The tender evaluation criteria used to award the current Northern Isles ferry services contract (2012-18) is set out in Section 3 of the Invitation to Submit Final Tender, Instructions to Participants, which is available from Transport Scotland’s website: http://www.transportscotland.gov.uk/system/files/documents/tsc-basic-pages/NIFS%20Vol%203%20ISFT%20ISFT%20Issue%20Version%282%201%29%2015%2002%2012%204%20for%20publication%20-%2018%20sept%202014.pdf The tender evaluation criteria used to award the previous Northern Isles ferry services (2006-12) contract is set out in Section 5 of the Invitation to Tender for Northern Isles Ferry Service, which is available from the Scottish Government’s website: http://www.gov.scot/Publications/2005/09/2195702/57039 S4W-25461