Procurement Strategy 2023 to 2028

The Council’s 'Procurement Strategy Update for 2023 to 2028' is available from the 'Related Downloads' section of this page.

Orkney Islands Council undertook a public consultation over the summer of 2023 and has now published its Procurement Strategy Update, as required by the Procurement Reform (Scotland) Act 2014, in December 2023. In order to report compliance with its Procurement Strategy and the Act itself,.

In order to evidence our progress against our strategic targets and the new duties introduced by the Act as set in the updated Procurement Strategy, the Council must also publish its Procurement  Annual report to detail the form of measurement taken. The statistics presented in the report provides the evidence which should, over time, show how the Council is progressing against both the national and local objectives. The Forward Plan is available as part of the Annual Report.

Targets set in the Council’s Procurement Strategy and progress towards these will be noted in this Procurement Annual Reports published each year and  available in PDF format from the 'Related Links' section of this page.