---
title: "PQ Test Facility Materials"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e50a"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "ORE Catapult"
published: "2026-08-14"
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# PQ Test Facility Materials

Buyer: ORE Catapult  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e50a

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## Summary

ORE Catapult procured high- and low-voltage electrical works for its PQ transformer project. The project involves a building and associated services needed to perform transformer testing, with the requirement classified as mechanical and electrical engineering services. The buying organisation is ORE Catapult, a public undertaking based in Glasgow. The work is to be delivered in the United Kingdom. The requirement was structured as a single procurement covering the electrical works associated with the test facility. It is therefore relevant to electrical engineering contractors with experience of high-voltage and low-voltage installation or related building services for specialist testing, research or industrial facilities.

The procurement is complete and has been awarded following a direct award. ORE Catapult awarded the contract to TClarke Contracting Ltd on 14 August 2026. The awarded value is £401,923 excluding VAT, or £482,307.60 including VAT. The contract period runs from 15 August 2026 to 11 December 2026. The buyer’s stated rationale was urgency: the works had to meet funding deadlines and use its existing high-voltage contractors, who would subcontract through TClarke. The procurement was above the relevant threshold and comprised one completed lot. The award is active, with a signature milestone scheduled for 14 August 2026. The available information identifies the direct-award route and urgency rationale rather than a competitive evaluation exercise.

This award indicates demand from ORE Catapult for specialist electrical delivery supporting a transformer test facility, rather than routine commercial building work. A credible future competitor would need demonstrable capability in both high-voltage and low-voltage electrical works, together with the engineering management needed to integrate those works into a building and associated testing services. Experience of transformer projects, electrical test facilities, research infrastructure or comparable industrial environments would be relevant. Suppliers should also be able to work within tightly controlled funding and delivery programmes, coordinate with existing high-voltage contractors and manage subcontracting arrangements where required. The requirement suits an established contractor with sufficient technical resources, site management capacity and supply-chain control to deliver a specialist installation within a compressed programme.

## Notice

The PQ transformer project requires a building and associated services to perform tests. This direct award is for HV & LV electrical works

### Procurement Information

This is the only option because due to the deadlines and requirement to use our HV contractors who will be subcontracting via TClarke to complete the works within the funding timelines a direct award to TClarke is the only option.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077860-2026 |
| Notice type | UK6 - Contract Award Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | Large |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 15 Aug 2026 - 11 Dec 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £401,923 |
| Contracts value | Not specified |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Not specified |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | ORE Catapult |
| Locality | GLASGOW |
| Postcode area | Glasgow |
| Postcode | G1 1RD |
| Country | Scotland |
| ITL 1 | TLM Scotland |
| ITL 2 | TLM3 West Central Scotland |
| ITL 3 | TLM32 Glasgow City |
| Local authority | Glasgow City |
| Electoral ward | Anderston/City/Yorkhill |
| Westminster constituency | Glasgow East |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | TClarke Contracting Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71334000 - Mechanical and electrical engineering services

## Release History

- 14 Aug 2026 at 17:09 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077860-2026
- 14 Aug 2026 at 16:53 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077851-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077860-2026
  14th August 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077851-2026
  14th August 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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