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Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5157 Consultancy Services · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£160,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 21 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Tom Murdoch Consulting2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for highly specialist Physical, Cyber and

National Security consultancy services to support the NQCC facility and Harwell Campus

QUILT Facilities.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
79417000 Safety consultancy 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
31 Oct 2025, 16:56 GMT
Last source update
21 Nov 2025, 10:55 GMT
Authority reference
UKRI-5157
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-075931
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d878 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for highly specialist Physical, Cyber and

National Security consultancy services to support the NQCC facility and Harwell Campus

QUILT Facilities. Due to the classified nature of the work and the need for DV-cleared

expertise, GCHQ specifically recommended Tom Murdoch Consulting as the only suitable

provider. A competitive tender would risk critical disruption to national security operations

and delay essential accreditation, making a direct award the only viable option.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

14 Nov 2025 → 21 Nov 2025 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends342 days ago
    14 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
  2. Notice published335 days ago
    21 Nov 2025, 10:55 GMT

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    31 Oct 2025, 16:56 GMT
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    5 Nov 2025, 10:20 GMT
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    17 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMT
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    21 Nov 2025, 10:55 GMT
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £160,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 21 Nov 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Tom Murdoch Consulting17 Nov 2025 – 30 Jul 2027£160,000same award published again · counted once21 Oct 2025standstill to 14 Nov 2025Standstill
Tom Murdoch Consulting£160,000 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-5157 Consultancy Services · Tom Murdoch Consulting

    Signed
    21 Nov 2025
    Value
    £160,000
    Period
    22 Nov 2025 – 30 Jul 2027
    Status
    active

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Tom Murdoch ConsultingAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PCQR-4415-JZZR 2 Framlington Court, Libertus Road, Cheltenham, South West, GL51 7EGContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender