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Public sector contracts from Orkney Islands Council
Its new tenders, who it buys from and when its contracts end, from published award notices.
- 19
- Awards, last 12 months
- 84
- Awards since 2021
- 60
- Distinct suppliers
- £150k
- Median contract value
- 0
- Ending in 18 months
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- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021
- Took on 11 new suppliers in the last 12 months
19 contract awards published in the last 12 months, up from 15 the year before, and 84 since 2021 from 60 suppliers.
Orkney Islands Council at a glance
The median published contract value is £150k (84 contracts state a value).
Its most active procurement category is vehicles and transport equipment.
Motus Commercials Derby appears most frequently, holding 6 awards.
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Most frequent suppliers
- Motus Commercials Derby6 awards
- Iveco Limited4 awards
- Northwards Ltd3 awards
- A M Phillip Trucktech Limited3 awards
- R.Clouston Ltd2 awards
- MedGen Ltd Scotland2 awards
- Randstad2 awards
- Seven Resourcing LTD2 awards
- Voyage Limited2 awards
- YpeopleSME2 awards
How much goes to small firms and the voluntary sector
23 of 42 awards
Awards since November 2023 where Orkney Islands Council recorded on the notice whether the winner was an SME. The badges next to each supplier are stricter: a supplier is only badged when every buyer's notices agree.
Every supplier to Orkney Islands Council with a profile22
- A M Phillip Trucktech Limited3
- Brodies LLP1
- Burges-Salmon LLP1
- Courtside Conversions Limited1
- Dennis Eagle LTD1
- EVM Direct Limited1
- Firntec LTD1
- Ford Motor Co. Ltd Self Billing1
- Ford Motor Company Limited1
- GM Coachworks Limited1
- Harper Macleod LLP1
- Iveco Limited4
- James A. Cuthbertson, Limited1
- Locogen Limited1
- Motus Commercials Derby6
- Profile Security Services Limited1
- Randstad2
- Seven Resourcing LTD2
- Toyota (GB) PLC2
- Voyage Limited2
- WN Vtech T/A Mellor Coachcraft1
- YpeopleSME2
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Most active categories
The CPV codes on this work
The codes Orkney Islands Council classifies its contracts under. Each one shows who else buys that work, the typical value, and what is coming up for renewal.
- 34114400Minibuses6
- 34131000Pick-ups5
- 34136000Vans4
- 70333000Housing services3
- 34136200Panel vans3
- 34114000Specialist vehicles3
- 85300000Social work and related services2
- 60112000Public road transport services2
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Orkney Islands Council, in short
Who does Orkney Islands Council award contracts to?
Across 84 contracts recorded since 2021, Orkney Islands Council has used 60 different suppliers. The most frequent are Motus Commercials Derby (6 contracts), Iveco Limited (4 contracts), Northwards Ltd (3 contracts).
What does Orkney Islands Council buy?
Its most active procurement categories are vehicles and transport equipment, health and social care, environmental and waste services. Categories are derived from the CPV codes published on each award notice.
When do Orkney Islands Council contracts come up for renewal?
No contracts awarded by Orkney Islands Council currently have a recorded end date within the next 18 months. Not every award notice publishes an end date, so this is a floor rather than a complete picture.
How much does Orkney Islands Council spend on contracts?
The median published contract value is £150k, across the 84 contracts that state a value. Published values are not added up here: a framework's value is a ceiling shared by every supplier on it, and the same value is often repeated across lots, so adding them up would overstate what is spent.
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How these figures are worked out
- The last 12 months: award notices published from 8 November 2025 to 7 November 2026, each contract counted once however many suppliers or rows it has. The same window is used everywhere on this page.
- Year on year: Its published contract awards were level, then rose in the last year. Contracts by publication date in the 12 months to 7 Nov 2026 and the two years before it, oldest first: 15, 15 and 19. A change of more than 15% counts as a rise or fall; each year needs at least 5 contracts.
- Has awarded contracts every year since 2021: At least one contract in every calendar year from 2021 to 2026, by award date (or publication date where the award date is later). Our records begin in 2021.
- Took on 11 new suppliers in the last 12 months: Suppliers named on a contract it awarded and published since 8 November 2025, and on none before. Counted by organisation, not by spelling.
- Most recent award: recorded 29 Aug 2026 (2 months ago).
- Since 2021: totals count contracts by award date from January 2021, and suppliers by organisation rather than by spelling.
Sources
Contract data on this page is sourced from Find a Tender and Contracts Finder and published under the Open Government Licence v3.0. Contains public sector information licensed under that licence. Figures cover contract award notices published from January 2021 onward, with comprehensive coverage from 2023. Earlier contracts, and any award not published to Find a Tender or Contracts Finder, will not appear. Figures may lag the source portals. Relative dates (such as “in 6 days”) count from 7 November 2026, when this page was built.
How to cite this data
Tender Radar (2026) Public sector contracts from Orkney Islands Council [Dataset]. Professor AI. Available at: https://tender-radar.co.uk/buyers/orkney-islands-council (Accessed: 7 November 2026).
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