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Dynamic Purchasing - Construction, Civil Engineering and associated works REVISED

Community ServicesCPV 45451000

Value£47.0m

Deadline17 Jun 2030

Published18 Sept 2025

RegionNationwide

Timeline

Published 18 Sept 20251388 days leftCloses 17 Jun 2030

Who to contact

Gwyn Evans

gwyn.evans@orkney.gov.uk

+44 1856873535

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit

Open the submissions portal

Orkney Islands Council, School Place, Kirkwall, KW15 1NY, United Kingdom. NUTS code: UKM65. Gwyn Evans, corporatepropertyhelpdesk@orkney.gov.uk, http://www.orkney.gov.uk/

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context

£47.0mtotal contract value

median £158k

this tender£0£50.8m

This is a large award for Construction — above three-quarters of comparable contracts. Based on 64,002 valued Construction tenders in our corpus.

When this comes round again

Orkney Islands Council has published 8 Construction notices, about every 4 months. On that rhythm the next one is expected around December 2026.

47% of Orkney Islands Council’s awards go to a supplier it has used before.

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The brief

Orkney 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, improvements, re-developments, testing, servicing and associated works will be covered by this DPS.

Works will be procured from a range methods, from dayworks to quick quotes for works up to 50,000 GBP and open procurement for works between 50,000 GBP and 2,000,000 GBP or where there is limited competition.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

1 named, none in explicit obligation language. Each one is quoted from the notice.

Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS)Frameworks & routes to market

Orkney Islands Council is extending its existing Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) for all construction, Civil Engineering and associated works for a 60 month period.

Matched against the notice text, so this is a floor — the tender pack will demand things the notice never mentions. “Says must” means the quoted sentence itself used obligation language; anything ambiguous is left as a mention.

What it takes to bid this

45–80 daysof bid-team effort

£30.8k–£54.8kat typical UK bid-team rates

Typical UK bid effort for the £10m+ band — an estimate, not a quote.

Qualify & bid/no-bid ~10% · SQ / PQQ ~20% · Written response ~55% · Review & presentation ~15%

Typical for this category — confirm against the ITT pack

Hold at bidSSIP-family accreditation (CHAS / Constructionline)
Hold at bidISO 45001 / H&S policy & CDM competence
Show at bidNamed site & contract managers with CVs
Show at bidComparable references / case studies
Hold at bidFinancial standing (accounts, often ~2× contract value turnover)
Hold at bidInsurance cover (PL / EL, often PI)
Show at bidSocial value commitments

Hold at bid = pass/fail conditions of participation. Show at bid = scored in the quality response. Plan for delivery = contract obligations from day one.

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