Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5277 BAS Harwich Fuel for SDA October 2025
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09)Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: North East (UKC)North West (UKD)Yorkshire & Humber (UKE)
Awarded value£2,084,901published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 22 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to CROWN OIL LIMITED (01315556), Crown Oil Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a Contract Award for Fuel for SDA, for the Bristish Antarctic Survey, in Harwich October 2025
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 21 Oct 2025, 12:30 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Nov 2025, 12:31 GMT
- Authority reference
C0406- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-072383- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05d0a8Find a Tender
- 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
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 21 Oct 2025- Transparency notice published21 Oct 2025, 12:30 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published4 Nov 2025, 14:08 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected5 Nov 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published7 Nov 2025, 15:49 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published10 Nov 2025, 12:31 GMTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-10: 1 release · 21 Oct 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £2,084,9011 contract exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 5 Nov 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| CROWN OIL LIMITED (01315556), Crown Oil Ltdjoint award5 Nov 2025 – 6 Nov 2025 | US$2,084,901 | 22 Oct 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5277 BAS Harwich Fuel for SDA October 2025 · CROWN OIL LIMITED (01315556), Crown Oil Ltd
- Signed
- 5 Nov 2025
- Value
- £2,084,901
- Period
- 6 Nov 2025 – 7 Nov 2025
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £2,084,901
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- Crown Oil LtdAwarded supplier
- Crown Oil LtdAwarded 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