Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4964 MGO for SDA May 2025
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: FK
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 6 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Stanley Services Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a contract for marine 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
- 4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4964- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d59
- Why no open competition
- 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
Contracts signed 1latest 31 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Services Ltd1 Jun 2025 — 2 Jun 2025 | US$614,900 | 6 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Stanley Services Ltd
- Signed
- 31 May 2025
- Value
- US$614,900
- Period
- 1 Jun 2025 — 2 Jun 2025
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- US$614,900
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025- Contract termination notice published4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BSTUK11
- Status changed4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Procurement method changed4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Buyer details updated4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Contract details notice published4 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected1 Jun 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published20 May 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published6 May 2025, 16:06 BSTUK5
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 6 May 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stanley Services LtdAwarded 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