TTDC3064C – 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£68,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 21 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Katie Chong2 awards

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, 14:17 BST
Last source update: 21 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
Authority reference: TTDC3064C
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-099280
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: Not published
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1 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

Transparency notice published
20 Oct 2026, 14:17 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
21 Oct 2026, 09:12 BST
UK6
Contract details notice published
21 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
UK7
Contract signature expected
21 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £68,0001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 21 Oct 2026

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Katie ChongTTDC3064B - Expert Panel Member2 Nov 2026 – 8 Oct 2027 · up to 7 Apr 2028Extensions: 6 month extension if required	£68,000	21 Oct 2026	Awarded
Katie Chong	£68,000 †same award published again · counted once	—	Awarded

Contracts

TTDC3064B - Expert Panel Member · Katie Chong
Signed
21 Oct 2026
Value
£68,000
Period
2 Nov 2026 – 8 Oct 2027 · up to 7 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

Katie ChongAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PNXT-2185-HJYD Enville House, 38 Balance Street, Staffordshire, West Midlands, ST14 8JEContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Tender pack and attachments

Signed contract contractSigned contractPDFContract in full

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender21 Oct 2026, 09:46 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender21 Oct 2026, 09:12 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender20 Oct 2026, 14:17 BST