Planning

Enabling Innovation Framework 5

SELLAFIELD LIMITED

This public procurement record has 5 releases in its history.

PlanningUpdate

28 Nov 2025 at 10:27

Planning

20 Nov 2025 at 11:11

PlanningUpdate

26 Sep 2025 at 07:09

PlanningUpdate

30 Jul 2025 at 12:28

Planning

16 May 2025 at 08:34

Summary of the contracting process

The Enabling Innovation Framework 5 (EIF 5), initiated by Sellafield Limited, is currently in the planning update stage, focusing on services within the engineering sector. The buying organisation, a public authority in sub-central government, is located in Warrington, UK. A preliminary market engagement session is scheduled for 4th December 2025, with an engagement deadline on 5th December 2025. This procurement process aims to establish ten framework agreements beginning on 30th June 2026, concluding on 29th June 2030. The contract value is estimated at £24,000,000 gross, with an emphasis on providing technical and digital support services.

This tender offers substantial growth opportunities for businesses specialising in various engineering and project management services, particularly those capable of problem definition, technical support, and collaboration in innovation. It is well-suited for SMEs able to integrate new technologies and support project recovery efforts. Companies interested in enhancing their presence in the UK's engineering services landscape, and offering bespoke solutions, would find this framework agreement beneficial for diversifying and expanding their service offerings.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Enabling Innovation Framework 5

Notice Description

Enabling Innovation Framework 5 The EIF 5 Scope is primarily around problem definition and framing, studies, developing functional requirements, preparing business cases and interventions for which the categories, outputs and deliverables. The Sellafield Ltd Corporate Strategy and Strategy Management Framework provide broader organisational context and detail around the purpose and challenges of the value streams (Retrievals, Remediation, Spent Fuel Management, Special Nuclear Materials and Integrated Waste Management) and the business critical enablers. In summary the scope of the EIF encompasses: * Support to problem framing: establishing clarity over needs and priorities and providing technical / digital support; * Help in establishing project purpose, principles, roles and tasks before the Detail is decided * Problem definition: help in translating service requirements into clear functional / technical / digital requirements; * Support to studies; * Support for problem solving and recovery of stalled projects through enabling services or focussed technical and digital support / solutions; * Support to establishing correct measures, metrics and targets for success; * Improving understanding of supply chain capability; * Supporting challenge to unnecessarily bespoke solutions, application of unnecessary standards and "specialist" requirements through enabling services or focussed technical / digital solutions; * Support to constructive challenge of ongoing requirements and cost estimates; * Relationship based: allowing the supply chain to offer up new technologies and innovations, which have not been solicited by a Sellafield Ltd client that may bring significant return on investment. We plan to issue ten framework agreements under one lot, each lasting four years. The framework agreements will be based on Sellafield standard terms and conditions.

Planning Information

Presentations at Supply Chain Forums and Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster. Copies of presentations shown and a scope of work are available to view via Atamis. A preliminary market engagement session is scheduled for Thursday 4th December 2025 at 10:00am. During this session, the presentation originally delivered at the Supply Chain Forum in October 2025 will be shared, as included in the accompanying documents. Interested participants are asked to register under Atamis record C28373 and submit a message via the portal to confirm their attendance and provide a contact email for the Microsoft Teams link to be sent to. Please express interest by 9:00am on Thursday 4th December to ensure the link is received with sufficient time. Once interest has been confirmed, the Microsoft Teams link will be issued. Participation is restricted to one representative per company.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-051549
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077976-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Not specified
Tender Suitability
SME
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security


CPV Codes

71300000 - Engineering services

71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services

71340000 - Integrated engineering services

71356000 - Technical services

79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£20,000,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
28 Nov 20256 days ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
31 Dec 20254 weeks to go
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
29 Jun 2026 - 29 Jun 2030 4-5 years
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Planned
Lots Status
Planned
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
SELLAFIELD LIMITED
Additional Buyers

SELLAFIELD LIMITED - HINTON

Contact Name
Mark Kowe
Contact Email
eif@sellafieldsites.com, mark.kowe@sellafieldsites.com
Contact Phone
+44 1925 832000

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
Not specified

Local Authority
Warrington
Electoral Ward
Birchwood
Westminster Constituency
Warrington North

Further Information

Notice Documents

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