Official UK procurement notice
Smoke Control — UK public procurement notice
Authority: Springboard Two Housing Association Limited (Housing)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: London (UKI)
Awarded value£602,068published award · exc. VAT
Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition
Award (standstill) to SystemAir Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision and installation of smoke control plant
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
42500000 Cooling and ventilation equipment42521000 Smoke-extraction 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
- 24 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
- Last source update
- 24 Sept 2026, 13:57 BST
- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-077991
- Why no open competition
- Urgency
- Published justification
The Direct Award is proposed under Extreme and Unavoidable Urgency - Schedule 5(13) The insolvency of the main contractor has created an urgent and exceptional situation requiring immediate intervention to maintain site security, ensure health and safety compliance, protect partially completed works, and prevent significant delay to the delivery programme. NHG considers that the circumstances giving rise to this more…
requirement were not reasonably foreseeable and were not attributable to any act or omission of the authority. The proposed direct awards are strictly limited to those works necessary to ensure continuity of delivery and mitigate the immediate consequences of the contractor's insolvency. The direct awards will only cover work packages that were already within the approved project scope and would have been undertaken irrespective of the contractor failure. No additional services, scope extensions or material changes to the contract, noting that some minor variations will likely occur for some packages but will be small in nature and not materially change the overarching scope, enhancement works, or new project requirements will be included. This ensures that the direct awards remain proportionate and confined to addressing the urgent circumstances that have arisen. Accordingly, any direct awards made under this justification will be restricted to the completion of the subcontractors' existing work packages and associated obligations. The direct awards will not be used to procure additional services, expand the scope of works (as above), or award unrelated future phases of the project.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1some still in standstill
Awarded value £602,0681 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| SystemAir Ltd13 Oct 2026 — 31 Mar 2028 · up to 1 Jun 2028Extensions: Yes - Contract End Date can be extended to align to a revised Works completion date | £602,068 | — | Standstill |
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 24 Sept 2026- Contract signature expected12 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Transparency notice published24 Sept 2026, 13:57 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SystemAir LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender