Official UK procurement notice
Field Studies Council · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Nottingham Trent University (Education)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAccommodation and activities for Civil Engineering and Construction management students, including classrooms, space, and fields required for the surveying and setting out of a housing estate including drain runs, curbs and foundation markings which are part of the learning activities. The Field Studies Council location allows the students to study and develop their skills for future employability, which are essential for the Civil Engineering and Construction management courses.
Field Studies Council is an education charity who provide field work and outdoor learning courses, with its unique offering around the number of students that can be accommodated and associated teaching rooms and equipment storage. To run the field course there needs to be approximately 12 hectares of available and suitable land for the field course tasks to work and also for there to be suitable storage for surveying equipment and rooms for teaching and learning.
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
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT
- Last source update
- 29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMT
- Authority reference
NTU/26/3182/DS- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-102346- Latest notice
- Transparency notice (UK5)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-0792eeFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
- Published justification
Field Studies Council is an education charity who provide field work and outdoor learning courses, with its unique offering around the number of students that can be accommodated and associated teaching rooms and equipment storage. To run the field course there needs to be approximately 12 hectares of available and suitable land for the field course tasks to work and also for there to be suitable storage for surveying equipment and rooms for teaching and learning.
Notice history
2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 29 Oct 2026- Transparency notice published29 Oct 2026, 07:39 GMTUK5
- Contract signature expected11 Dec 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Field Studies CouncilVCSE4 Jan 2027 – 3 Jan 2032 | £500,000 inc. VAT | — | Standstill |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- FIELD STUDIES COUNCILAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender