---
title: "UKRI-6399 MRC LMB Cold Room Servicing"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-07866a"
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published: "2026-10-13"
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# UKRI-6399 MRC LMB Cold Room Servicing

Buyer: UK RESEARCH & INNOVATION  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-07866a

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## Summary

UK Research & Innovation (UKRI) commissioned maintenance servicing for the Medical Research Council Laboratory of Molecular Biology’s cold-room systems. The requirement is for specialist refrigeration and air-conditioning maintenance, classified under repair and maintenance of electrical and mechanical building installations (CPV 50710000). UKRI is the buying organisation. The service is associated with the Cambridge area of England. The procurement is a single-lot service requirement focused on maintaining the laboratory’s cold rooms, rather than the supply of new equipment or general building maintenance.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. UKRI used a direct award below the relevant threshold, without competition. The contract was awarded to Adcock Refrigeration and Air Conditioning Limited, a Belper-based supplier, and signed on 1 October 2026. The contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 30 September 2027, with an option to extend for up to one year, to 30 September 2028. Its value is £81,112 excluding VAT (£97,334.40 including VAT). The process covered one lot. The published procurement information does not state evaluation criteria, reflecting the direct award route.

For refrigeration and air-conditioning service firms, this award demonstrates UKRI’s demand for specialist cold-room maintenance at a medical research laboratory. A credible competitor for a similar requirement would need the technical ability and operational capacity to service and maintain cold-room systems reliably in a research environment, where equipment condition is central to laboratory operations. Relevant experience with refrigeration and air-conditioning systems, planned maintenance and responsive fault repair would be commercially pertinent. The selected supplier is an SME, showing that this requirement has been delivered by a smaller specialist business rather than only a large national contractor. The award followed a direct, non-competitive route, so suppliers seeking similar work should monitor UKRI’s purchasing needs and understand that this particular award does not demonstrate an open competition.

## Notice

The provision of Cold Room systems maintenance services.

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096490-2026 |
| 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 | 13 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | Not specified |
| Contract period | 1 Oct 2026 - 30 Sep 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £81,112 |

## 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, WILTSHIRE |
| 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 | ADCOCK REFRIGERATION AND AIR CONDITIONING LIMITED |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 50 - Repair and maintenance services

### Codes

- 50710000 - Repair and maintenance services of electrical and mechanical building installations

## Release History

- 13 Oct 2026 at 12:02 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096490-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/096490-2026
  13th October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

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