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Orkney Islands Council

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 20251424 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.

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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.

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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.

What it takes to bid this

4580 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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