AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
ORE Catapult has published a direct-award transparency notice naming AQUA COOLING LIMITED for decommissioning cooling systems supporting a planned 15MW-facility upgrade. The published award record is still pending, so this is an announced award rather than evidence of a signed or active contract.
Published outcomeOne pending award (award 1) names AQUA COOLING LIMITED. The award-level value is £92,960 excluding VAT (£111,552 including VAT).
Market significanceThis is an above-threshold, single-supplier direct award for specialist cooling-system decommissioning. ORE Catapult cites the supplier’s original design and installation information as the basis for using a direct route.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
AQUA COOLING LIMITED
98% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 92960 GBP · Pending award
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Verified supplier identity: AQUA COOLING LIMITED (company number 13262716); award 1 names the supplier and has status pending. The £92,960 amount is an award-level value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published procurement stage
93% confidenceContract stage; displayed as awarded, with source status complete
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Process fields: stage 'contract', display_status 'awarded', source_status 'complete'.
Award status
99% confidencePending
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Award 1 has status 'pending'.
Signature status
98% confidenceNot evidenced as signed; a future signature date was scheduled for 12 October 2026
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Award 1 milestone: type 'futureSignatureDate', dueDate 2026-10-12, status 'scheduled'.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value excluding VAT
99% confidence£92,960
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Award 1 value.amount is 92960 GBP; source also gives amountGross separately.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£111,552
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 111552 GBP.
Value allocation
89% confidenceAward-level value for award 1
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One supplier and one related lot are listed for award 1; no separate lot pricing is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
90% confidence8 October 2026
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Award summary field award_date: 2026-10-08.
Transparency notice published
99% confidence12 October 2026
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Award notice document 096078-2026 was published 2026-10-12T13:25:43+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
96% confidence12 October 2026
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Future-signature milestone due 2026-10-12.
Published contract period
98% confidence13 October 2026 to 18 December 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate 2026-10-13 and endDate 2026-12-18.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceDecommission existing cooling systems for a test rig and ancillary equipment ahead of a planned 15MW-facility upgrade
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Tender description.
Procurement category
99% confidenceGoods
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is 'goods'.
Classification
99% confidenceCPV 42500000 — Cooling and ventilation equipment
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Award item additional classification.
Delivery region
98% confidenceUKC21, United Kingdom
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Award item delivery address region UKC21.
Lot structure
98% confidenceOne lot (lot 1); no published lot title or description
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Tender and award both reference lot 1; lot record has no title or description.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethodDetails: 'Direct award'.
Direct-award rationale
99% confidenceORE Catapult states that AQUA COOLING LIMITED designed and installed the existing system and holds the original design and installation information
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Tender procurementMethodRationale.
Rationale classification
96% confidenceSingle supplier—intellectual property/exclusive rights
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procurementMethodRationaleClassifications id: singleSuppliersIntellectualPropertyExclusiveRights.
Threshold status
99% confidenceAbove threshold
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Award 1 aboveThreshold is true.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Published contract period
98% confidence13 October 2026 to 18 December 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
Contract conclusion
99% confidenceNot confirmed
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The award is pending and the signature milestone is scheduled; no explicit signed-contract record is supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Supplier-selection signal
97% confidenceThe direct award is justified by continuity of technical knowledge and access to original system design and installation information
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Published direct-award rationale.
Commercial scope signal
98% confidenceThe requirement is preparatory decommissioning work connected to a planned 15MW-facility upgrade
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Tender description.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Pending award versus contract-stage metadata
99% confidenceThe process is displayed as awarded and at contract stage, but the underlying award remains pending. This analysis therefore does not treat the contract as signed or active.
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Process fields versus award 1 status 'pending' and scheduled future-signature milestone.
Unpublished commercial detail
98% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: lot title, lot-level value, pricing breakdown, evaluation details, bid count, and extension or renewal terms.
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Lot 1 has no title, description or value; no competition or pricing-detail fields are supplied.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceSupplier identity is verified by an exact-name Companies House match.
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Supplier verification status is verified; verified company name AQUA COOLING LIMITED and company number 13262716.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The award is pending; publication of award and contract-related notices does not by itself confirm signature, contract conclusion or service commencement.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, lot-level value, lot description, and extension or renewal provisions.
- The published contract period is stated in the pending award record and may not establish an active contractual period.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
ORE CatapultAQUA COOLING LIMITEDcooling equipment decommissioningdirect award15MW facility upgradeFind a Tender
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who was named in the award?
AQUA COOLING LIMITED is named as the supplier for award 1.
What is the published value?
The award-level value is £92,960 excluding VAT and £111,552 including VAT.
Is the contract signed?
Not confirmed. The award record is pending and the notice records a scheduled future signature date.
Why was a direct award used?
ORE Catapult states that the supplier designed and installed the existing system and holds its original design and installation information.
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.