---
title: "TTDC3064C - Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1"
canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1"
markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1.md"
json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1.json"
source: "Find A Tender Service"
current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT"
published: "2026-10-21"
---

# TTDC3064C - Fuel Production Technologies Panel Expert

Buyer: THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1

[View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1)  
[Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1.json)

## Summary

The Department for Transport commissioned expert technical advice on fuel production technologies used in RCM contract allocation rounds. The work covers reviewing draft contract terms and conditions, assuring the delivery partner’s work, and supporting technical evaluation and due diligence. The adviser also informs decisions on allocating RCM contracts, including production technologies, feedstocks, technology risks and the challenges of scaling technologies to commercial operation. This is specialist technical consultancy, classified as technical services. The buyer is the Department for Transport, a central government department. The procurement data does not identify a delivery location, so the work is best understood as advisory support for the department’s contract allocation process rather than a place-based service.

The procurement is complete and the contract has been awarded and signed. The Department for Transport selected Katie Chong, a small supplier, through a direct award. The stated rationale was that no suitable tenders were received: each individual invitation to tender attracted one bid, which the authority judged not to meet its requirements or award criteria. The award is dated 21 October 2026 and the contract was signed that day. Its value is £68,000 excluding VAT (£81,600 including VAT). The contract runs from 2 November 2026 to 8 October 2027, with a possible six-month extension to 7 April 2028. The procurement was arranged as one lot. No evaluation criteria or eligibility requirements are recorded in the published data.

For specialist advisers, this award shows demand from the Department for Transport for independent expertise spanning fuel production technologies and the commercial deployment of those technologies. A credible competitor would need to assess technology and feedstock options, identify risks in scaling production to commercial operation, and provide robust technical evaluation and due diligence. Experience reviewing public-sector contract terms and assuring a delivery partner’s work on contract allocation rounds would also be directly relevant. The role combines technical judgement with advice on allocation decisions, so suppliers need to communicate evidence-based findings clearly to support both contractual drafting and wider programme choices. The department used a direct award after the invitations it issued produced bids it considered unsuitable; a future competitor should be able to demonstrate a close fit to the required expertise and the ability to meet the buyer’s stated assessment needs.

## Notice

Provide expert review throughout the drafting process of the contract terms and conditions ahead of publication. To support / assure the work of the delivery partner in delivery of any RCM contract allocation rounds. Key requirements will be support in technical evaluation and due diligence. To advise on the broader decisions required in our approach to allocating RCM contracts including: Production technologies and feedstocks Insight into key risks including around technology and scaling to a commercial operation.

### Procurement Information

No suitable tenders were received. Each individual Invitation to Tender received a single bid. Each is not suitable if the contracting authority considers that it does not satisfy the contracting authority's requirements or the award criteria when assessed by reference to the assessment methodology and the relative importance of the criteria indicated under section 23(3).

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099280-2026 |
| Notice type | UK7 - Contract Details Notice |
| Procurement type | Standard |
| Procurement category | Services |
| Procurement method | Direct |
| Procurement method details | Direct award |
| Tender suitability | Not specified |
| Awardee scale | SME |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 21 Oct 2026 |
| Contract period | 2 Nov 2026 - 8 Oct 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | £68,000 |
| Contracts value | £68,000 |

## Status

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

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | THE DEPARTMENT FOR TRANSPORT |
| Locality | LONDON |
| Postcode area | South West London |
| Postcode | SW1P 4DR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLI London |
| ITL 2 | TLI3 Inner London - West |
| ITL 3 | TLI35 Westminster and City of London |
| Local authority | Westminster |
| Electoral ward | Vincent Square |
| Westminster constituency | Cities of London and Westminster |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Katie Chong |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71356000 - Technical services

## Release History

- 21 Oct 2026 at 09:46 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099280-2026
- 21 Oct 2026 at 09:12 - Award - UK6 - Contract Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099258-2026
- 20 Oct 2026 at 14:17 - Award - UK5 - Transparency Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099046-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099280-2026
  21st October 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099258-2026
  21st October 2026 - Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/099046-2026
  20th October 2026 - Transparency notice on Find a Tender
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/Attachment/A-24431
  Contract in full

## Notice URLs

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

## Provenance

This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. The canonical page is https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1. The underlying structured data is available as OCDS JSON at https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-078bf1.json.