Quick answer — Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority)Last refreshed 06 Jun 2026

At a glance

Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority) has awarded £204.5m across 8 suppliers, with 10 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 49% · 8 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 50% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration49%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share50%
Pipeline · open now8
Awards · 90 d0

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority) is a contracting authority, based in UKM65. Tracks 25 published notices and 7 awards on PublicSupply.

25
Notices published
7
Awards
8
Suppliers engaged
First award on file

Spend profile

Award value by month — rolling 24 months. Line shows 12-month moving average.

£0
12 m spend
£0
Prior 12 m
YoY change
£1.4m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority) — monthly award value, rolling 24 months£0m£0m£1m£1m£1mJulOctJanAprJulOctJanApr

Contract pipeline

Forward flow — planned notices through to completed awards in the last 90 days.

Planned

2

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

8

Live tenders

Awarded (90d)

0

£0

Frameworks open

0

Framework / DPS routes

Procurement mix

How this buyer procures — by procedure, instrument, and publication source.

Contract type

works7 · £407.5m
goods4 · £101.4m
services14 · £3.5m

Instrument type

contract25 · £512.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 25

Awarded contracts · 10 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority) is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Invitation to Tender for the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information ServiceShip2shoreorkney63513000£1.1mest.active
Provision of Shipyard Detailed Design and Build Contract RoPax Vesselsclosed
Supply of a Second Hand 24m Landing Craft Type VesselBK Marine Ltd.34512000£1.4mest.active
Provision of Shipyard Detailed Design and Build Contract RoPax Vessels34510000£100.0mest.active
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Aquatic Sample Processing and Taxonomic DeterminationAPEM Ltd71600000£300kest.active
Invitation to Tender for the Provision of Ballast Water SamplingOrcades Marine Management Consultants Ltd.90700000£300kest.active
Provision of Classification ServicesLloyd's Register EMEA63726100active
Provision of Consultancy and Technical Services for the Orkney Ferry Replacement Programme and Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 2Arch Henderson LLP45200000£1.4mest.active
Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay (SDWQ)Acciona Construccion S.A.45241100£200.0mest.active
Orkney Harbours Masterplan Phase 1 - Scapa Deep Water Quay (SDWQ)Jones Bros Ruthin (Civil Engineering) Co Ltd45241100£200.0mest.active
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Top suppliers · by total award value

Ranked by cumulative awarded value. YoY = last 12 months vs prior 12 months.

1
AC
£100.0mest.
49% of total
2
JB
£100.0mest.
49% of total
3
AH
£1.4mest.
1% of total
4
BM
1 contract · SME
£1.4mest.
1% of total
5
SH
1 contract · SME
£1.1mest.
1% of total
6
AL
1 contract · SME
£300kest.
0% of total
7
OM
£300kest.
0% of total
8
LR
£0
0% of total

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Construction works
4 contracts
£408.9m
80%
Transport equipment, vehicles
3 contracts
£101.8m
20%
Support transport services
2 contracts
£1.1m
0%
Architecture, engineering
1 contract
£300k
0%
Sewage, waste, environment
1 contract
£300k
0%

Activity heatmap

Award volume by CPV division × month. Darker = more £ awarded.

Jul
Aug
Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
Jan
Feb
Mar
Apr
May
Jun
Construction works
Transport equipment, vehicles
Support transport services
Architecture, engineering
Sewage, waste, environment
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

Who signs off contracts, owns frameworks and runs SME engagement.

Coming Q3 2026

Curated leadership roster

Chief commercial officer, framework owners, SME lead and clinical sign-offs per buyer. Top-50 contracting authorities first, rolling out by sector.

Modifications · 0 in 90 d

Variations logged under Procurement Act 2023 s.74. Above-tolerance modifications attract a flag.

Total mods
0
Above tolerance
0
Total value
£0
Novations
0

No modifications recorded in the last 90 days.

Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority) has not filed a modification notice in the selected window.

Compliance & transparency

FOIA performance, statutory disclosures & prompt payment.

Coming Q4 2026

FOIA & prompt-payment ingestion

Notice timeliness and modification flags are derivable today. FOIA refusal rate, prompt-payment %, KPI reporting and net-zero plans need new data sources — work scoped, ingestion next quarter.

SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

50%
SME supplier share
target 33%
4
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
8
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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News mentions

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM65
Contact
Rosemary Colsell
Email
rosemary.colsell@orkney.gov.uk

Board & accountable officers

Coming Q3 2026

Accountable officer + board roster

Pulled from gov.uk for arm's-length bodies and from Companies House for company-form buyers — chair, CEO, SRO and sign-off authority per contract band.

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