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Published 29 Apr 2025, 14:40 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-4877 Renewal of LHCOPN

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award
Sectors: Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting (31) Delivery: South East (UKJ14)
Awarded value£119,659published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 29 Apr 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Jisc Services Ltd

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UK Research and Innovation had a requirement for the ongoing circuit link that provides the LHCOPN connection between RAL and CERN.

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: South East
31681300 Electrical circuits

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
Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
29 Apr 2025, 14:40 BST
Last source update
15 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
Authority reference
UKRI-4877
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-066614
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
South East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050949 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

JISC is the UK’s designated NREN, operating the JANET network under a government mandate to support UK research infrastructure. The technical requirements of the GridPP Tier-1 site depend on JANET’s dedicated infrastructure and JISC’s unique peering agreements with other European NRENs — which cannot be replicated by commercial providers. Therefore, JISC is the only provider capable of delivering the connectivity to the necessary specifications.

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

19 May 2025 → 15 Jul 2026 · 2 dates
  1. Standstill ends
    19 May 2025, 23:59 BST
  2. Notice published106 days ago
    15 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST

Notice history

5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 29 Apr 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    29 Apr 2025, 14:40 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    8 May 2025, 16:05 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract details notice published
    20 May 2025, 14:05 BST
    UK7
  4. Contract signature expected
    22 May 2025, 00:59 BST
    scheduled
  5. Contract termination notice published
    15 Jul 2026, 10:34 BST
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-04: 1 release · 29 Apr 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £119,6591 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 19 May 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Jisc Services Ltd22 May 2025 – 1 Apr 2026£119,65929 Apr 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • Contract 1 · Jisc Services Ltd

    Signed
    19 May 2025
    Value
    £119,659
    Period
    20 May 2025 – 1 Apr 2026
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £119,659
    Termination
    contractCompleted

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PDQJ-7126-JDHG Polaris House, North Star Avenue, Swindon, South West, SN2 1FLContact name, email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Jisc Services LimitedAwarded supplierGB-COH: 02881024 4 Portwall Lane, Bristol, South West, BS1 6NBContact name, email, phone

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure