Official UK procurement notice
Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace
Authority: UK Atomic Energy Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe UK Atomic Energy Authority has a requirement for the Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace at its Culham Campus site, Oxfordshire. The requirement must fit with a previously supplied vacuum furnace and operate at the furnace parameters.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 6 May 2026, 15:00 BST
- Last source update
- 2 Jun 2026, 12:52 BST
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-051863- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-069277Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, Paragraph 5 states a particular supplier having intellectual property rights, or other exclusive rights, only that supplier can supply the goods and there are no reasonable alternative to those goods. The goods in this requirement are required to conform/work with with goods which are protected by Intellectual Property. As such we are unable to obtain or confirm the details to allow a competitive tender exercise to be undertaken.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
18 May 2026 → 2 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends157 days ago18 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Notice published143 days ago2 Jun 2026, 12:52 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2026- Transparency notice published6 May 2026, 15:00 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published7 May 2026, 08:57 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected20 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published2 Jun 2026, 12:52 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| BUSCH (UK) LIMITED20 May 2026 – 31 Jan 2027 | £188,150same award published again · counted once | 7 May 2026standstill to 18 May 2026 | Standstill |
| BUSCH (UK) LIMITED | £188,150 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Supply & Installation of Water Cooling System Components for a relocated Vacuum Furnace · BUSCH (UK) LIMITED
- Signed
- 27 May 2026
- Value
- £188,150
- Period
- 27 May 2026 – 31 Jan 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: Supply of commercially off the shelf items against agreed stages which will be monitored.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Busch (UK) Ltd trading as Vacuum Furnace EngineeringAwarded 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