AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Royal Holloway and Bedford New College published an award notice for tunnel asbestos-removal works. The active award names CABOT THERMALS LIMITED as supplier, with a published value of £46,762.
Published outcomeAward announced to CABOT THERMALS LIMITED under the NEUPC Framework for Asbestos Removal Services (EFM2044 NE). The record is an active award; the supplied data does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
Market significanceA small, defined asbestos-removal works award in the South East, procured through an existing specialist framework.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CABOT THERMALS LIMITED
99% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-bdda094d-c882-4b20-87a6-e668fd9bcff5-1 · 46762 GBP · Active award
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Verified supplier identity: CABOT THERMALS LIMITED (company number 01167985), exact-name match. The award names Cabot Thermals Limited as sole supplier and states £46,762.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded contract notice; source status complete
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Process display status is 'awarded'; notice type is 'Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder'; tender status is 'complete'.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-bdda094d-c882-4b20-87a6-e668fd9bcff5-1 has status 'active'.
Contract signature
98% confidenceNot explicitly confirmed
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The supplied award and tender data give an active award and contract period but do not state that a contract was signed.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£46,762 GBP
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Award value and tender value are both 46,762 GBP.
Value allocation
98% confidenceAllocated to the sole named award supplier
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One award names one supplier, CABOT THERMALS LIMITED, with an award value of £46,762.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
99% confidence5 August 2026
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Award date: 2026-08-05T00:00:00+01:00.
Published date
99% confidence8 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished: 2026-10-08T16:03:32+01:00.
Tender deadline
99% confidence4 August 2026
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Tender period endDate: 2026-08-04T00:00:00+01:00.
Published contract period
99% confidence17 August 2026 to 1 October 2026
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Award and tender contractPeriod state startDate 2026-08-17 and endDate 2026-10-01T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceTunnel asbestos-removal works
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Opportunity title is 'RHUL-26145 Tunnel Asbestos Removal Works'.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 45262660 — Asbestos-removal work
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Primary CPV classification is 45262660, described as 'Asbestos-removal work'.
Delivery region
95% confidenceSouth East, United Kingdom
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Tender item delivery address specifies region 'South East' and country 'United Kingdom'.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Route to market
98% confidenceNEUPC Framework for Asbestos Removal Services (EFM2044 NE)
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Published description states the works were awarded via the North Eastern Universities Consortium (NEUPC) Framework for Asbestos Removal Services — EFM2044 NE.
Procurement method detail
95% confidenceOther
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procurementMethodDetails is recorded as 'Other - '.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bid, tenderer, evaluation, ranking or score information is included in the supplied data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published term
95% confidenceApproximately 46 days
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The published contract period runs from 17 August 2026 to 1 October 2026.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal provisions are provided.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Award structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier, single published-value award
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One active award names one supplier and contains one award value of £46,762.
Commercial context
98% confidenceFramework call-off for specialist asbestos-removal works
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The description identifies the NEUPC asbestos-removal services framework and the CPV is asbestos-removal work.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Award versus contract conclusion
98% confidenceThe notice supports an active award, but not an explicit signed-contract confirmation.
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No supplied field states that the contract was signed or executed.
Evaluation and pricing detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice.
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No bid count, scoring, pricing breakdown, tenderer list or evaluation rationale is present.
Lot detail
99% confidenceNo lot titles or identifiers supplied.
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The lots dataset is empty and the award contains no lot IDs.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplied data does not explicitly confirm that a contract was signed or executed.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, tenderer list, evaluation method, scores, award rationale and pricing breakdown.
- No lot titles, lot identifiers or individual lot detail were supplied.
- No extension, option or renewal terms were supplied.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
RHUL-26145tunnel asbestos removal worksCABOT THERMALS LIMITEDRoyal Holloway and Bedford New CollegeNEUPC EFM2044 NEasbestos-removal work
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the RHUL-26145 Tunnel Asbestos Removal Works award?
CABOT THERMALS LIMITED was named as the supplier for the active award.
What is the published value of the award?
The published award value is £46,762 GBP.
When is the published contract period?
The published period runs from 17 August 2026 to 1 October 2026.
Was the contract confirmed as signed?
No. The supplied data records an active award but does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.