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Published 31 Jul 2025, 10:43 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5066 Humberside CCS Workstream 5: Dynamic Modelling

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: UK

Awarded value£158,012published contract · exc. VAT

Awarded 31 Jul 2025no call for competition

Awarded to Heriot-Watt University2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKRI-5066 Humberside Carbon Capture Storage (CCS) Workstream 5: Dynamic Modelling

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK

71621000 Technical analysis or consultancy services

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)
Recurring procurement: Unspecified in notice
First published: 31 Jul 2025, 10:43 BST
Last source update: 3 Sept 2025, 10:08 BST
Authority reference: C0294
FTS notice number: 2025/S 000-053409
Latest notice: Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area: UK
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0569df Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: This Direct Award is made for technical grounds

Review and risk notes

Risks: None

How it was run

Official notice

Submission deadline: —

Timeline

12 Aug 2025 → 3 Sept 2025 · 2 dates

Standstill ends
12 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
Notice published
3 Sept 2025, 10:08 BST

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 31 Jul 2025

Transparency notice published
31 Jul 2025, 10:43 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
31 Jul 2025, 11:33 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
13 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
scheduled
Contract details notice published
3 Sept 2025, 10:08 BST
UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 2

Awarded value £158,0121 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once

Contracts signed 1latest 13 Aug 2025

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Heriot-Watt University14 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: UKRI may extend this Contract for a period of up to 31 March 2027, by giving not less than 4-weeks’ notice in writing to the Supplier prior to the Expiry Date. The terms and conditions of this Contract shall apply throughout any such extended period.	£158,012same award published again · counted once	31 Jul 2025standstill to 12 Aug 2025	Standstill
Heriot-Watt University	£158,012 †	—	Awarded

Contracts

UKRI-5066 Humberside CCS Workstream 5: Dynamic Modelling · Heriot-Watt University
Signed
13 Aug 2025
Value
£158,012
Period
14 Aug 2025 – 31 Mar 2026
Status
active

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

Heriot-Watt UniversityAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PRDQ-5991-RMVN The Research hub Riccarton, Edinburgh, Scotland, EH14 4APContact email, phone

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender3 Sept 2025, 10:08 BST
Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender31 Jul 2025, 11:33 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender31 Jul 2025, 10:43 BST