Official UK procurement notice
Wensley Road Temporary Works
Authority: Reading Borough Council (Local council)
Sectors: Construction & Civil Engineering (45) Delivery: South East (UKJ11)
Awarded value£135,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Hugh LS McConnell
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of temporary scaffolding surrounding the units at Wensley Road in order to provide fire exits to all floors of the buildings
CPV: Scaffolding work
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Works
- 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
- 27 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
- Last source update
- 27 Mar 2026, 10:54 GMT
- Authority reference
25-W-059- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-028388- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-067633Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
Contract was let via a permissible direct award under a compliant framework
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £135,0001 contract exc. VAT
Bids received 1
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Hugh LS McConnellSME | £135,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Wensley Road Temporary Works · Hugh LS McConnellSME
- Signed
- 1 Oct 2025
- Value
- £135,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- HLS MCCONNELL LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.