Official UK procurement notice
Hub Inching Drive Solution
Authority: Offshore Renewable Energy Catapult (Public body)
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43) Delivery: Scotland (UKM72)
Awarded value£62,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to PTS Services
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionDirect Award for the costs associated with extended hire and resource for the installation of the hub inching drive system at LDT.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
43328100 Hydraulic 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
- Last source update
- 25 Sept 2026, 11:57 BST
- Authority reference
ORE/26/056- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077a65
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
- Urgent to complete blade repairs
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £62,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 25 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| PTS Services28 Sept 2026 — 30 Sept 2026 | £62,000 | 25 Sept 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · PTS Services
- Signed
- 25 Sept 2026
- Value
- £62,000
- Period
- 28 Sept 2026 — 30 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected25 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published25 Sept 2026, 11:57 BSTUK7
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2026, 11:56 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published25 Sept 2026, 11:55 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- PTS ServicesAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender