Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5262 Thermal Straps for PIP-II Project
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Industrial machinery (42) Delivery: North West (UKD61)
Awarded value£157,076published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 24 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Technology Applications, Inc2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement is for the procurement of copper thermal straps designed to meet defined thermal conductivity specifications for use within cryomodules at STFC Daresbury.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedProcedure 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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 23 Sept 2025, 15:29 BST
- Last source update
- 16 Jun 2026, 09:37 BST
- Authority reference
C0399- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-056442- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a05bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
The contract will be awarded as a Single Source Direct Award in accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2023 as competition is absent due to technical reasons.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
6 Oct 2025 → 16 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends379 days ago6 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published127 days ago16 Jun 2026, 09:37 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 23 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published23 Sept 2025, 15:29 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published25 Sept 2025, 16:06 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected8 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published31 Oct 2025, 10:40 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published16 Jun 2026, 09:37 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-09: 1 release · 23 Sept 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £157,0761 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 13 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Technology Applications, IncUKRI-5262 Thermal Straps for PIP-IIProject9 Oct 2025 – 23 Mar 2026 | £157,076same award published again · counted once | 24 Sept 2025standstill to 6 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
| Technology Applications, Inc | £157,076 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5262 Thermal Straps for PIP-II Project · Technology Applications, Inc
- Signed
- 13 Oct 2025
- Value
- £157,076
- Period
- 14 Oct 2025 – 15 May 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £157,076
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Technology Applications, IncAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices 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