---
title: "MDP Enabling Works 1 - Cable identification and heating pipes"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-0783d8"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "The Royal Air Force Museum"
published: "2026-10-08"
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# MDP Enabling Works 1 - Cable identification and heating pipes

Buyer: The Royal Air Force Museum  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-0783d8

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## Summary

The Royal Air Force Museum commissioned enabling works to identify, expose, trace and remove redundant underground services in the Hangar 1 compound. The work covers excavation and duct clearance, pipework and cable removal, exposing and capping a gas main, and reinstating the ground. This is excavation and earthmoving work, rather than a supply-only contract. Delivery locations are recorded across England, with the specific work described as being within the Hangar 1 compound. The buyer is the Royal Air Force Museum.

The procurement is complete and the contract was awarded to McPhillips (Wellington) Limited. The below-threshold process used limited competition. The contract was signed on 27 July 2026, with a recorded period from 17 August to 31 October 2026 and a maximum extent date of 31 December 2026. Its value is £32,150 excluding VAT, or £38,580 including VAT. The contract is active. It can be extended if additional utilities or contaminants are identified during the work; the same discoveries may trigger additional purchases under the stated options. The recorded lot is complete. The available data does not state the evaluation criteria.

For comparable work at the Royal Air Force Museum, a credible supplier would need to manage investigative groundworks around existing underground services, safely expose and trace utilities, clear ducts, remove redundant pipework and cables, and expose and cap gas mains. The scope also calls for reinstatement after excavation, so capability must cover the works through to making the ground good, rather than investigation alone. The successful supplier was an SME, showing that this contained, below-threshold package was delivered by a smaller contractor. Suppliers should be able to respond to changes in scope if previously unidentified utilities or contaminants emerge during excavation, including the capacity to carry out associated additional works. The procurement used limited competition; the recorded outcome provides a reference point for the buyer’s route and the practical capabilities it required.

## Notice

Investigation and enabling works to identify, expose, trace and remove redundant underground services within the Hangar 1 compound, including excavation, duct clearance, pipework and cable removal, gas main exposure and capping, and ground reinstatement.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095248-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Works |
| Procurement method | Limited |
| Procurement method details | Below threshold - limited competition |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 8 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 17 Aug 2026 - 31 Oct 2026 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £32,150 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | The Royal Air Force Museum |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | North West London |
| Postcode | NW9 5LL |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI7 Outer London - West and North West |
| ITL 3 | TLI71 Barnet |
| Local authority | Barnet |
| Electoral ward | Colindale North |
| Westminster constituency | Hendon |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | McPhillips (Wellington) Ltd |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 45 - Construction work

### Codes

- 45112000 - Excavating and earthmoving work

## Release History

- 8 Oct 2026 at 14:13 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095248-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/095248-2026
  8th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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