Northern Isles Ferry Services 4 (Preliminary Market Consultation)
Details
- Buyer
- Transport Scotland
- Topic
- Ferry transport services
- Published
- 15 April 2025
Tender description
The NIFS network provides vital year-round transportation between mainland Scotland and the Orkney and Shetland Island. The services connect Aberdeen to Lerwick (Shetland), with some sailings stopping at Kirkwall (Orkney), and Scrabster to Stromness (Orkney). The service currently utilises 3 passenger and 2 freight vessels to operate to and from the 5 ports. Transport Scotland is currently exploring market options and gauging interest from companies who may be interested in bidding for the next iteration of the Northern Isles Ferry Services contract (NIFS4) following expiry of the existing contract on 30th June 2028. Responses will be used for information gathering purposes only at this stage, and to inform the procurement strategy for these services.
Timeline
- Completed: Pre-tender published15 April 2025Current notice
About the buyer
Transport Scotland is a central government agency of the Scottish Government and runs its own procurement. Collaborative frameworks from the Scottish Government, Scotland Excel and the Government Commercial Agency are used where appropriate. Appropriate staff must hold a suitable level of Delegated Purchasing Authority. Buying follows the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014 and the Public Contracts (Scotland) Regulations 2015.
Over the past 5 years, most of Transport Scotland's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, business services and IT services.
Decision makers
Connect with the people behind this procurement.
| Contact name | Job title | Phone number | Work email |
|---|---|---|---|
| Head of Procurement | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov | |
| Commercial Director | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov | |
| Procurement Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov | |
| Category Lead | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov | |
| Senior Buyer | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov | |
| Contracts Manager | +44 •••• •••••• | ••••••••@transport-scotland.gov |
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