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Orkney Islands Council

ITT for the Provision of Specialist Consultancy Services for Landscape and Visual Assessments

Environment & WasteCPV 90714600
Value£150k
Deadline10 Aug 2026
Published10 Jul 2026
RegionNationwide
Timeline
Published 10 Jul 202616 days leftCloses 10 Aug 2026
Who to contact
Denise Link
Denise.link@orkney.gov.uk
+44 01856873535

The procurement contact named on the official notice.

How to submit
Open the submissions portal

The submission route named on the official notice.

Contract value in context
£150ktotal contract value
median £195k
this tender£0£5.0m

This sits in the lower-middle of the Environment & Waste band — a mid-scale opportunity. Based on 11,894 valued Environment & Waste tenders in our corpus.

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The brief

Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for specialist Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVIA) advisors to support the appraisal and assessment of a wide range of development projects, polices or proposals including EIA development projects.

Key requirements

What the supplier must deliver

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Orkney Islands Council has a requirement

Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for specialist Landscape and Visual Assessment (LVIA) advisors to support the appraisal and assessment of a wide range of development projects, polices or proposals including EIA development projects.

Derived from the notice text — always confirm against the original documents.

What it takes to bid this

1220 daysof bid-team effort
£8.2k£13.7kat typical UK bid-team rates
Compressed window — start the same week

Typical UK bid effort for the £100k–£1m 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 bidWaste carrier licence / environmental permits
  • Hold at bidISO 14001 (environmental)
  • Plan for deliveryTUPE (incumbent staff often transfer)
  • 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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Source & provenance
OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06c8dd
Stage
tender · Open
Source
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Buyer ref
065313-2026
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