UKRI-6383 Service Contract for CAEN High Voltage Equipment

Official notice

Authority: UK Research and Innovation (Central government)

Direct award

Sectors: Repair & Maintenance (50) Delivery: UKSouth East (UKJ14)

Awarded value£300,000published award · exc. VAT

Awarded 7 Oct 2026no call for competition

Awarded to Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari C.A.E.N. S.p.A

What is being bought

Published requirement description

UKRI has a requirement for the provision of specialist servicing, maintenance and repairs for CAEN high-voltage equipment at the ISIS Facility, Rutherford Appleton Laboratory

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Lot #1Awarded

Delivery: UK, South East

50430000 Repair and maintenance services of precision equipment

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: 7 Oct 2026, 11:48 BST
Last source update: 7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
Authority reference: UKRI-6383
FTS notice number: 2026/S 000-094658
Latest notice: Contract award notice (UK6)
Delivery area: UKSouth East (UKJ14)
Official registry OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07827b Find a Tender

Why no open competition: Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification: Competition is absent for technical reasons due to the proprietary nature of the CAEN high-voltage equipment.

Notice history

3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 7 Oct 2026

Transparency notice published
7 Oct 2026, 11:48 BST
UK5
Contract award notice published
7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
UK6
Contract signature expected
20 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
scheduled

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast

Awards 1

Awarded value £300,0001 award exc. VAT

Awarded to	Value	Date	Status
Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari C.A.E.N. S.p.A26 Oct 2026 – 25 Oct 2030	£300,000	7 Oct 2026	Awarded

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 email, phone

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice

Costruzioni Apparecchiature Elettroniche Nucleari C.A.E.N. S.p.A.Awarded supplierGB-PPON: PDRM-2762-XMXW Via Vetraia 11, Viareggio (LU), IT, 55049, ITContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 11:51 BST
Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender7 Oct 2026, 11:48 BST