Award

Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services

SELLAFIELD LIMITED

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Award

22 Feb 2023 at 11:10

Summary of the contracting process

The Sellafield Limited has awarded a contract for the Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services. The contract, with the title "Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services," falls under the services category in the operation of a power plant industry. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The key dates include the contract award on 22nd February 2023. The procurement process was initiated as a tender and evolved into an award stage.

This procurement opportunity offers business growth potential for entities specializing in providing operating, maintenance, and management support services to power plants. The award was granted to px Limited, a large-scale supplier. Sellafield Limited, as the buying organisation, aims to ensure the safe and continued operation of its Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) until the transition to a new system is completed. The contract involves activities to upgrade the plant in compliance with regulatory directives and maintain ageing equipment. Interested businesses must possess technical expertise in power plant operations and maintenance to successfully engage in providing the required services.

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Notice Title

Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services

Notice Description

Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services

Lot Information

Lot 1

Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services

Procurement Information

The Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) situated at Fellside focusses on the safety critical function of providing steam to Sellafield site. CHP is an ageing fragile facility near the end of its design life. In or around August 2015 Sellafield undertook a review of current and future site steam requirements, concluding that future steam delivery for site operations would be via two Steam Generation Plants (SGP). Work on the construction of the SGP commenced in July 2015 and were due to be operational by 2021. SGP Project suffered delays resulting in the Operational Date for the SGP being revised to March 2023. CHP operations are required by SL until replacement or renewal of these facilities following which CHP will be wound down in preparation for decommissioning and demolition. The strategy from CHP to boiler only operations necessitated an extension of the contractual arrangements with the current CHP ops and maintenance provider until the SGP became operational. <br/><br/>This contract award represents the enactment of the optional one year extension to the contract announced in award notice 2021-482650 published on 31st August 2023. In the original notice Sellafield Ltd stated that as a result of the delays in the SGP a new contract with the existing operations and maintenance provider PX Limited had been entered into to safely ensure continued operations of CHP which, given the age of the facility requires ongoing significant care, repair and maintenance. <br/><br/>This contract includes undertaking key activities for plant upgrades to comply with Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU), and provision of care and maintenance of aged and obsolete equipment. It was intended that PX heavily involved in key transitional activities leading to full operations. It was determined that in the circumstances competition to deliver the services was absent for technical reasons and that, pursuant Regulation 32(2)(b)(II) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Sellafield may award a contract to PX using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the Find a Tender Service . In particular, based upon assessment of the market ,Sellafield considered that there was no practical alternative to continuing to engage PX to deliver steam and provide care, repair and maintenance services whilst migrating to a new system. Given, in particular, that PX is the only organisation with detailed understanding of CHP and Sellafield's specific technical and operational requirements necessary to ensure safe and effective provision of services. Engaging a substitute provider during a transitional period would have carried very significant operational risks for Sellafield. Since awarding this contract Sellafield Ltd has had a further change in it steam strategy and has terminated the SGP Project. Sellafield intends to bring to the market the opportunity to operate and maintain the CHP.

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-03a767
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005264-2023
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
Award

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Award Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Limited
Procurement Method Details
Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting

42 - Industrial machinery

65 - Public utilities


CPV Codes

31124000 - Steam-turbine generator and related apparatus

42112100 - Steam turbines

42112300 - Gas turbines

42113100 - Parts of steam turbines

42162000 - Steam-generating boilers

42163000 - Steam generators

65410000 - Operation of a power plant

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£23,356,377 £10M-£100M

Notice Dates

Publication Date
22 Feb 20233 years ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
22 Feb 20233 years ago
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Cancelled
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SELLAFIELD LIMITED
Contact Name
Justin Beattie
Contact Email
justin.beattie@sellafieldsites.com
Contact Phone
+44 1946772993

Buyer Location

Locality
SEASCALE
Postcode
CA20 1PG
Post Town
Carlisle
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLD North West (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLD1 Cumbria
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLD13 Cumberland
Delivery Location
TLD11 West Cumbria

Local Authority
Cumberland
Electoral Ward
Gosforth
Westminster Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

PX

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