Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5085 Chillers of 850kW Capacity
Authority: UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) (Central government)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Published estimate£500,000≈ £300k / year · £600,000 inc. VAT46.9% above published estimate
Submissions closed 24 Feb 2026awarded 28 Apr 2026
Awarded to NovaCool Solutions Ltd
Contract term 1 yr 8 moends 21 Dec 2027 · starts 21 Apr 2026
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUK Research and Innovation, Science and Technology Facilities Council, has a requirement for the supply of 3 chillers of 850kW capacity for the ISIS Facility.
CPV: Heat-exchange units, air-conditioning and refrigerating equipment, and filtering machinery
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1AwardedPublished value£500,000
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
How bids were scored
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical and Quality: 70%
- Price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Price
- Technical and Quality
What this means for your bid
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jan 2026, 11:30 GMT
- Last source update
- 20 May 2026, 12:14 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 24 Mar 2026
- Authority reference
UKRI-5085- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-004710- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0609b0Find a Tender
How it was run
Official noticeRun through: UKRI eSourcing
Access & registration note: Free
- Submission deadline
- 24 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Clarification deadline
- 19 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Detailed submission instructions & authority contactsFrom official release
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Timeline
20 Jan 2026 → 20 May 2026 · 8 dates- Tender notice published273 days ago20 Jan 2026, 11:30 GMT
- Clarification questions by243 days ago19 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Submission deadline238 days ago24 Feb 2026, 14:00 GMT
- Award decision expected by210 days ago24 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMT
- Contract starts183 days ago21 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Assessment summaries sent175 days ago29 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST
- Standstill ends162 days ago11 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Latest notice published153 days ago20 May 2026, 12:14 BST
Notice history
6 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Jan 2026- Tender notice published20 Jan 2026, 11:30 GMTUK4
- Tender notice published20 Jan 2026, 12:52 GMTUK4
- Contract award notice published29 Apr 2026, 09:44 BSTUK6
- Status changed to complete29 Apr 2026, 09:44 BST
- Contract signature expected18 May 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published20 May 2026, 12:14 BSTUK7
Published amendments (1)
Title missing
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 20 Jan 2026
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £734,6141 award exc. VAT
Bids received 11 from SMEs
Contracts signed 1latest 14 May 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NovaCool Solutions LtdSMEUKRI-5085 R80 Chillers19 May 2026 – 19 Jul 2027 | £734,614 | 28 Apr 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5085 R80 Chillers · NovaCool Solutions LtdSME
- Signed
- 14 May 2026
- Value
- £734,614
- Period
- 15 May 2026 – 30 Jun 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: N/A
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1final-stage tenders | 1 | 0 | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NovaCool Solutions LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
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
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender