Planning

Delivery Partner

GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

05 Sep 2025 at 14:16

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

23 May 2025 at 14:52

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR is undertaking a planning process to procure a Delivery Partner for its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. The procurement process is currently in the Planning stage, with a Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) event scheduled for the 8th of October, 2025, at Hilton Manchester Deansgate, Manchester. The procurement falls under the services category, particularly construction management services, and is based in the United Kingdom. Suppliers interested in attending must sign and return an NDA by 11th September 2025 to be eligible for further information and participation. This opportunity is aligned with the Competitive Flexible Procedure as outlined in the Procurement Act 2023, with an anticipated contract value between £750 million and £1 billion. The contract period is expected to start on 31st July, 2027 and will run until 30th July, 2041.

This tender presents significant opportunities for businesses involved in the provision of construction management services and those with capabilities in delivery of energy infrastructure projects. Ideal candidates include firms that specialise in project management, coordination, and integration of large-scale construction projects. The opportunity calls for businesses with proven experience in providing comprehensive delivery and technical integration services, with an emphasis on fostering collaboration, continuous improvement, and innovation across the supply chain. Companies capable of managing complex alliances and handling various construction consultancy services would be well-suited to compete for this contract, potentially benefiting from a steady stream of work over the duration of the programme.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Delivery Partner

Notice Description

To support delivery of this SMR Project in accordance with the overall programme objectives, GBE-N (the Client) is seeking to procure a Delivery Partner (the Consultant) to provide the necessary capabilities, competence, and capacity to provide overall management, coordination and integration of the SMR Project.

Planning Information

A Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) face to face event is going to be undertaken by Great British Energy - Nuclear (GBE-N) on Wednesday 8th October 2025 at Hilton Manchester Deansgate, 303 Deansgate, Manchester, M3 4LQbetween the hours of 10am - 4pm, which is aiming to procure the Delivery Partner (DP) as part of its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. The DP will be procured using the Competitive Flexible Procedure outlined in the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act). The purpose of this PME Notice is to provide information to the market on the activities GBE-N is planning to carry out in connection with its intention to procure up a Delivery Partner (DP). The Act permits contracting authorities to publish an PME Notice to notify potential suppliers that PME activity is coming up and for supplier to register their interest in attending the event once a signed NDA has been completed. The total contract value will be between £750million and £1billion as stated in this PME Notice and assumes that GBE-N will award one DP contract for the SMR programme. GBE-N reserves the right to make amendments prior to the official tender dates and process begins. And will be reviewing all feedback on its approach to procuring one SMR Programme Delivery Partner. An agenda for the day will be provided along with this notice and a signed NDA must be returned by 11th September 2025 in order for interested suppliers to receive further information on the PME event and to attend and participate in the event itself. As this PME event and the procurement exercise is being run at pace, suppliers are requested not to ask to negotiate the terms of the NDA, in order to avoid delays to the process. Please note that if a signed NDA is not provided by 11th September 2025, it will not be possible for suppliers to participate in the PME event or receive the PME materials. Please note that our PME event venue has a maximum capacity of 150 people. For this reason, suppliers will only be permitted to bring up to two attendees from their company. Your request to attend the PME event and the signed NDA must be received by 11th September 2025. In addition, the names of the attendees must be notified to commercialcdp@greatbritishnuclear.uk by 11th September 2025 in order for your attendees' places to be confirmed.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-05240b
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/054367-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Not Specified
Procurement Method Details
Competitive flexible procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71540000 - Construction management services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
5 Sep 20255 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
11 Dec 2025Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
30 Jul 2027 - 30 Jul 2041 Over 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
GREAT BRITISH ENERGY - NUCLEAR
Additional Buyers

GREAT BRITISH NUCLEAR

Contact Name
Not specified
Contact Email
commercialcdp@greatbritishnuclear.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
LONDON
Postcode
SW1A 2EG
Post Town
South West London
Country
England
Major Region (ITL 1)
TLI London
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLI3 Inner London - West
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLI35 Westminster and City of London
Delivery Location
Not specified
Local Authority
Westminster
Electoral Ward
St James's
Westminster Constituency
Cities of London and Westminster

Further Information

Notice Documents

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