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Power Costs - Hosting

UK Atomic Energy Authority · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 7 Oct 2026, 14:31.

Opportunity overview

Direct award in accordance with PA23, Schedule 5, Section 5 (a) (b). Transparency and Award Notice previously published.

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.

Equnix Inc

Match pending…
Published award value
£8.1m
Awarded
6 Mar 2026
Award ID
1
Status
pending
Identifier
GB-PPON PDVW-6768-JHXD
Location
Manchester, UKD34, M17 1HE, United Kingdom

Equinix Inc

Match pending…
Contract value
£8.1m
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
25 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£9.7m
Award ID
2
Status
active
Identifier
GB-PPON PDVW-6768-JHXD
Location
Manchester, UKD34, M17 1HE, 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
GW/1060/26
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
This is a Contract Details Notice and not a call to competition. As part of the UKAEA STRIDE Programme, UKAEA intends to transform its Culham Campus into a world leading commercially driven science, innovation and AI campus by 2030. The focus of Phase 1 of this programme is to put in place the required infrastructure which includes the purchase of infrastructure hardware. The hardware has been purchased through a collaboration agreement that UKAEA has in place with the University of Cambridge. This notice provides details of the award of a contract for the power supply costs only, which will operate on a pay as you go basis.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Special regime

utilities

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights

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
UK Atomic Energy Authority
Id
GB-PPON-PLJV-1169-JTDD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PLJV-1169-JTDD

Address

Street Address
Culham Science Centre
Locality
Oxfordshire
Postal Code
OX14 3DB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKJ14

Contact

Name
Guy Wells
Telephone
+44 0123546

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
Equinix Inc
Id
GB-PPON-PDVW-6768-JHXD

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PDVW-6768-JHXD

Address

Street Address
Joule House, 76 Trafford Wharf Road
Locality
Manchester
Postal Code
M17 1HE
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD34

Contact

Name
Mark Simms

Roles

supplier

Details

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

Award information

Award 1
Id
2
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
services

Items

Item 1
Id
LOT-0000
Related Lot
LOT-0000

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
65000000
Description
Public utilities

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UK
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-PPON-PDVW-6768-JHXD
Name
Equinix Inc

Related lots

LOT-0000

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
2
Award ID
2
Title
Power Costs - Hosting
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
25 Mar 2026, 00:00

Period

Starts
15 Jul 2026, 01:00
Ends
14 Jul 2029, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
9,720,000
Amount
8,100,000
Currency
GBP

Agreed Metrics

Entry 1
Id
1
Title
Power Uptime
Description
Uninterrupted power supply

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1
Entry 2
Id
2
Title
Invoicing
Description
Correct and on time

Observations

Entry 1
Id
frequency

Period

Duration In Months
1

Documents

Entry 1
Id
094719-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
7 Oct 2026, 13:02
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Oxfordshire · UKJ14 · OX14 3DB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

4 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

4 VERSIONS
  1. 020290-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 020975-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 020992-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  4. 094719-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·