Official UK procurement notice
Procurement of Design, Manufacture and Supply of Investment Casting Tooling and Castings for Radar Tide Gauges
Authority: National Oceanography Centre (Public body)
Sectors: Machinery for mining, quarrying, construction equipment (43) Delivery: North West (UKD7)
Awarded value£58,315published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Sept 2026no call for competition
Awarded to NEWBY FOUNDRIES INVESTMENT CASTING LIMITED
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe contract covers the design and manufacture of three investment-casting mould tools and the subsequent supply of castings, for use in the manufacture of radar tide gauges at the NOC's Liverpool site.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
43415000 Foundry moulds
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 29 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST
- Last source update
- 29 Sept 2026, 09:58 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-091675- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077c0dFind a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £58,3151 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 29 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NEWBY FOUNDRIES INVESTMENT CASTING LIMITEDSME | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · NEWBY FOUNDRIES INVESTMENT CASTING LIMITEDSME
- Signed
- 29 Sept 2026
- Value
- £58,315
- Period
- 29 Sept 2026 — 28 Sept 2028 · up to 28 Sept 2030 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Option to extend the contract by up to a cumulative maximum of 24 months. Any extension will be at the Contracting Authority's discretion and will not change the overall nature of the contract.
Notice history
1 event · 1 release on Find a Tender- Contract details notice published29 Sept 2026, 09:58 BSTUK7
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NEWBY FOUNDRIES INVESTMENT CASTING LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender