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Published 14 Oct 2026, 10:24 BST

Official UK procurement notice

COV - CVLR Vehicle Dynamics Support

Official notice

Authority: Coventry City Council (Local council)

Below threshold - without competition
Sectors: Research & Development (R&D) (73) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£89,425published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 14 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway Research

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Contract consists of four work packages:

  1. Performance and safety assessment of the CVLR Vehicle running on the extended on-road trial route (City Centre Demonstrator Mile Lane/Park Road)
  2. Characterising the range of suspension forces experienced by the vehicle to support development of carbody fatigue load cases
  3. Evaluation of the effect of suspension modifications on the performance of the Generation 2 Vehicle
  4. Generation 2 vehicle dynamics call-off support.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
73100000 Research and experimental development services73110000 Research services73300000 Design and execution of research and development

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - without competition
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
14 Oct 2026, 10:24 BST
Last source update
14 Oct 2026, 10:28 BST
Authority reference
COV-26984
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-096840
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078726 Find a Tender

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 14 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 10:24 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    14 Oct 2026, 10:28 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    26 Oct 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £89,4251 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway Research1 Nov 2026 – 30 Apr 2028£89,42514 Oct 2026Awarded

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Coventry City Council

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PMJC-6861-XJPP Council House, Earl Street, Coventry, West Midlands, CV1 5RRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • University of Huddersfield - Institute of Railway ResearchAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PVLZ-8691-TYWT Technology Building, Huddersfield, Yorkshire & Humber, HD1 3DHContact email, phone

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