Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2019-03-18
Buyer: Orkney Islands Council
Country: UK
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 31121300 | 31121340 | 71314000: Energy and related services | 71356400
Estimated value: 860000 GBP
Submission deadline: 2019-04-15
Award criteria: The most economic tender

Technical requirements: Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for land-use planning and Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) support for the development of a number of onshore wind farm schemes on the Orkney Islands. This first stage procurement process seeks to pre-qualify a short list of suitable consultancies with the experience and capabilities to undertake an EIA, manage scheme design, undertake wind resource assessment and coordinate and submit an application for planning approval for 1 or more sites under the Town and Country Planning (Scotland) Act 1997 (the TCPA).
Orkney Islands Council is currently developing a number of wind generation projects with the aim of helping to trigger a new transmission network connection for Orkney to realise wider economic development benefits for Orkney whilst also generating income to help fill in the shortfall of government funding so that services can be maintained for the Orkney community.
The Council has progressed feasibility and some initial baseline survey and design works and is in the process of conducting various pieces of stakeholder engagement. A planning scoping opinion has been received from the Energy Consents Unit, initial community engagement has been undertaken, and bird surveys have commenced on site. Since the original scoping process, the proposed development has reduced in scale so that it will now be considered under the TCPA.
The scope of services to be provided by the successful consultant/consortium will include, but not necessarily be limited to the following:
Only those contractors who have achieved an overall pass for the ESPD and are one of the Top 5 highest scoring ESPD applications for Sections 4C.1.2, 4C.2, 4C.6 and 4C.9 will be selected to be issued with the invitation to tender documentation.
Orkney Islands Council is currently developing a number of wind generation projects with the aim of helping to trigger a new transmission network connection for Orkney to realise wider economic development benefits for Orkney whilst also generating income to help fill in the shortfall of government funding so that services can be maintained for the Orkney community.
The Council has progressed feasibility and some initial baseline survey and design works. A request for scoping opinion is due to be submitted to the local planning authority shortly.
The scope of services to be provided by the successful consultant/consortium will include, but not necessarily be limited to the following:
Only those contractors who have achieved an overall pass for the ESPD and are one of the Top 5 highest scoring ESPD applications for Sections 4C.1.2, 4C.2, 4C.6 and 4C.9 will be selected to be issued with the invitation to tender documentation.
Orkney Islands Council is currently developing a number of wind generation projects with the aim of helping to trigger a new transmission network connection for Orkney to realise wider economic development benefits for Orkney whilst also generating income to help fill in the shortfall of government funding so that services can be maintained for the Orkney community.
The Council has progressed feasibility and some initial baseline survey and design works. A request for scoping opinion is due to be submitted to the local planning authority shortly.
The scope of services to be provided by the successful consultant/consortium will include, but not necessarily be limited to the following:
Only those contractors who have achieved an overall pass for the ESPD and are one of the Top 5 highest scoring ESPD applications for Sections 4C.1.2, 4C.2, 4C.6 and 4C.9 will be selected to be issued with the invitation to tender documentation.
This will be included in the invitation to tender documentation issued at the second stage of the procedure.
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.

Eligibility requirements: Relevant selection criteria are included in the ESPD Scotland module.

Award value: 860000