Cooling Equipment Decommissioning — UK public procurement notice

Name: Procurement Process ocds-h6vhtk-07859d
Creator: ORE Catapult
Published: 2026-10-12T12:25:43.000Z
License: https://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence/version/3/

Official notice

Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)

Direct award

Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: North East (UKC21)

Awarded value£92,960published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 8 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Aqua Cooling Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The purpose of this direct award is to appoint Aqua Cooling Ltd to decommission existing cooling systems for the test rig and ancillary equipment in preparation for the planned upgrade of the 15MW facility.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: North East

42500000 Cooling and ventilation equipment

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: 12 Oct 2026, 13:25 BST
Last source update: 12 Oct 2026, 13:32 BST
Authority reference: ORE/26/060
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-096086
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: North East (UKC21)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07859d Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification: This is the only option because Aqua Cooling designed and installed the existing system and holds the original design and installation information.

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £92,9601 award exc. VAT

Contracts signed 1latest 12 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Aqua Cooling Limited14 Oct 2026 — 18 Dec 2026	£92,960	8 Oct 2026	Awarded

Contracts

Contract 1 · Aqua Cooling Limited
Signed
12 Oct 2026
Value
£92,960
Period
14 Oct 2026 — 18 Dec 2026
Status
active

Notice history

5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Oct 2026

Contract signature expected
13 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Contract details notice published
12 Oct 2026, 13:32 BSTUK7
Contract award notice published
12 Oct 2026, 13:29 BSTUK6
Transparency notice published
12 Oct 2026, 13:25 BSTUK5
First award notice published
12 Oct 2026, 13:25 BST

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

ORE Catapult

Contracting authorityPublic undertaking GB-PPON: PYJB-8958-TLYW 121 George Street, Glasgow, Scotland, G1 1RDContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Aqua Cooling LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PMXP-9195-PLHV Unit 6 Brickfield Lane, Chandler's Ford Industrial Estate, Eastleigh, Hampshire, South East, SO534DPContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender12 Oct 2026, 13:32 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender12 Oct 2026, 13:29 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender12 Oct 2026, 13:25 BST