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Provision of 2027 Refit Services MV Eynhallow

Open United Kingdom Repair & maintenance services

Buyer Orkney Islands Council

30 days left

Key facts

Closes
12:00 (UTC)
Estimated value
€599,809
converted from GBP
Competition
Incumbent-locked
  1. Published
  2. Today
  3. Deadline open for 34 days
  4. Awarded pending

Bidding window

33 days from publication to deadline

Usual length

Notices of this kind (United Kingdom, open procedure, below the EU threshold) give a median of 26 days, half of them between 20 and 30 days, based on 2,324 notices of the last two years.

This buyer usually gives 30 days (median of its last 17 calls for tender).

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The Aperlena Verdict

Incumbent-locked

Bill Mackie Engineering Ltd has won 5 of the last 6 comparable contracts from this buyer over 5 years. Winning here means displacing an incumbent, so price the effort accordingly.

Based on 6 comparable awards by this buyer in this sector over 5 years. Every verdict is recorded before the outcome and graded against the award notice. How we score ourselves.

Description

2027 Vessel refit services of MV Eynhallow with repairs to commence on Monday 26 April 2027 and to be completed by Monday 21 June 2027 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. 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=844554. The buyer has indicated that it will accept electronic responses to this notice via the Postbox facility. A user guide is available at https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/sitehelp/help_guides.aspx. Suppliers are advised to allow adequate time for uploading documents and to dispatch the electronic response well in advance of the closing time to avoid any last minute problems. (SC Ref:844554) Download the copy of the online SPD document here (to be completed online through postbox submission): https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/ESPD/ESPD_Download.aspx?id=844554

Bid or no-bid?

Six questions before you commit a team. Under each one, what the register holds on it. The answers are yours.

  1. In your favour:

    Do we meet every eligibility criterion?

    Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.

  2. Your call:

    Can we deliver this with the team we have?

    Estimated at €599,809.

  3. Your call:

    Do we have two comparable references?

    Comparable work is in Repair & maintenance services.

  4. In your favour:

    Is the deadline realistic for a proper offer?

    30 days left, 21 of them working days.

  5. Your call:

    Is there a margin at the likely winning price?

    This buyer usually awards this kind of contract for between €88,820 and €206,353.

  6. Against a newcomer:

    Do we know this buyer?

    One supplier won 5 of the last 6 comparable contracts.

Can I bid?

  • Open procedure: any interested supplier may submit a bid.
  • Documents in English.

Official source

Source: Public Contracts Scotland

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Last verified against Public Contracts Scotland 1 day ago

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What this buyer has paid before

Based on 6 comparable contracts this buyer awarded in this sector over the last 4 years.

This notice
€599,809
Median award
€126,355
Middle half of past awards
€88,820 to €206,353

The estimate is larger than three in four past awards.

Most recent awards

Award values as published by the official sources. Use them as a guide, not a rule: scope, lots and duration differ between contracts.

Orkney Islands Council

United Kingdom

notices in the register
40
awards
20
awarded in total
€2.0M

Who wins its contracts

Moderately concentrated
different companies won its awards
14
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
42%
of its calls state an estimated value
100%

Based on 19 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

One dot per award, on the day it was signed, sized by its value. A ring is an award with no published value.

Who usually wins this buyer's contracts in this sector

Company Wins Total awarded Last win
Bill Mackie Engineering Ltd 5 €641,083 Mar 2026
Macduff Shipyards Limited 1 €285,573 Jul 2026

Based on 6 awards with a linked company profile over the last 5 years.

2 open tenders right now

Market context

Larger than 67% of the open notices in Repair & maintenance services across Europe.

open now in Repair & maintenance services
5,006
median open notice
€220,829

Who wins in this market

Many suppliers

United Kingdom · Repair & maintenance services

different companies won awards here
342
of the awards went to the three most frequent winners
7%
buyers awarded contracts here
207

Based on 450 awards with a named winner over the last 3 years. Counted by award, not by value, because lot and framework amounts are not comparable. Concentrated means the three most frequent winners took 65% or more of the awards; many suppliers, under 35% with at least ten different winners.

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