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Published 19 Mar 2025, 14:41 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Design, Supply, and Installation of a Liquid Nitrogen Storage &Distribution System

Official notice

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)

WorksBelow threshold - open competitionBelow thresholdSME suitableVCSE suitable
Sectors: Chemical products (24)Construction & Civil Engineering (45)Architecture & Engineering (71)
+1 moreIT Services & Software (72)
 Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£1,000,000≈ £545k / year · £1,200,000 inc. VAT · 1 value update14.5% above published estimate
Submissions closed 8 Aug 2025awarded 26 Nov 2025
Awarded to AS Scientific products Ltd
Contract term 1 yr 10 moends 1 Jul 2027 · starts 1 Sept 2025

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Design, Supply, and Installation of a Liquid Nitrogen Storage and Distribution System for the H3AT Facility at UKAEA Culham Campus

CPV: Design-modelling services · Engineering design services · Engineering services · Fabrication work · Leak-testing services · Liquid nitrogen · Metalworking · Miscellaneous engineering services · Non-destructive testing services · Technical testing services · Valve-testing services

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · value published
Lot #1Awarded 1 yr 10 moSMEVCSEPublished value£1,000,000
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025 – 1 Jul 2027 (1 yr 10 mo)Value: £1,000,000 exc. VAT · £1,200,000 inc. VAT
Delivery: South EastEligibility: SME eligibleVCSE eligible
24111800 Liquid nitrogen45255400 Fabrication work45262670 Metalworking71300000 Engineering services71320000 Engineering design services71330000 Miscellaneous engineering services
Pre-qualification & selection criteria (PQQ)1
  • Condition of participation

    Please refer to T/CE044/25

What it takes to win
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How this buyer will score bids.

The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).

Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add more
How bids were scored

Lot awarding rule: Please refer to T/CE044/25

Conditions of participation1
  • Condition of participation

    Please refer to T/CE044/25

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Below threshold - open competition
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Works
Notice status
Awarded
Procurement threshold
Below threshold
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Competitive procedure
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
19 Mar 2025, 14:41 GMT
Last source update
5 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT
Authority reference
T/CE044/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037052
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Classification (CPV)
Design-modelling servicesEngineering design servicesEngineering servicesFabrication workLeak-testing servicesLiquid nitrogenMetalworkingMiscellaneous engineering servicesNon-destructive testing servicesTechnical testing services
+1 moreValve-testing services
Delivery area
UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04ef21 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Run through: EU-Supply (CTM) · Who buys & how to bid on EU-Supply
Public notice page · account needed to bidElectronic submission allowed
Access & registration note: Free · 5–10 minutes
Submission deadline
8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
Clarification deadline
25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
Submission channel
Official e-sourcing portal
Electronic submission
Allowed
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release

uk.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_… ↗

Timeline

19 Mar 2025 → 5 Feb 2026 · 8 dates
  1. Planning notice published
    19 Mar 2025, 14:41 GMT
  2. Market engagement
    5 Apr 2025, 00:59 BST

    RFI to be undertaken. The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: uk.eu-supply.com/ctm/Supplier/PublicT… ↗ Please search using the unique tender ID: 97203

  3. Next notice expected
    15 May 2025, 00:59 BST
  4. Tender notice published
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
  5. Clarification questions by
    25 Jul 2025, 12:00 BST
  6. Submission deadline
    8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
  7. Contract starts
    1 Sept 2025
  8. Latest notice published257 days ago
    5 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT

Notice history

8 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 19 Mar 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    19 Mar 2025, 14:41 GMT
    UK2
  2. Tender notice published
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
    UK4
  3. Published value updated to £1,000,000
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
    was £420,000
  4. Status changed to active
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
  5. Procurement method changed
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
  6. Deadline published: 8 Aug 2025, 12:00 BST
    3 Jul 2025, 11:45 BST
  7. Contract details notice published
    5 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT
    UK7
  8. Status changed to complete
    5 Feb 2026, 12:03 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £1,145,4141 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 26 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
AS Scientific products LtdSME£1,145,414 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Design, Supply, and Installation of a Liquid Nitrogen Storage &Distribution System · AS Scientific products LtdSME

    Signed
    26 Nov 2025
    Value
    £1,145,414
    Period
    26 Nov 2025 – 27 Sept 2027
    Status
    active

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLJV-1169-JTDD Culham Science Centre, Oxfordshire, South East, OX14 3DBContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • AS Scientific products LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNMN-7165-ZQJY 2 Barton Lane, Abingdon, South East, OX14 3NBContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure