Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4857 Maintenance service for the Super Computer Centre
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£229,015published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 30 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Sudlows Limited
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is to put a 1-year contract in place for the supply of the complete facilities management package for all the core services at the data centre facility in Daresbury Laboratory.
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
50700000 Repair and maintenance services of building installations
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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4857- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0509ad
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons; Additional Repeat Extension Partial Replacement; Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
- Published justification
- Transferring the existing warranties and guarantees would result in significant financial costs and delays for UKRI, due to supplier markups and risk premiums; as the primary subcontractor to Russells, Sudlows has the knowledge, resources, and capability to manage and maintain the building without impacting any warranties.
How it was run
- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
2 published dates · Europe/London- Standstill ends16 May 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published70 days ago15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £229,0151 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Sudlows LimitedSME21 May 2025 — 22 May 2026 | £229,015 | 30 Apr 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Sudlows LimitedSME
- Signed
- 19 May 2025
- Value
- £229,015
- Period
- 21 May 2025 — 22 May 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £235,210
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 30 Apr 2025- Contract termination notice published15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BSTUK11
- Status changed15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
- Procurement method changed15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
- Buyer details updated15 Jul 2026, 10:38 BST
- Contract signature expected21 May 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 May 2025, 12:06 BSTUK7
- Contract award notice published7 May 2025, 16:06 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published30 Apr 2025, 08:57 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-04: 1 release · 30 Apr 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- SudlowsAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (5)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- 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