Notice Information
Notice Title
Enabling Innovation Framework
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 targeted project and task interventions. 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. Sellafield Ltd intends to appoint 10 suppliers under a single lot. 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/002926-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Framework
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Open procedure
- 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
- £20,000,000 £10M-£100M
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 14 Jan 20265 days ago
- Submission Deadline
- 5 Feb 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 5 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 29 Jun 2026 - 29 Jun 2030 4-5 years
- Recurrence
- 2026-06-17
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- SELLAFIELD LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
- 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
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002926-2026
14th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/002151-2026
12th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000126-2026
5th January 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/085173-2025
19th December 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/077976-2025
28th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/075553-2025
20th November 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/059927-2025
26th September 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/044271-2025
30th July 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/022024-2025
16th May 2025 - Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
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