Notice Information
Notice Title
Control Systems OEM Equipment Service and Maintenance
Notice Description
The provision of Maintenance & Technical Support of Programmable Logic Controllers and Control Equipment manufactured and supported by the original OEM of the equipment insitu and in use by Sellafield, including: On-site support, breakdown support, telephone support, servicing, maintenance and associated parts as specified in the install baseinventory and targeted P1 managed between Sellafield and the OEM (the awarded supplier)
Lot Information
Lot 1
The provision of Maintenance & Technical Support of Programmable Logic Controllers and Control Equipment manufactured and supported by the awarded OEM, including: On-site
support, breakdown support, telephone support, servicing, maintenance and associated parts as specified in the install base inventory and targeted P1 managed between Sellafield
and the awarded supplier (the OEM) regarding equipment already in situ and used by Sellafield
Procurement Information
The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the<br/>following reason:<br/>protection of exclusive rights, including intellectual property rights<br/><br/>Is in accordance with PCR 2015 Regulation 32.5(b).<br/>"For additional deliveries by the original supplier which are intended either as a partial replacement of supplies or installations or as the extension of existing supplies or installations where a change of supplier would oblige the contracting authority to acquire<br/>supplies having different technical characteristics which would result in incompatibility or disproportionate technical difficulties in operation and maintenance" The OEM awarded the contract has the intellectual property for the equipment used within context of this contract and has been maintained and managed by the awarded supplier as the Original Equipment Manufacturer (OEM) and own the intellectual property associated with the equipment. This proprietary equipment cannot be modified by another company.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050bf0
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/045222-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Tender, Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender 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
51 - Installation services (except software)
-
- CPV Codes
51900000 - Installation services of guidance and control systems
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- £842,170 £500K-£1M
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 1 Aug 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 31 Mar 20258 months ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SELLAFIELD LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Gareth Arnison
- Contact Email
- gareth.arnison@sellafieldsites.com
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARRINGTON
- Postcode
- WA3 6GR
- Post Town
- Warrington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD61 Warrington
- Delivery Location
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Warrington
- Electoral Ward
- Birchwood
- Westminster Constituency
- Warrington North
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
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