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TTDC3066 - UK SAF Clearing House: Delivery Partner

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Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Transport: "TTDC3066 - UK SAF Clearing House: Delivery Partner". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for TransportScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Department for Transport. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Average Price Reduction
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
8.1Bids / Report
11.1% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Niblock (Builders) LtdTop vendor: 37.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 102 active published awards; 9 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Price reduction compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Niblock (Builders) Ltd2 wins£778,321
Chatham Historic Dockyard1 win£500,000
Premier Workspace Ltd1 win£250,000
Stonegrove Limited1 win£171,310
Niblock (Builders) Ltd1 win£108,358
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Transport
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
Last source update4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-066229
What is being bought
Direct Award of a new delivery partner contract to the University of Sheffield, to continue services provided by the UK Sustainable Aviation Fuel (SAF) Clearing House (UKSAFCH). The UKSAFCH supports and co-ordinates the testing and certification of new advanced fuels
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Status changed to complete
    4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
  3. Buyer information updated
    4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    4 Mar 2026, 14:06 GMT
  2. Award pending
    Not published · £857,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
The University of Sheffield
£857,000 · Not published · pending
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Transport

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PLTC-5358-LTWZ
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  • Department for Transport
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PLTC-5358-LTWZ
    Great Minster House, 33 Horseferry Road, London, UKI32, SW1P 4DR, GB
    andy.gowanlock@dft.gov.uk

  • The University of Sheffield
    supplier

    GB-COH: RC000667
    231 Glossop Road, Sheffield, UKE32, S10 2GW, GB
    education@sheffield.ac.uk
Award and contract changes
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleThe original Delivery Partner contract was awarded in 2023 through tender and went to the open market. Only one bid was received, which was the consortium bid from the University of Sheffield and Ricardo. The Sustainable Aviation Fuel Clearing Houses market is a niche area of expertise. Since the Clearing House was launched in 2023, we have not become aware of any other institutions/companies entering this niche market or showing interest in running the Clearing House. This direct award would allow for business continuity and would be more efficient for getting Clearing House operations back up and running, thereby reducing the impact on the SAF industry. This is likely to be a one-off requirement for the spending review period, as we anticipate that other institutions, organisations and/or companies may begin to increase capability in SAF testing in the coming years as the market will have developed, thereby providing competition in future years for delivery of the Clearing House.