Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Westray to Papa Westray Pasenger Ferry Service
Authority: Orkney Islands Council (Local council)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionOrkney Islands Council is seeking to conduct a market test for the operation of a passenger ferry service between Pierowall (Westray) and Mocklett Pier (Papa Westray). Capacity should not be less than 40 passengers.
CPV: Ferry boats · Ferry transport services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0025 Utilities Contracts Regulations 2016 (Directive 2014/25/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 26 Mar 2021, 14:32 GMT
- Last source update
- 26 Mar 2021, 14:32 GMT
- Authority reference
OIC/PROC/1194- FTS notice number
2021/S 000-006236- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029fceFind a Tender
Publisher note: The contract value stated at II.1.5 of this Prior Information Notice is for both the option to operator the service using own vessel or to operator using a vessel owned by Orkney Islands Coundil. The contract value is inclusive of a 12 month contract period plus further options to extend for 3 x 12 month periods. The publication of this PIN does not commit Orkney Islands Council to any particular procurement process or to appoint a contractor or to the taking forward of the project. For the purposes of this market testing exercise it is not known at this point whether LOTs will be used. There is the potential for LOT 1 as operator to use own vessel and LOT 2 operator to use a vessel provided by Orkney Islands Council. Potential participants must note that a response to this PIN does not form part of any selection process. Should a notice inviting requests to participate in a procurement exercise be published a new expression of interest would be required in accordance with that notice. Please note that this PIN has been issued by Orkney Islands Council purely to inform the market of its intentions to carry out a procurement exercise. Orkney Islands Council reserves the right to amend the scope of its requirements as described in this PIN. NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site NOTE: To register your interest in this notice and obtain any additional information please visit the Public Contracts Scotland Web Site at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/Search/Search_Switch.aspx?ID=645128. (SC Ref:645128)
How it was run
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- Submission deadline
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Timeline
26 Mar 2021 → 5 May 2021 · 2 dates- Notice published26 Mar 2021, 14:32 GMT
- Tender notice expected5 May 2021, 00:00 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.