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Published 29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

Field Studies Council · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)

Direct award
Sectors: Education & Training (80) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£500,000published award · inc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to Field Studies Council

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Accommodation and activities for Civil Engineering and Construction management students, including classrooms, space, and fields required for the surveying and setting out of a housing estate including drain runs, curbs and foundation markings which are part of the learning activities. The Field Studies Council location allows the students to study and develop their skills for future employability, which are essential for the Civil Engineering and Construction management courses.

Field Studies Council is an education charity who provide field work and outdoor learning courses, with its unique offering around the number of students that can be accommodated and associated teaching rooms and equipment storage. To run the field course there needs to be approximately 12 hectares of available and suitable land for the field course tasks to work and also for there to be suitable storage for surveying equipment and rooms for teaching and learning.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded

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
29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT
Last source update
29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT
Authority reference
NTU/26/3182/DS
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102346
Latest notice
Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0792ee Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

Field Studies Council is an education charity who provide field work and outdoor learning courses, with its unique offering around the number of students that can be accommodated and associated teaching rooms and equipment storage. To run the field course there needs to be approximately 12 hectares of available and suitable land for the field course tasks to work and also for there to be suitable storage for surveying equipment and rooms for teaching and learning.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 29 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £500,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Field Studies CouncilVCSE4 Jan 2027 – 3 Jan 2032£500,000 inc. VAT—Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nottingham Trent University

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PLJN-1931-JMHG 50 Shakespeare Street, Nottingham, East Midlands, NG1 4FQContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • FIELD STUDIES COUNCILAwarded supplierGB-COH: 00412621GB-PPON: PGGG-4527-BLXT Preston Montford, Shrewsbury, West Midlands, SY4 1HWContact email

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender