapa Deep Water Quay and Hatston DevelopmentsOrkney Islands Council · Published 16 Aug 2022Orkney Islands Council intend to appoint an Environmental Consultant to undertake Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA) and Statutory Consenting for two projects; Scapa Deep Water Quay and Hatston DevelopmentsValue not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
- Hydrographic Surveys 2022-26Orkney Islands Council · Published 29 Jun 2022A 5-year programme of hydrographic surveys at various locations in the Orkney Islands Council Harbour Authority areaValue not stated in sourceLive tender · Open
What has this buyer published most recently?
This preview follows the current page’s record order. It is a sample, not a complete history or a forecast.
- 01
Provision of Kerbside Collections and Associated Services for the Islands of Eday, Sanday, Stronsay, Westray, North Ronaldsay, Papa Westray, Rousay, Egilsay and Wyre
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 02
Grounds Maintenance Services: 2027-2031
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 03
Dynamic Purchasing - Construction, Civil Engineering and associated works REVISED
Estimated value stated in the notice
- 04
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Asbestos Surveys and Associated Works 2025-2028
Value not stated in source
- 05
Invitation to Tender for Catering Provisions
Value not stated in source
How should you check a record before using it?
Follow its notice page to the original publication, then read the current document and value basis.
A published amount may describe a contract, lot or framework ceiling. The wording beside each record states the basis supplied by the source.
Publications: Find a Tender and Contracts Finder.
- Open the linked tender page and its original publication, where recorded.
- Separate publication, award and response dates.
- Read the value basis; a framework ceiling is not money spent.
- Use the named organisation; do not merge a group parent by assumption.
How much time should you allow to review this page?
Multiply the visible record count by your own review time. Follow-up documents are extra work.
Plan this page’s review
7 records on this page × your minutes per record.
Five minutes is an illustration. Later pages and linked documents are additional work.
- First record5
- Remaining records on this page30
What should you investigate first?
Check the notice’s stage and scope before treating it as available work.
- Record01
Open one relevant notice
Keep its identifier and original publication together. - Context02
Separate invitation from outcome
Planning and award notices are not current invitations. - Evidence03
Read the current documents
Follow scope, lots and updates; resolve missing information through the buyer. - Decision04
Record why it matters
Keep facts separate from eligibility or future-demand assumptions. - Action05
Name a useful follow-up
Decide whether preparation work is justified.
An editorial review sequence, not a buyer timetable or predicted cycle.
What can you safely conclude from these records?
Use the facts each record states. A page of notices or awards does not establish market share, a win rate or future demand.
Review the recorded limitations below. Missing data stays missing, and organisations are linked only when the corpus supplies a page key.
- The corpus and this page are bounded views of published records.
- No organisation-wide spend or awarded-value total is calculated here.
- A named buyer link is not evidence of a wider group relationship.
- Past records do not establish the next opportunity’s date or value.
Where can you investigate next?
Use the guides to resolve the notice stage, framework or evidence question.
| Next record or guide | Purpose |
|---|---|
| Search Contracts Finder records | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Separate frameworks from contracts | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check the invitation’s stage | Understand the next part of the bid |
| Check security evidence | Understand the next part of the bid |
The next decision needs a record someone can check.
What is the useful next action?
Open a relevant notice and establish whether there is work your team should investigate.
Keep the source, uncertainty and decision together.
Explore current and past tenders →- Locate a relevant published notice.
- Follow original documents and the stage.
- Resolve evidence and delivery questions.
- Keep a specific action and its reasons.
What are the limits of this record?
- Notices are linked to this buyer by a slug made from the buyer name on each notice. A notice that writes the name differently may be under another buyer, or none.
- Buyer type is the corpus's classification from the buyer name, not an official category.
Where was this record read?
- Buyer
- orkney-islands-council
- Read at
- Thu 29 Oct 2026, 04:06 GMT
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