PERMANENT AWARD EVIDENCE

UK SBS SSACS19035 Nursery Services at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Harwell Campus

UK SHARED BUSINESS SERVICES LIMITED · published 2 Apr 2026. This page preserves the identifiers and current held fields for one Contracts Finder release; it is not an invoice, performance assessment or complete contract history.

Contracts Finder release IDa02608e0-56ea-4ca4-8d49-5ea4c3a3ae40-891049
Open Contracting ID (OCID)ocds-b5fd17-e8def366-2118-47bd-8012-8e2f6623491c
Buyer identifierGB-SRS-sid4gov.cabinetoffice.gov.uk/dXGP288m
Release typeawardUpdate
PUBLISHED COMMERCIAL FIELDS

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Award value
£7,400,000
award field
Tender value
£7,400,000
tender field
Procurement method
Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
Category
services
CPV
85312110
Child daycare services
Delivery
South West, United Kingdom
No postcode
PUBLISHED DESCRIPTION

What the notice says

UK Shared Business Services Ltd acting on behalf of the Contracting Authority have put in place a Contract to provide a nursery services at the Little Star's Nursery at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC). This Contract has been awarded under Regulation 32 (2) (a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) in the cases listed below : • No tenders or no suitable tenders/requests to participate in response to open procedure were received. Explanation: UK Shared Business Services Ltd carried out an open competition on behalf of the Contracting Authority for the nursery services at the Little Star's Nursery at Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC), Rutherford Appleton Laboratory, the publication notice number in OJEU is: 2019/S 041-093480. No suitable tenders were received in response to the open procedure therefore under Regulation 32 (2)(a) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (as amended) the Contracting Authority awarded a contract by negotiated procedure without prior publication. Variation 002 - To extend the contract end date from 31/03/2026 to 31/03/2027.

Tender statuscomplete
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  1. 01Notice publishedPublication timestamp on the held release2 Apr 2026
  2. 02Tender period endsTender-period field as published31 Mar 2019
  3. 03Contract startsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2019
  4. 04Contract endsContract-period field as published31 Mar 2027
SUPPLIER EVIDENCE

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Published name only

Bright Horizons Family Solutions Limited

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SOURCE

Contracts Finder release

Published 2 Apr 2026 · held through the daily award projection · Open Government Licence v3.0.

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