Published: July 2025

The Local Gov Procurement Index of
Orkney Islands Council

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See where your council ranks
Scotland

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National spending ranks

Out of 311 councils Orkney Islands Council was ranked:

176 th
Place
Total spending

£74.9m

spent directly on procurement in 2024

85 th
Place
SME spending

£31.4m spent

with SMEs, representing

42% of total spent in 2024

75 th
Place
VCSE spending

£8.2m spent

with VCSEs, representing

11% of total spent in 2024

293 rd
Place
Local spending

£5.7m spent

with Local businesses, representing

8% of total spent in 2024

Spending breakdown, mapped

Orkney Islands Council spend proportion graph
Methodology

This graph shows how your local authority performs on two key measures from the Index:

X-axis: The share of your council’s direct procurement spend that went to local suppliers - defined as suppliers based within your authority’s region.

Y-axis: The share of your direct procurement spend that created social value - defined as spend with SMEs (Small and Medium-sized Enterprises) or VCSEs (Voluntary, Community and Social Enterprises).

Only councils that published a full set of procurement spending data for 2024 are included in the chart.

This analysis highlights which local authorities are leading the way in embedding both local and social priorities into their procurement, and which have room to grow.

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Regional ranking

Here’s how Orkney Islands Council compares with 14 other authorities in Scotland.
Only councils with fully published 2024 procurement spend data are included.

SME Spending

2nd The Moray Council
3rd Orkney Islands Council
4th Argyll & Bute Council
5th Inverclyde Council

VCSE Spending

6th Inverclyde Council
7th Orkney Islands Council
8th Fife Council
9th Argyll & Bute Council

LOCAL Spending

6th The Moray Council
7th Orkney Islands Council
8th Argyll & Bute Council
9th Scottish Borders Council

Businesses in region

In Scotland the public sector is working with

6,967 SMEs

877 VCSEs

701 Local Businesses

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Scotland spending breakdown, by supplier type over time

Orkney Islands Council spending breakdown graph
Methodology

This chart tracks local authorities based in Scotland, their absolute value and the proportion of their procurement spent directly with SMEs, Local Businesses, and VCSEs from 2020 to 2024. Only authorities with complete procurement spend publishing for 2024 have been analysed.

This analysis matters because it reveals how effectively the region is directing spend towards suppliers that generate local and social value, helping benchmark performance, track progress over time and compare your local authority vs the region.

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