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title: "CSP26790 - Service Engineer Attendance"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06ed8f"
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current_stage: "Award"
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published: "2026-08-27"
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# CSP26790 - Service Engineer Attendance

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06ed8f

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## Summary

UK Research and Innovation required service engineer attendance for machinery repair and maintenance services. The work concerns engineering support for machinery, including attendance by a service engineer as required by the buyer. UK Research and Innovation is the contracting authority and UK Shared Business Services Ltd managed the procurement as its shared service provider. Delivery is in the United Kingdom. The requirement is classified as services and is linked to CPV 50530000, covering repair and maintenance services of machinery. This is a single completed requirement rather than a multi-lot programme, and the selected supplier is Red Rock AS, a small or medium-sized enterprise based in Kristiansand, Norway. The buyer’s need is therefore relevant to firms providing specialist machinery servicing and engineer attendance.

The procurement has been completed and the contract was awarded to Red Rock AS. UK Research and Innovation used a below-threshold direct award without competition because it considered that technical reasons meant only one particular supplier could provide the required services, with no reasonable alternatives. The award is active and relates to the completed single lot. The award date was 27 August 2026, while the contract was signed on 26 August 2026. The contract runs from 27 August 2026 to 30 October 2026. Its value is NOK 176,205.77 gross. The contract is active and below the applicable threshold. This outcome indicates a specialist, technically constrained procurement rather than an open competitive tender evaluated through published price or quality criteria.

For a supplier seeking comparable work from UK Research and Innovation, this procurement demonstrates demand for specialist service engineer attendance and machinery repair and maintenance delivered in the United Kingdom. A credible competitor would need appropriately qualified engineers, the technical ability to diagnose, repair and maintain the relevant machinery, and the capacity to attend when required. The direct award rationale shows that technical differentiation, proprietary knowledge, equipment-specific expertise or another demonstrable reason for being the only suitable provider can be decisive. Firms should therefore be able to evidence deep experience with the machinery concerned, rapid and reliable engineer support, and the absence of practical alternatives to their service. The selected supplier’s SME status also indicates that this scale can be handled by a focused specialist business.

## Notice

***** THIS IS A CONTRACT DETAILS NOTICE, NOT A CALL FOR COMPETITION ***** This procurement is being concluded without competition due to an absence of competition for technical reasons, only a particular supplier can supply the services or works required, and there are no reasonable alternatives to those goods, services or works. UK Research Innovation (UKRI) had a requirement for Service Engineer Attendance to be supplied.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081752-2026 |
| 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 | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 27 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 27 Aug 2026 - 30 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £176,205 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION |
| Locality | SWINDON |
| Postcode area | Swindon |
| Postcode | SN2 1FL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLK South West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLK7 Gloucestershire and Wiltshire |
| ITL 3 | TLK71 Swindon |
| Local authority | Swindon |
| Electoral ward | Rodbourne Cheney |
| Westminster constituency | Swindon North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Red Rock AS |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50530000 - Repair and maintenance services of machinery

## Release History

- 27 Aug 2026 at 13:23 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081752-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081752-2026
  27th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- http://www.redrock.no
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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