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Smart Agricultural Research Centre Development

Nottingham Trent University (NTU) · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 5 Oct 2026, 07:18.

Opportunity overview

The design, supply, installation, and commissioning of a state-of-the-art modular vertical farming system. This infrastructure will support a wide range of academic and commercial research projects in controlled environment agriculture (CEA), with a strong emphasis on flexibility, modularity, and precision control.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC

Matched by exact name
Published award value
£456.8k
Awarded
17 Oct 2025
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PDYZ-7478-VGDG
Location
Ashboune, UKF13, DE6 3FA, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot LOT-0000Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
2923
Status
complete
Procurement Method
open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Covered By

GPA

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
LOT-0000
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Nottingham Trent University (NTU)
Id
GB-PPON-PLJN-1931-JMHG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLJN-1931-JMHG

Address

Street Address
50 Shakespeare Street
Locality
Nottingham
Postal Code
NG1 4FQ
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF14

Contact

Name
Mark Lucas
Telephone
+44 1158488747

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC
Id
GB-PPON-PDYZ-7478-VGDG

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDYZ-7478-VGDG

Address

Street Address
The Byre, Ednaston Business Park
Locality
Ashboune
Postal Code
DE6 3FA
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKF13

Contact

Name
Craig Price
Telephone
+44 7894414547

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
77100000
Description
Agricultural services

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKF14
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Procurement Categories

goods

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDYZ-7478-VGDG
Name
Light Science Technologies Holdings PLC

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
2923 Smart Agricultural Research Centre Development
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
25 Nov 2025, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Capital project

Period

Starts
25 Nov 2025, 00:00
Ends
31 Mar 2031, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
548,126
Amount
456,771
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
002283-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
12 Jan 2026, 13:45
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Nottingham · UKF14 · NG1 4FQ · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. ocds-h6vhtk-0586fd-2025-10-23T16:00:32+01:00Tender notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 002283-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·