Official UK procurement notice
Item: Haas Meltio Hybrid CNC
Authority: Cardiff and Vale College (Education)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: Wales (UKL)
Awarded value£529,715published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill 15 Apr 2026no call for competition
Award (standstill) to CREATE EDUCATION PROJECT LTD
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe requirement is for a hybrid additive/subtractive manufacturing platform (“Haas Meltio Hybrid CNC”) to support advanced manufacturing curricula and research at the College’s Advanced Technology Campus. Scope includes: delivery, installation, commissioning, OEM software/licences, operator training, and warranty/maintenance during the initial term
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- 27 Mar 2026, 10:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 Apr 2026, 13:03 BST
- Authority reference
CAVC 1: Haas Meltio Hybrid CNC- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-035607- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06760eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Creat3D are the only UK supplier of this item for education. An internal review was carried out by CAVC as we needed a certain type of instrument to enable us to deliver our technology courses and this piece of kit was identified as the only option
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
20 Apr 2026 → 29 Apr 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published185 days ago20 Apr 2026, 13:03 BST
- Standstill ends175 days ago29 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Mar 2026- Transparency notice published27 Mar 2026, 10:03 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published20 Apr 2026, 13:03 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected30 Apr 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £529,7151 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CREATE EDUCATION PROJECT LTDSMEHaas Meltio Hybrid CNC30 Apr 2026 – 30 Apr 2027 · up to 31 Aug 2027Extensions: Delays in build | £529,715 | 15 Apr 2026standstill to 29 Apr 2026 | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Create Education Project LTDAwarded supplier
- Create Education Project LTDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender