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Contract Award Notice

Invitation to Tender for the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Service

  • First published: 14 March 2026
  • Last modified: 14 March 2026
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Contents

Summary

OCID:
Published by:
Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority)
Authority ID:
AA45450
Publication date:
14 March 2026
Deadline date:
-
Notice type:
Contract Award Notice
Has documents:
No
Has SPD:
No
Has Carbon Reduction Plan:
N/A

Abstract

Orkney Islands Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the provision of the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Services to arriving cruise ship passengers and crew.

Full notice text

Contract award notice – utilities

Section I: Contracting entity

I.1) Name and addresses

Orkney Islands Council (Harbour Authority)

Council Offices, School Place

Kirkwall

KW15 1NY

UK

Contact person: Rosemary Colsell

Telephone: +44 1856873535

E-mail: Rosemary.colsell@orkney.gov.uk

NUTS: UKM65

Internet address(es)

Main address: http://www.orkneyharbours.com

Address of the buyer profile: https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA11522

I.6) Main activity

Port-related activities

Section II: Object

II.1) Scope of the procurement

II.1.1) Title

Invitation to Tender for the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Service

Reference number: OIC/PROC/1614

II.1.2) Main CPV code

63513000

 

II.1.3) Type of contract

Services

II.1.4) Short description

Orkney Islands Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the provision of the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Services to arriving cruise ship passengers and crew.

II.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

II.1.7) Total value of the procurement

Value excluding VAT: 1 125 000.00  GBP

II.2) Description

II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

63513000

II.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS code:

UKM65


Main site or place of performance:

Orkney Islands - Mainland

II.2.4) Description of the procurement

Orkney Islands Council invites tenders from suitably qualified and experienced Contractors for the provision of the Cruise Ship Welcome and Information Services to arriving cruise ship passengers and crew. The service is for an initial term of 36 months with options to extend for a further 2 x 12 months.

II.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion: Service Delivery / Weighting: 50

Quality criterion: Specific Expertise / Weighting: 30

Price / Weighting:  20

II.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

II.2.13) Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1) Description

IV.1.1) Type of procedure

Open procedure

IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

IV.2) Administrative information

IV.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the OJ S:

2022/S 000-033428

Section V: Award of contract

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

V.2 Award of contract

V.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract

01/03/2023

V.2.2) Information about tenders

Number of tenders received: 1

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 1

Number of tenders received from tenderers from EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 1

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

V.2.3) Name and address of the contractor

Ship2shoreorkney

30 wellington street

kirkwall

kw15 1ay

UK

Telephone: +44 7742156859

E-mail: zancarter@hotmail.com

NUTS: UKM65

The contractor is an SME: Yes

V.2.4) Information on value of the contract/lot (excluding VAT)

Total value of the contract/lot: : 1 107 300.00  GBP

V.2.5) Information about subcontracting

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.3) Additional information

Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to cancel the procurement at any stage and not award a Contract. The expenditure, work or effort undertaken by bidders prior to the award of any Contract is accordingly a matter solely for the commercial judgement of bidders.

Late tenders will not be considered by the Council and all questions are to be submitted via the Questions and Answers section of this contract advertisement on PCS.

An economic operator that suffers, or risks suffering, loss or damage attributable to a breach of duty under the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015 may bring proceedings in the Sheriff Court or Court of Session.

Tenderers should complete the SPD (Scotland) contained within the SPD Module attached to this notice.

(SC Ref:826537)

VI.4) Procedures for review

VI.4.1) Review body

Sheriff Court

Watergate

Kirkwall

KW15 1PD

UK

Telephone: +44 1856872110

E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk

VI.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Sheriff Court

Watergate

Kirkwall

KW15 1PD

UK

Telephone: +44 1856872110

E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk

VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Sheriff Court

Watergate

Kirkwall

KW15 1PD

UK

Telephone: +44 1856872110

E-mail: kirkwall@scotcourts.gov.uk

Internet address(es)

URL: http://www.scotcourts.gov.uk

VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice

13/03/2026

Coding

Commodity categories

ID Title Parent category
63513000 Tourist information services Travel agency and similar services

Delivery locations

ID Description
100 UK - All

Alert region restrictions

The buyer has restricted the alert for this notice to suppliers based in the following regions.

ID Description
There are no alert restrictions for this notice.

About the buyer

Main contact:
Rosemary.colsell@orkney.gov.uk
Admin contact:
N/a
Technical contact:
N/a
Other contact:
N/a

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