Notice Information
Notice Title
Provision of Post Consent Commercial Advice
Notice Description
Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for an expert financial/commercial adviser in relation to the development of three wind farm sites comprising Orkney's Community Wind Farm Project, and seeks suitably qualified and experienced consultants to undertake this work. All three wind farms are at different stages, and thus, require different levels of commercial advice.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Orkney Islands Council has a requirement for an expert financial/commercial adviser in relation to the development of three wind farm sites comprising Orkney's Community Wind Farm Project. All three wind farms are at different stages, and thus, require different levels of commercial advice. The Council seeks suitably qualified and experienced consultants to undertake this work. Consortium bids are welcome however a lead consultant should be identified.
Renewal: Two Authority held options to extend by 12 months each
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05f7a7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022955-2026
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting
71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
-
- CPV Codes
31121340 - Wind farm
71314000 - Energy and related services
71356400 - Technical planning services
79112100 - Stakeholders representation services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £285,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £285,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £285,000 £100K-£500K
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 13 Mar 20261 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- 23 Jan 2026Expired
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 5 Mar 20261 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- ORKNEY ISLANDS COUNCIL
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- KIRKWALL
- Postcode
- KW15 1NY
- Post Town
- Kirkwall
- Country
- Scotland
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLM Scotland
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLM2 Highlands and Islands
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLM20 Highlands and Islands
- Delivery Location
- TLM65 Orkney Islands
-
- Local Authority
- Orkney Islands
- Electoral Ward
- Kirkwall East
- Westminster Constituency
- Orkney and Shetland
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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