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Published 22 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST

Official UK procurement notice

BAS - F44 Avcat bulk fuel to re supply RRS SDA

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£1,275,300published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Ministry of Defence

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKRI has appointed a supplier for theF44 Avcat bulk fuel to re supply RRS Sir David Attenborough.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: UK
09000000 Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
22 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
Last source update
22 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-7499
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-100057
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078e0c Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Urgency
Published justification

Schedule 5, Paragraph 13 and Paragraph 14 of the Procurement Act 2023, the public contract concerns goods strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, applies to the award of this contract.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    22 Oct 2026, 14:48 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    22 Oct 2026, 14:56 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    4 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,275,3001 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Ministry of Defence4 Nov 2026 – 3 Dec 2026£1,275,30022 Oct 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Ministry of DefenceAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Revenue UK1 Walker House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool, North West, L2 3YLContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender