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Quick answer — Shetland Islands CouncilLast refreshed 05 Jun 2026

At a glance

Shetland Islands Council has awarded £698.9m across 123 suppliers, with 251 live contracts.

Why: Top supplier share 57% · 44 open notices now · 0 awards in last 90 d (£0) · SME share 80% (Cabinet Office target 33%) · 0 modifications in last 90 d.

Decision signals
Top-supplier concentration57%
Modifications · 90 d0
SME spend share80%
Pipeline · open now44
Awards · 90 d0
Supplier?PipelineTop suppliersCategories boughtWatchdog?ModificationsFOIA & transparencySME share

About this buyer

Mission, scope and statutory context.

Shetland Islands Council is a contracting authority, based in UKM66. Tracks 106 published notices and 64 awards on PublicSupply.

106
Notices published
64
Awards
123
Suppliers engaged
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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
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YoY change
£22.0m
Median award
Awards (£m)12m moving avg
Shetland Islands Council — 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

1

Pipeline notices

Open (bidding)

44

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

services64 · £651.0m
goods30 · £56.3m
works12 · £18.1m

Instrument type

contract106 · £725.4m
Source:Find a Tender: 106

Awarded contracts · 251 live

All contracts with a published award notice where Shetland Islands Council is the contracting authority.

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TitleSupplierCPVValueAwardedStatus
Provision of Administrative Services for the Delivery of Adaptations to Private Sector HousesHjaltland Housing Association Ltd75123000——active
Janet Courtney Hostel Refurbishment, Lerwick, Shetland - Architectural Services and Principal Designer—71220000——active
GCA Call off RM1557.14 Lot 2 Health & Safety Compliance SoftwareEvotix48000000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportJ & DS Halcrow60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportK and k transport60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportShetland Bus and Coach Ltd60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportGLJ Transport60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportSinclair's Taxis Ltd60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportGary H Johnson T/A Johnson transport60100000——active
Multi-Supplier Framework Agreement for the Provision of Passenger TransportANITA KELLY60100000——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
ML
Marston (Holdings) Limited
1 contract
£400.0mest.
57% of total
—
2
HM
Harper Macleod LLP
12 contracts · SME
£81.8mest.
12% of total
—
3
BL
Brodies LLP
10 contracts · SME
£54.3mest.
8% of total
—
4
AS
Anderson Strathern LLP
8 contracts · SME
£37.8mest.
5% of total
—
5
SA
Shepherd and Wedderburn LLP
5 contracts
£22.4mest.
3% of total
—
6
MF
Morton Fraser
3 contracts · SME
£14.3mest.
2% of total
—
7
TL
Thorntons Law LLP
2 contracts
£11.7mest.
2% of total
—
8
MF
Morton Fraser MacRoberts LLP
2 contracts · SME
£11.7mest.
2% of total
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9–123
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115 other suppliers
long tail · 97 SMEs
£65.0m
9% of total
various

Category spend breakdown

By CPV division · lifetime awards

Business, legal, advisory
51 contracts
£1.1bn
61%
Support transport services
3 contracts
£408.0m
23%
Architecture, engineering
97 contracts
£120.2m
7%
Public utilities
1 contract
£80.0m
5%
Transport equipment, vehicles
6 contracts
£46.5m
3%
Other
24 contracts
£20.0m
1%
Repair & maintenance
9 contracts
£13.4m
1%
Transport services
62 contracts
£1.8m
0%

Activity heatmap

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

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Sept
Oct
Nov
Dec
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Feb
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Business, legal, advisory
Support transport services
Architecture, engineering
Public utilities
Transport equipment, vehicles
Other
LessMore (£m awarded)

Commercial & procurement leadership

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

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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.

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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.

Shetland Islands Council 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.

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SME & social value

Performance against Cabinet Office targets & PPN 06/20.

80%
SME supplier share
target 33%
189
SME award rows
0
VCSE award rows
123
Distinct suppliers

Peer benchmark

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Statutory & accountability

Legal status, identifiers & accountable officers.

Identifiers & contact

Type
Contracting authority
Region
UKM66
Contact
Graeme MacDonald
Email
contract.admin@shetland.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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