Awarded contract

Blyth Development Project

Details

Buyer: ORE Catapult
Supplier(s): Konecranes Demag UK Ltd
Value: £489,894
Duration: 5 months
Topic: Cranes
Published: 4 November 2026
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

The purpose of this direct award is to appoint KONE to undertake modifications to the existing overhead cranes within the Fujin Test Hall. This is a modification and upgrade to the existing crane systems rather than the procurement of replacement cranes. ## Contract award

Timeline

Completed: Award published4 November 2026
Current notice
Completed: Award date4 November 2026
Next: Contract expiry date31 March 2027in 5 months

About the buyer

ORE Catapult is a not-for-profit research organisation set up in 2013 as part of Innovate UK's Catapult network, and buys as a private body with some public funding. Standard terms and conditions cover goods, services, consultancy, and combined goods and services contracts. Separate documented processes apply to goods and services purchasing and to works purchasing. A grant funding agreement can require compliance with public procurement rules for some requirements.

Over the past 5 years, most of ORE Catapult's contract awards have been in construction work, IT services and laboratory and precision equipment.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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