Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-6383 Service Contract for CAEN High Voltage Equipment
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 7 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari C.A.E.N. S.p.A
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionUKRI has a requirement for the provision of specialist servicing, maintenance and repairs for CAEN high-voltage equipment at the ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
50430000 Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Last source update
- 7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-6383- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094658- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-07827bFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
- Competition is absent for technical reasons due to the proprietary nature of the CAEN high-voltage equipment.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics — not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari C.A.E.N. S.p.A26 Oct 2026 — 25 Oct 2030 | £300,000 | 7 Oct 2026 | Awarded |
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract award notice published7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BSTUK6
- Transparency notice published7 Oct 2026, 11:48 BSTUK5
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Conflict of interest declarationNot published
Notices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender