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Brooksby Secondary Monitoring System (SMS) 3 Year Service Contract

THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE

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05 Aug 2026 at 11:32

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

The Pirbright Institute procured a three-year service contract for the Brooksby Secondary Monitoring System (SMS). The requirement covers ongoing support and maintenance for continuous monitoring, data acquisition and alarm management for critical environmental and process parameters. The system supports scientific assets, operational continuity, biocontainment infrastructure and regulatory compliance within the Brooksby Building. The work is environmental and alarm-monitoring services, including monitoring conditions other than those associated with construction. Delivery is in Woking, where the Institute’s Pirbright Laboratory is located. The requirement concerns a specialist installed monitoring system rather than a general facilities-management service, so relevant suppliers are those able to maintain and support the existing SMS infrastructure and its associated alarm-management and data-acquisition functions.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded through a below-threshold direct award without competition. The buyer determined that continued support could only be delivered by Watlow (Eurotherm) because of technical, operational and proprietary constraints. Eurotherm Limited was awarded the single lot on 21 April 2026, and the contract was signed on that date. The contract runs from 1 May 2026 to 30 April 2029. Its value is £113,124 excluding VAT, or £135,748.80 including VAT. The award is for services and covers the full requirement rather than separate competing lots. The successful supplier is Eurotherm Limited, identified in the procurement as Watlow (Eurotherm), and the award remains active. The evaluation route was therefore supplier-specific technical compatibility rather than a competitive price-and-quality assessment.

This procurement demonstrates demand from a public scientific and biocontainment organisation for specialist maintenance of a critical secondary monitoring system. A credible competitor for a future requirement of this kind would need practical expertise in continuous environmental and process monitoring, data acquisition and alarm management, together with the capacity to support infrastructure that protects scientific assets and maintains operational continuity. Technical understanding of the installed system, its proprietary elements and its operational constraints would be particularly important, since compatibility was central to the award decision. Suppliers should also be able to support monitoring arrangements linked to regulatory compliance and work reliably in a laboratory or biocontainment environment. The buyer is the Pirbright Institute, making this relevant to firms focused on specialist scientific-facility engineering support.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Brooksby Secondary Monitoring System (SMS) 3 Year Service Contract

Notice Description

Secondary Monitoring System (SMS) within the Brooksby Building to provide continuous monitoring, data acquisition, and alarm management for critical environmental and process parameters. The SMS forms part of the wider engineering and biocontainment infrastructure, supporting the protection of scientific assets, operational continuity, and regulatory compliance. A review of the requirement has determined that the continued support and maintenance of the Brooksby Secondary Monitoring System (SMS) can only be delivered by a single supplier, Watlow (Eurotherm), due to technical, operational, and proprietary constraints.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06dc27
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/074091-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

79711000 - Alarm-monitoring services

90711500 - Environmental monitoring other than for construction

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£113,124 £100K-£500K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Aug 20262 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
1 May 2026 - 30 Apr 2029 3-4 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
THE PIRBRIGHT INSTITUTE
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WOKING
Postcode
GU24 0NF
Postcode Area
Guildford
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ2 Surrey, East and West Sussex
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ25 West Surrey
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Guildford
Electoral Ward
Normandy & Pirbright
Westminster Constituency
Surrey Heath

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

EUROTHERM LIMITED

Further Information

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