Official UK procurement notice
UKRI-4964 MGO for SDA May 2025
Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)
Sectors: Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy (09) Delivery listed: Falkland Islands (FK)
Budget not disclosedValue not published
Awarded 6 May 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Stanley Services Ltd
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis is a contract for marine fuel for the RRS Sir David Attenborough (SDA).
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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
- Yes (GPA, CPTPP)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 6 May 2025, 16:06 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BST
- Authority reference
UKRI-4964- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-030060- Latest notice
- Contract termination notice (UK11)
- Delivery area in notice
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-050d59Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- 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
5 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 6 May 2025- Transparency notice published6 May 2025, 16:06 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published20 May 2025, 10:05 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected1 Jun 2025, 00:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published4 Jun 2025, 16:05 BSTUK7
- Contract termination notice published4 Jun 2025, 19:05 BSTUK11
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2025-05: 1 release · 6 May 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Contracts signed 1latest 31 May 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stanley Services Ltd1 Jun 2025 – 2 Jun 2025 | US$614,900 | 6 May 2025 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · Stanley Services Ltd
- Signed
- 31 May 2025
- Value
- US$614,900
- Period
- 1 Jun 2025 – 2 Jun 2025
- Status
- terminated
- Final value
- US$614,900
- Termination
- contractCompleted
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Stanley Services LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (4)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract termination notice Contract termination 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