AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) has announced the award of a professional-services requirement for the design of a new Estates and Logistics Building at Daresbury Laboratory. The award followed a further competition under the UKRI-4453 framework agreement.
Published outcomeSERVICES DESIGN SOLUTION LTD is the verified awarded supplier for award 1. The award notice records an active award, but a future signature date is scheduled; the supplied data does not confirm that a contract has been signed.
Market significanceThis is a £225,750 net professional-services award under a framework further competition, with delivery planned from 28 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
SERVICES DESIGN SOLUTION LTD
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · 225750 GBP · Verified awarded supplier; award active
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Award 1 names Services Design Solution Ltd as supplier. Supplier verification identifies the legal company name as SERVICES DESIGN SOLUTION LTD (company number 05137435) via exact-name match.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice type
99% confidenceContract award notice on Find a Tender
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Award document 097276-2026 is described as a Contract award notice on Find a Tender.
Award status
93% confidenceActive award
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Award 1 has status "active" and tender/lot status "complete".
Signature position
98% confidenceNot confirmed; future signature date scheduled for 27 October 2026
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Award 1 milestone type "futureSignatureDate" is scheduled for 2026-10-27T23:59:59Z.
Contract conclusion
98% confidenceNot confirmed in supplied data
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The record contains a scheduled future signature milestone rather than explicit signed-contract evidence.
VALUES
Published values explained
Award value (excluding VAT, inferred from supplied fields)
96% confidence£225,750
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Award 1 value.amount is 225750 GBP, while amountGross is separately reported as 270900 GBP.
Award value including VAT
99% confidence£270,900
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Award 1 value.amountGross is 270900 GBP.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date
99% confidence24 September 2026
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Award 1 date is 2026-09-24T00:00:00+01:00.
Award notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice 097276-2026 was published at 2026-10-15T09:24:25+01:00.
Scheduled signature date
98% confidence27 October 2026
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The futureSignatureDate milestone is scheduled for 2026-10-27T23:59:59Z.
Planned contract start
99% confidence28 October 2026
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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate is 2026-10-28T00:00:00Z.
Planned contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceProfessional services supporting the design of a new Estates and Logistics Building at Daresbury Laboratory
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Tender description states this requirement.
Award title
99% confidenceUKRI-4453 Lot 6_02 Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health
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Award 1 title.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "services".
CPV classification
99% confidence71541000 — Construction project management services
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Award item 1 additional classification.
Delivery geography
91% confidenceUnited Kingdom, including UKD61
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Award item delivery addresses list UK and UKD61; no more specific place description is supplied.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceSelective procedure; award under framework
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Tender procurementMethod is "selective" and procurementMethodDetails is "Award under framework".
Competition route
99% confidenceFurther competition under the UKRI-4453 framework agreement
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Tender description states the contract is awarded following further competition under the UKRI-4453 framework; related process identifies framework OCID ocds-h6vhtk-050a95 and related framework lot 6.
Competition details
99% confidenceBid count, evaluation methodology and award rationale are unknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Planned term
99% confidence28 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Award 1 contractPeriod specifies these start and end dates.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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Information not supplied in the published notice data.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
98% confidenceSingle-supplier award under a framework further competition
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Award 1 names one supplier and the tender description identifies a further competition under the UKRI-4453 framework.
Value interpretation
98% confidenceThe notice reports both £225,750 and £270,900; the latter is explicitly marked gross
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Award value contains amount 225750 and amountGross 270900, both in GBP.
Market opportunity context
90% confidenceSpecialist built-environment design and project-management services for a laboratory estate project
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The description concerns design support for an Estates and Logistics Building, and the published CPV is construction project management services.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Contract status clarity
99% confidenceAward announcement is clear, but signature and concluded-contract status are not confirmed
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The notice is a contract award notice and award status is active, while signature is recorded only as a future scheduled milestone.
Lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 is identified but has no standalone published title, description or value
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Lot record 1 is complete but its title, description and value fields are null.
Competition information
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, scoring, evaluation or award-rationale data is provided.
Term flexibility
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal terms are provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The notice does not explicitly confirm that the contract has been signed; it instead records a future signature date.
- No bid count, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, award rationale or savings information is supplied.
- Lot 1 has no standalone published title, description or value.
- No extension, option or renewal terms are supplied.
- Delivery locations are published only as UK and UKD61, without a more specific delivery-site description.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
UKRISERVICES DESIGN SOLUTION LTDDaresbury LaboratoryMechanical Electrical and Public HealthUKRI-4453framework further competitionconstruction project management services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the UKRI Mechanical, Electrical and Public Health award?
SERVICES DESIGN SOLUTION LTD is the verified awarded supplier for award 1.
What is the award value?
The notice reports £225,750 and a gross value of £270,900.
Has the contract been signed?
The supplied data does not confirm signature. It records a future signature date scheduled for 27 October 2026.
When is the planned contract period?
28 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
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.