Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4799 HILUX EPICS Control System
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) (38) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£329,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 25 Mar 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Control Systems
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe purchase of a new software control system for the upgraded HILUX System.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 25 Mar 2025, 14:25 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Apr 2025, 10:42 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4799- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-017521- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04f87bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Single supplier - technical reasons.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
15 Apr 2025 → 29 Apr 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends15 Apr 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published29 Apr 2025, 10:42 BST
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 25 Mar 2025- Transparency notice published25 Mar 2025, 14:25 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Apr 2025, 14:05 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected18 Apr 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published29 Apr 2025, 10:42 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £329,0001 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 24 Apr 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Control Systems18 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028Extensions: Optional extension of 1 year until 31/03/2028. | £329,000 | 25 Mar 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Control Systems
- Signed
- 24 Apr 2025
- Value
- £329,000
- Period
- 30 Apr 2025 – 1 Apr 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2028 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- Optional extension of 1 year until 31/03/2028.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Control SystemsAwarded 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