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Published 20 Oct 2026, 14:16 BST

Official UK procurement notice

TTDC3064B – Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert

Official notice

Authority: Department for Transport (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£96,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to UCL Consultants Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

Provide expert review throughout the drafting process of the contract terms and conditions ahead of publication.

To support / assure the work of the delivery partner in delivery of any RCM contract allocation rounds.  Key requirements will be support in technical evaluation and due diligence.

To advise on the broader decisions required in our approach to allocating RCM contracts including:

Production technologies and feedstocks

Insight into key risks including around technology and scaling to a commercial operation.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
71356000 Technical services

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
20 Oct 2026, 14:16 BST
Last source update
21 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
Authority reference
TTDC3064B
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-099279
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-078bf0 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Switching Direct Award
Published justification

No suitable tenders were received. Each individual Invitation to Tender received a single bid. Each is not suitable if the contracting authority considers that it does not satisfy the contracting authority’s requirements or the award criteria when assessed by reference to the assessment methodology and the relative importance of the criteria indicated under section 23(3).

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Oct 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    20 Oct 2026, 14:16 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Oct 2026, 09:11 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    21 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £96,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
UCL Consultants LimitedTTDC3064B - Expert Panel Member2 Nov 2026 – 15 Oct 2027 · up to 14 Apr 2028Extensions: 6 month extension if required£96,00021 Oct 2026Awarded

Contracts

  • TTDC3064B - Expert Panel Member · UCL Consultants Limited

    Signed
    21 Oct 2026
    Value
    £96,000
    Period
    2 Nov 2026 – 15 Oct 2027 · up to 14 Apr 2028 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    6 month extension if required

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Department for Transport

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PLTC-5358-LTWZ Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, London, SW1P 4DRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • UCL CONSULTANTS LIMITEDAwarded supplierGB-COH: 03332258 Maple House Level 3a, 149 Tottenham Court Road, London, London, W1T 7NFContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender