Shetland Islands Council: Contract Register & Procurement Profile

ONS register: Local-authority-districtLocal authorityScotlandLerwick, ShetlandCentral purchasing body on 7 of 20 notices

Find a Tender organisation id71681Websiteshetland.gov.uk ↗

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Tenders you can still bid for.

Notices at tender stage whose deadline has not passed, counted the way the search counts them: a notice shows under every code and region it names.

Notices, last 12 months100% vs prior 12 months (10)
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Notices published in the last 12 months.

Counted per tender, not per lot, against the 12 months before where shown.

Typical bids per lot233.3% single-bid · 6 bid reports
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

Top-3 supplier share17%of 35 awarded procedures · 64 suppliers
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How much of this buyer’s work goes to its three most frequent suppliers.

Share of its awarded tenders that name at least one of the top three. Each tender is counted once.

35 awarded tenders, 64 different suppliers.

Describes the record. It is not a sign of favouritism.

All awards we hold.

Contracts ending ≤18 months118 within 6 months · 11 estimated
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

Published award value, 24m£15mnet · on 12 of 12 published values · top 5 = 88%
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

What they buy
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What kind of work is bought here.

Notices by procurement category (CPV). A notice with several categories counts in each.

Last 24 months · CPV divisions on published procedures · a notice with several divisions counts in each

How they buy
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

Last 24 months · 20 notices · commercial tool and route as published on the notice, not a legal-regime claim

Commercial tool
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How work here is packaged.

Notices by commercial tool: a single contract, a framework, or a dynamic purchasing system.

  • Contract85%(17 notices)
    17 of 20 notices are Contract (85%).
  • Framework15%(3 notices)
    3 of 20 notices are Framework (15%).
Procedure route
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Which procedures buyers here use.

Notices by the procedure they declare: open, selective, limited or direct. Open and selective are competitions; limited and direct are not.

  • Open55%(11 notices)
    11 of 20 notices are Open (55%).
  • Limited / restricted30%(6 notices)
    6 of 20 notices are Limited / restricted (30%).
  • Selective15%(3 notices)
    3 of 20 notices are Selective (15%).
Typical bids per lot
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How many companies usually bid when this buyer runs a tender.

Middle value of the bid counts on its award notices, one per lot. Only real competitions count: direct awards and framework places are left out.

Based on 6 lots from this buyer’s competitions, last 24 months.

Last 24 months, all categories.

2robust · n=633.3% of lots drew a single bid
Notice amendments
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How often this buyer changes a notice after publishing it.

Middle number of amendments per notice. Deadline extensions and corrections both count.

Based on 20 notices across all categories, last 24 months.

Last 24 months.

113 of 20 notices amended

Who wins here
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Which suppliers win the most here.

Suppliers ranked by the number of tenders won, not by money. A supplier on one big framework with many call-offs does not outrank one that won many separate competitions.

All published awards naming a supplier · ranked by distinct procedures, not pounds · panel and call-off entries inflate award records

SupplierProceduresShareLast 24mAward recordsLast activity
Shetland Grasscutting (a trading name of Grounds Maintenance Solutions Ltd)25.7%22—
HNP Engineers (Lerwick) Ltd25.7%12—
Malakoff Limitedframework/DPS on 225.7%02—
K and k transportframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Wastbus Ltdframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Martin's Car Hireframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
Gary H Johnson T/A Johnson transportframework/DPS on 112.9%13—
J & K Scollayframework/DPS on 112.9%13—

The three most frequent suppliers are named on 17% of 35 awarded procedures (each procedure counted once, so a panel shared by several of them is not double-counted); 64 distinct suppliers hold at least one. Descriptive concentration of published awards, not a statement of preference.

Published award value (24m)
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How much this buyer has awarded recently, by published values.

Sum of published VAT-exclusive awards to single suppliers, last 24 months. Left out: concession revenue, framework ceilings, repeated notices, equal-value duplicates.

Published values, not actual spend. The biggest rows are listed so you can check.

£15mSum of published VAT-exclusive values on 12 of 12 published single-supplier values; the five largest make 88%.
Typical single-supplier award (24m)
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The middle published award value for this buyer.

Middle value of the same awards as the total above.

Last 24 months.

£364k middle valuerobust · n=12Middle half £205k–£962k.
Largest published awards
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The biggest published awards.

Awards to a single supplier with a published value, largest first, so you can check the totals against the notice.

A repeated framework total can appear here. Open the notice to check.

SupplierAwardedTermPublished value
B9082 Gutcher to Cullivoe Road Improvement, Yell, ShetlandC W Johnson Plant Ltd——£8,915,949 †
CCS Call Off RM1557.14 Lot 2 Cloud Software - ITSM SoftwareAccess UK Ltd——£1,754,304 †
CCS Call Off RM6098 Lot 3 Microsoft LicensesUltima Business Solutions Ltd——£1,573,154 †
Provision of Administrative Services for the Delivery of Adaptations to Private Sector HousesHjaltland Housing Association Ltd——£758,000 †
Grounds Maintenance Services - Contract B - Central MainlandShetland Grasscutting (a trading name of Grounds Maintenance Solutions Ltd)——£499,125 †

Contracts ending
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Contracts that finish in the next 18 months.

Contracts ending in that window by the published end date or, where only a duration is published, an estimate from signature plus duration (marked). Neither, not counted.

An end date does not confirm a new procurement.

34 of 41 contracts carry an end date, 26 estimated from the duration · not a retender forecast

Soonest 10 of 11 contracts ending within 18 months.

Recent procedures

Latest 50 of 52 procedures where this authority buys, is the authority the work is for, or runs the procurement

ProcedureStatusPublishedPublished value
Grounds Maintenance Services - Contract D - North MainlandGrassing servicesAwarded / complete14 Apr 2025—
Grounds Maintenance Services - Contract B - Central MainlandGrassing servicesAwarded / complete14 Apr 2025—
Provision of Naval Architecture Consultancy ServicesFrameworkcentral purchasing bodyMarine servicesAwarded / complete8 Apr 2025£500,000
Fair Isle & Grutness Ferry Terminal Redevelopmentcentral purchasing body3 lotsConstruction workAwarded / complete28 Feb 2025—
B9082 Gutcher to Cullivoe Road Improvement Scheme, Yell, ShetlandRoad construction worksCancelled21 Feb 2025£9,900,000
Supply of Fully-Automatic Twin Ram Horizontal Balercentral purchasing bodyRecycling equipmentAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025£325,000
Provision of Energy Transition Adviser and Project Coordinator for ORIONcentral purchasing bodyEnergy and related servicesAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025—
Consultancy Service for Knab Site Redevelopment Infrastructure and Public Realm Designcentral purchasing bodyInfrastructure works consultancy servicesAwarded / complete7 Jan 2025£400,000
Promote Shetland Service 2022-2027central purchasing bodyPromotional servicesAwarded / complete6 Jan 2025£2,000,000
Supply, installation and commissioning (including delivery) of 2 data acquisition and monitoring systems for tugs Tystie and Duntercentral purchasing bodyTug boatsCancelled19 Nov 2024£350,000
Anderson High School, Lerwick, Shetland - Hard Facilities Management ServicesBuilding and facilities management servicesCancelled11 Sept 2024—
Supply and Delivery of Fresh Fish to Shetland Islands CouncilFrameworkFresh fish filletsAwarded / complete19 Aug 2024£544,000
Supply and Delivery of Marine Grade Gas Oil to Shetland Islands CouncilFrameworkFuel oilsAwarded / complete1 Jul 2024£8,000,000
Provision of Business Gateway Shetland Advisory Services 2023 - 2026Framework4 lotsFeasibility studyAwarded / complete4 Jun 2024£300,000
Supply of 2 (two) Engine Room Propulsion Engines MV Fivlacentral purchasing bodyEnginesAwarded / complete7 May 2024£280,000
Operation of Inter-Island Ferry Service between Shetland Mainland and Foulacentral purchasing bodyFerry transport servicesAwarded / complete6 May 2024£1,750,000
Early Learning and Childcare Flexible Framework AgreementFrameworkcentral purchasing body2 lotsChild daycare servicesAwarded / complete18 Apr 2024—
Engineering Inspection Services2 lotsTechnical inspection and testing servicesUnsuccessful14 Feb 2024£400,000
Provision of Consultant Marine, Civil Engineering and Technical Services at Sullom Voe Harbour Area, ShetlandFrameworkCivil engineering consultancy servicesAwarded / complete29 Nov 2023—
Supply and Delivery of Biomass Pelletscentral purchasing bodyWood fuelsAwarded / complete9 Nov 2023—

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About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • One profile per authority. Different spellings and registration numbers of the same body are merged into this profile. It includes tenders the authority ran for other bodies and tenders run on its behalf; spend is credited to the body that pays.
  • Values are published values. Award values are what the authority published, excluding VAT and framework ceilings. They are not a budget or total spend.
  • Contract end dates. 34 of 41 published contracts have an end date; 26 of those are estimated as the signature (or publication) date plus the published duration and are marked “estimated”. They feed “Contracts ending”, the same rule as the retender radar.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.