Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-5418 Excavation and Installation of Physically Diverse Fibre Duct Routes
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: Yorkshire & Humber (UKE2)
Awarded value£621,658published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 20 Nov 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Amalgamated Construction Ltd (a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 a11)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis requirement covers the trenching works necessary to upgrade the existing optical fibre internet connection to the Boulby Underground Laboratory.
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
- 20 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMT
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2026, 08:57 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-5418- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-052567- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e547Find 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, on the grounds of absence of competition due to technical reasons.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
2 Dec 2025 → 4 Jun 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends327 days ago2 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published144 days ago4 Jun 2026, 08:57 BST
Notice history
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published20 Nov 2025, 11:57 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published20 Nov 2025, 14:47 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected3 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published9 Jan 2026, 09:26 GMTUK7
- Contract termination notice published4 Jun 2026, 08:57 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-11: 1 release · 20 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £621,6581 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 4 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Amalgamated Construction Ltd (a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 a11)4 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 | £621,658 | 20 Nov 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
UKRI-5418 Excavation and Installation of Physically Diverse Fibre Duct Routes · Amalgamated Construction Ltd (a1 a2 a3 a4 a5 a6 a7 a8 a9 a10 a11)
- Signed
- 4 Dec 2025
- Value
- £621,658
- Period
- 5 Dec 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £621,658
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Amalgamated Construction 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