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Published 22 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST

Official UK procurement notice

UKRI-5191 Port Services Harwich (Interim Provision)

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services (63) Delivery: East of England (UKH3)
Awarded value£300,590published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 27 Aug 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Clarkson Port Services Limited

What is being bought

Published requirement description

This is a Contract for Port services/Agent/Chandler services for the RRS Sir David Attenborough for the October. In addition we require the support for a charter ship in Harwich in November.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Delivery: East of EnglandEligibility: SME eligible
63721000 Port and waterway operation services and associated 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
22 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
Last source update
2 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
Authority reference
C0336
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-008955
Latest notice
Contract termination notice (UK11)
Delivery area
East of England (UKH3)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-058d0c Find 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 22 Aug 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    22 Aug 2025, 15:20 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    27 Aug 2025, 10:52 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    29 Aug 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    10 Sept 2025, 10:54 BST
    UK7
  5. Contract termination notice published
    2 Feb 2026, 13:18 GMT
    UK11
Routine re-releases (4)
  • 2025-08: 1 release · 22 Aug 2025

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 1
Awarded value £300,5901 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 31 Aug 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Clarkson Port Services Limited1 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025£300,59027 Aug 2025Awarded

Contracts

  • UKRI-5191 Port Services Harwich (Interim Provision) · Clarkson Port Services Limited

    Signed
    31 Aug 2025
    Value
    £300,590
    Period
    1 Sept 2025 – 31 Dec 2025
    Status
    terminated
    Final value
    £300,590
    Termination
    contractCompleted

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI)

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

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Clarkson Port Services LimitedAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PZZY-7524-XWCL 2nd Floor Crown House, Crown Street,, Ipswich, East of England, IP1 3HSContact email

Official documents & specifications (4)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure