Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4882 Fuel uplift for SDA March 2025
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£333,066published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Ministry of Defence
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Award for fuel for the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA).
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The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Lot 1Awarded
09100000 Fuels
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
- 11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4882- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-051ab1
- Why no open competition
- Commodity; Urgency
- Published justification
- Schedule 5, Paragraph 13 and Paragraph 14 of the Procurement Act 2023, the public contract concerns goods strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, applies to the award of this contract.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £333,0661 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 7 Jun 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Ministry of Defence9 Jun 2025 — 10 Jun 2025 | £333,066 | 20 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Ministry of Defence
- Signed
- 7 Jun 2025
- Value
- £333,066
- Period
- 9 Jun 2025 — 10 Jun 2025
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £333,066
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025- Contract termination notice published11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK11
- Status changed11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Procurement method changed11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Buyer details updated11 Jun 2025, 16:05 BST
- Contract details notice published11 Jun 2025, 14:05 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected8 Jun 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published27 May 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published21 May 2025, 13:33 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 21 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Ministry of DefenceAwarded 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