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Shetland Islands Council Awards LiDAR and Aerial Photography Surveying Contract

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Published March 17th, 2026
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Shetland Islands Council has awarded a contract valued at £207,400 for Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) and aerial digital photography surveying. The contract covers mapping of the entire Shetland region and associated islands.

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Shetland Islands Council has awarded a contract for LiDAR and aerial photography surveying services to map the entirety of Shetland, its islands, and inter-tidal zones. The contract, valued at £207,400, includes terrestrial LiDAR mapping with a density of 10 points per square metre, digital aerial photography, data processing, and data ownership transfer.

This notice serves as a contract award notification. Regulated entities involved in public procurement in the UK should note the details of this award. No specific compliance actions or deadlines are imposed on external parties by this notice, as it pertains to a specific government contract award.

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Contract

PROVISION OF LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) AND AERIAL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SURVEYING AND DATA (LiDAR MAPPING)

  • Shetland Islands Council F03: Contract award notice

Notice identifier: 2026/S 000-024146

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-05ef81

Published 17 March 2026, 2:44pm

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Shetland Islands Council

8 North Ness Business Park

Lerwick, Shetland

ZE1 0LZ

Contact

Graeme MacDonald

Email

contract.admin@shetland.gov.uk

Telephone

+44 1595744595

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM66 - Shetland Islands

Internet address(es)

Main address

http://www.shetland.gov.uk

Buyer's address

https://www.publiccontractsscotland.gov.uk/search/Search_AuthProfile.aspx?ID=AA00402

The contract is awarded by a central purchasing body

Regional or local authority

General public services

PROVISION OF LIGHT DETECTION AND RANGING (LiDAR) AND AERIAL DIGITAL PHOTOGRAPHY SURVEYING AND DATA (LiDAR MAPPING)

Reference number

P/01/25

Aerial mapping services

Services

Shetland Islands Council has contracted for carrying out Light Detection and Ranging (LiDAR) mapping of the entirety of Shetland, its islands and all inland areas, extending down to the inter-tidal zone.

the Council requires:

  1. Terrestrial LiDAR mapping of the whole of Shetland with a point cloud density of 10 (ten) points per square metre;

  2. Digital aerial photography of the whole of Shetland;

  3. Processing of the data and delivery of files/ data; and

4.Ownership of data provided by Service Provider.

This contract is divided into lots: No

Value excluding VAT: £207,400

NUTS codes
  • UKM66 - Shetland Islands

Shetland Islands Council have Contracted an external organisation to carry out LiDAR mapping and photography of the entirety of Shetland Islands including Foula and Fair Isle to the specifications stated in ITT, and provide the resulting data outputs in the described formats.

Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 30

Price - Weighting: 70

Options: No

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

Open procedure

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

Notice number: 2025/S 000-080079

Contract No

P/01/25

A contract/lot is awarded: Yes

12 March 2026

Number of tenders received: 2

Number of tenders received from SMEs: 2

Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0

Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 1

Number of tenders received by electronic means: 2

The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No

Field Geospatial AS

Drammensveien 260

Oslo

N-0283

Country

Norway

NUTS code
  • NO081 - Oslo
The contractor is an SME

Yes

Total value of the contract/lot: £207,400

(SC Ref:826839)

Lerwick Sheriff Court

King Erik Street

Lerwick

ZE1 0HD

Email

lerwick@scotcourts.gov.uk

Country

United Kingdom

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Classification

Agency
UK Government
Published
March 17th, 2026
Instrument
Notice
Legal weight
Non-binding
Stage
Final
Change scope
Minor

Who this affects

Applies to
Government agencies
Geographic scope
National (UK)

Taxonomy

Primary area
Government Contracting
Operational domain
Compliance
Topics
Data Management Public Services

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