Official UK procurement notice
Council for Science & Technology Event
Authority: Department for Science, Innovation & Technology (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: UK
Awarded value£12,900published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 5 Mar 2026no call for competition
Awarded to RAE Trading Limited2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract covers venue hire and catering for the Council for Science and Technology (CST) quarterly meeting at the Royal Academy of Engineering in March 2026. The Presidents of the National Academies, including the Royal Academy of Engineering, are ex‑officio members of CST. Under their CST terms of reference, each of the four National Academies provides multi‑room access for CST meetings at a subsidised rate.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Below threshold - without competition
- 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
- 5 Mar 2026, 16:13 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Mar 2026, 11:54 GMT
- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-022908- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-066377Find a Tender
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Mar 2026- Contract award notice published5 Mar 2026, 16:13 GMTUK6
- Contract details notice published13 Mar 2026, 11:54 GMTUK7
- Contract signature expected17 Mar 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £12,9001 award exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 2 Mar 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| RAE Trading LimitedCST Event17 Mar 2026 – 30 Apr 2026 | £12,900 | 5 Mar 2026 | Awarded |
| RAE Trading Limited | £12,900 †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 2 · RAE Trading Limited
- Signed
- 2 Mar 2026
- Value
- £12,900
- Period
- 18 Mar 2026 – 1 Apr 2026
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- RAE Trading LimitedAwarded supplier
- RAE Trading LimitedAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender