715124450 TWE 3 · UK public procurement notice

CPV: Military shelter construction work · Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations

Procedure method

Direct award

Legal basis

UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023

Procurement category

Services

Notice status

Awarded without competition

Procurement threshold

Above threshold (FTS publication)

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

1 Aug 2025, 13:57 BST

Last source update

30 Jul 2026, 12:42 BST

FTS notice number

2026/S 000-072153

Latest notice

Contract performance notice (UK9)

Classification (CPV)

Military shelter construction workRepair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations

Delivery area

UK

Official registry OCID

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Why no open competition

Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement

Published justification

TWE is a temporary structure designed to provide a safe and ambient shelter system to provide a weatherproof working environment, including protection from extreme and austere weathers. TWE can house a fully armed Attack Aircraft in a range of temperatures. TWE can also withstand high wind speeds and heavy snow loads.

TWE shelters are flexible in their approach allowing a wide spectrum of capabilities to be housed and maintained within them, including fast jets, Unmanned Air Systems (UAS), and helicopters.

It is considered that this contract can be placed with Rubb Buildings Ltd using the Direct Award in accordance with the Procurement Act 2023 Schedule 5 Paragraph 6 for technical reasons. The requirement for in-service support and additional equipment can only be placed with Rubb Buildings Ltd for the following reasons

1. Rubb Buildings Ltd are the OEM and the DA for the TWE equipment. An alternative supplier, nor the Authority would have access to the necessary technical documentation or the requisite knowhow to have a sufficient technical understanding of the equipment and to be able to understand or support the safety case for repairs and modifications. LSC do not have access to this technical documentation.
2. To conduct MRO Level 4 repairs the contractor requires a considerable number of jigs and specialist tools for the TWE equipment which have been manufactured as required by the OEM throughout the lifetime of the capability. The Authority does not own, nor have user rights to any information pertaining to these jigs and specialist tools. Any redesign of such jigs and tools by an alternative supplier would be considered to increase potential risks associated with the equipment. The Original

Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) would not undersign the specifications and safety certifications of parts and components manufactured or sourced by other economic operators. The OEM would not undersign the Safety Case for its TWE structures with the input from other suppliers. The OEM would not provide IPR or technical information and know-how to other economic operators, or collaborate with other manufacturers that aimed to provide alternative designs to the authority. The authority would be at risk of operating TWE outside the safety case if other economic operators were to provide non-OEM TWE components. In addition the installing and maintaining RAF Squadron (5001) would not receive training or technical updates from the OEM if components from other suppliers were to be included in TWE installations, which would add to the safety risks.

Submission deadline

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• Rubb Buildings LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PQYR-3478-JLMM 246 Dukesway, Gateshead, North East, NE11 0QEContact email, phoneShow contact details