UKRI-4882 Fuel uplift for SDA March 2025

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£333,066published award · exc. VAT

Award in standstill Not publishedno call for competition

Award (standstill) to Ministry of Defence

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Contract Award for fuel for the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA).

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The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

09100000 Fuels

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: 21 May 2025, 13:27 BST
Last source update: 21 May 2025, 13:27 BST
Authority reference: UKRI-4882
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-023872
Latest notice: Transparency notice (UK5)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-051aa7 Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Commodity; Urgency
Published justification: Schedule 5, Paragraph 13 and Paragraph 14 of the Procurement Act 2023, the public contract concerns goods strictly necessary for reasons of extreme and unavoidable urgency, applies to the award of this contract.

Notice history

2 events · 1 release on Find a Tender · since 21 May 2025

Transparency notice published
21 May 2025, 13:27 BST
UK5
Contract signature expected
23 May 2025, 00:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1some still in standstill

Awarded value £333,0661 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Ministry of Defence23 May 2025 – 24 May 2025	£333,066	—	Standstill

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

Ministry of DefenceAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PHVX-4316-ZVGZ Revenue UK1 Walker House, Exchange Flags, Liverpool, North West, L2 3YLContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (1)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender21 May 2025, 13:27 BST