Official UK procurement notice
Technical & Commercial Consultancy Services
Authority: ORE Catapult (Public body)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71)Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£70,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Stellan Advisory Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionSpecialist technical and commercial support to provide the following scopes of service:
Service 1: HVDC Centre Business Case Development -
- Supporting the definition of the technical, operational and commercial requirements for the proposed HVDC Centre informed by the OREC HV technical team.
- Assessing delivery options, including refurbishment or expansion of existing facilities and development of a new-build facility, together with location assessment and evaluation.
- Preparing a structured business case, including strategic case, options appraisal, commercial considerations, funding strategy and implementation recommendations.
Service 2: Technology Strategy Development -
Support the Senior Associate Director in developing ORE Catapult's Technology Strategy across the organisation's core capability areas, including Blade Services, Drivetrain Services, Turbine System Services, High Voltage Systems, Energy System Integration, Digital Technologies and Robotics. Deliverables to include:
- Optimised existing technology roadmaps
- Draft and final Technology Strategy
- Commercialisation options for applied R&D
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 Jul 2026, 11:24 BST
- Last source update
- 22 Jul 2026, 09:57 BST
- Authority reference
ORE/26/040- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-068988- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06cca6Find a Tender
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 Jul 2026- Transparency notice published16 Jul 2026, 11:24 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published16 Jul 2026, 13:07 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected16 Jul 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published22 Jul 2026, 09:57 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £70,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 16 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stellan Advisory LimitedSME22 Jul 2026 – 3 Jul 2027 | £70,000 | 15 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Stellan Advisory LimitedSME
- Signed
- 16 Jul 2026
- Value
- £70,000
- Period
- 22 Jul 2026 – 3 Jul 2027
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stellan Advisory LimitedAwarded 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