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Published 13 Aug 2025, 15:39 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5138 Certification and Modification of USV

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UK
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 20 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Exail2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a direct award due to intellectual property rights in line with schedule 5 of the Procurement Act.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: UKEligibility: SME eligible
50241100 Vessel repair services

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)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
13 Aug 2025, 15:39 BST
Last source update
4 Jun 2026, 11:52 BST
Authority reference
C0292
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052714
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
UK
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05873d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

Competition absent due to technical reasoning. Supplier also owns the IPR to the platforms architecture.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

30 Oct 2025 → 4 Jun 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends360 days ago
    30 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published144 days ago
    4 Jun 2026, 11:52 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 13 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    13 Aug 2025, 15:39 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    21 Oct 2025, 10:07 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    31 Oct 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    9 Apr 2026, 10:51 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract termination notice published
    4 Jun 2026, 11:52 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-08: 1 release · 13 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Contracts signed 1latest 19 Feb 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Exail3 Nov 2025 – 28 Feb 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2026Extensions: 2 potential extensions of 1 month each.€161,369same award published again · counted once20 Oct 2025standstill to 30 Oct 2025Standstill
Exail€161,369 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-5138 Modification and Certification of USV · Exail

    Signed
    19 Feb 2026
    Value
    €161,369
    Period
    20 Feb 2026 – 31 May 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    €161,369
    Termination
    contractCompleted

    No agreed KPIs: Not required for this contract.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, Swindon, Wiltshire, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • ExailAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PJXT-9291-CDLH exail Shipyard, 46, quai Francois Mitterrand, La Ciotat, FR, 13600, FRContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure