# Project Texas

> A sourced UK public sector contract award published by Loughborough University.

## Key facts

- Buyer: [Loughborough University](/buyers/loughborough-university/contract-awards)
- Supplier: Stoford Loughborough Limited
- Award value: £4,000,000
- Tender value: £4,000,000
- Award date: 20 January 2025
- Published: 21 January 2025
- Contract start: 1 November 2025
- Contract end: 1 November 2027
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: c7915e75-a223-4a1d-85d1-cdebee1b29fb-819146
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-2a87d574-bb5e-4f18-bc0e-b6a3cafdadb8

## Description

The University proposes entering into an agreement for lease with Stoford Loughborough Limited \("Stoford"\) that will, subject to the satisfaction of certain conditions precedent, result in the grant of a long lease by the University of a site owned by the University \("the site"\) to a lessee nominated by Stoford \("the lessee"\)\. Stoford proposes to commission the construction by a building contractor for the lessee of a new advanced manufacturing facility on the site, along with site specific infrastructure, which the lessee will sub-lease to an occupier \("the sub-lessee"\)\. The building contractor will also provide certain infrastructure works on land owned by the University adjacent to the site, comprising a new roundabout, spine road and drainage, which will be owned by the University\.

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## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/c7915e75-a223-4a1d-85d1-cdebee1b29fb-819146)