Official UK procurement notice
Spare Scabbler Head x2 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)
Sectors: Transport Equipment & Vehicles (34) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£195,269published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 9 Dec 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Barrnon Ltd2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionPurchase of Spare Scabbler Head x2.
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
- 6 Nov 2025, 13:15 GMT
- Last source update
- 12 May 2026, 08:12 BST
- Authority reference
C28270- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-043255- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dbcdFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
Barrnon Ltd hold the intellectual property rights for the Scabbler Heads which Dounreay require and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
19 Dec 2025 → 12 May 2026 · 2 dates- Standstill ends311 days ago19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
- Notice published168 days ago12 May 2026, 08:12 BST
Notice history
7 events · 6 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 Nov 2025- Transparency notice published6 Nov 2025, 13:15 GMTUK5
- Contract award notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:37 GMTUK6
- Contract signature expected21 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Jan 2026, 13:56 GMTUK7
- Contract change notice published16 Mar 2026, 10:17 GMTUK10
- Contract change notice published25 Mar 2026, 11:26 GMTUK10
- Contract termination notice published12 May 2026, 08:12 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (6)
- 2026-01: 1 release · 6 Jan 2026
- 2025-12: 1 release · 10 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 1 release · 6 Nov 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £195,2691 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Dec 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barrnon Ltd22 Dec 2025 – 27 Mar 2026 | £195,269 | 9 Dec 2025standstill to 19 Dec 2025 | Standstill |
| Barrnon Ltd | £300,132 inc. VAT † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Spare Scabbler Head x2 · Barrnon Ltd
- Signed
- 22 Dec 2025
- Value
- £300,132 inc. VAT
- Period
- 10 Mar 2026 – 24 Mar 2026
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- £300,132
- Termination
- contractCompleted
- Change 9 Mar 2026 The rock type encountered at the project location is significantly harder than anticipated.
- Change 20 Jan 2026 The rock type encountered at the project location is significantly harder than anticipated.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Barrnon LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change notice on Find a Tender
- Contract change notice Contract change 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