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Published 16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Furnace moves · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Installation services (except software) (51) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£335,725published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 18 Aug 2025no call for competition
Award (standstill) to BUSCH (UK) LIMITED

What is being bought

Published requirement description

We are using the OEM to move furnaces between buildings. They understand the equipment well, negates/ reduces the risk of failures (short or long term). In addition, the recommissioning would need to be undertaken by the OEM.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East
51135000 Installation services of furnaces

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
16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
Last source update
18 Aug 2025, 16:30 BST
Authority reference
JNCA/PR078/25
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-049615
Latest notice
Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-056007 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification
  • This supplier is the original equipment manufacturer (OEM) - This supplier understands the equipment extremely well - This supplier provides the servicing for the equipment is the point of contact for issues and failures on the equipment - Any long term issues from the move and/or thereafter, will be straight forward with no ambiguity of where fault lies - This supplier will be required to come on site to recommission the equipment in any case.
Review and risk notes
Risks

In moving such large pieces of specialised kit there is a risk of breakages in transit and service failure once in situ.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

18 Aug 2025 → 28 Aug 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 16:30 BST
  2. Standstill ends
    28 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    16 Jul 2025, 10:00 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    18 Aug 2025, 16:30 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    30 Aug 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £335,7251 award exc. VAT
Awarded toValueDateStatus
BUSCH (UK) LIMITED8 Sept 2025 – 15 Dec 2025£335,72518 Aug 2025standstill to 28 Aug 2025Standstill

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Atomic Energy Authority

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-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
  • Vacuum Furnace Engineering LtdAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PWYW-9582-JTRT Unit 8 Hayes Trading Estate, Hingley Road, Halesowen, West Midlands, B63 2RRContact name, 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