Notice Information
Notice Title
C24612 - Early Legacy Boxes - Liner and AFP
Notice Description
This contract is only for suppliers eligible to tender via the Engineering and Technology Solutions Marketplace DPS Category, Lot 4 Manufacturing Solutions Category, sub-category: Manufactured Products.<br/><br/>This Procurement is for the following components:<br/>* Liner <br/>* AFP <br/><br/>In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:<br/>* M1. Mobilisation<br/>* M2. Design Validation & Verification<br/>* M3. Tooling & Process Development<br/>* M4. Assembly 1 manufacture <br/>* M5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture <br/>* M6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture <br/>* M7. Assembly 28+ manufacture <br/><br/>A further DPS tender reference C24615 for the Box and the Lid has been issued on the same date as this procurement. The subsequent contracts awarded will be managed concurrently.
Lot Information
Lot 1
Sellafield Ltd (SL) have developed a Legacy 3m3 Box Design for the retrieval, packaging, transport, storage, and disposal of ILW (Intermediate Level Waste) from facilities at Sellafield site.
These boxes will be used for interim storage and final disposal of the following wastes:
Legacy Pond Skips (inc. Zeolites)
Maintenance waste from retrievals process/plant
Secondary waste arisings within the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP)
Where the term "Box" is used in this Specification it shall imply the same meaning as a "Legacy 3m3 Box Assembly".
The Box Assembly comprises the following components:
1 off Box Body
1 off Box Lid
1 off Bolt Set (28 off bolts per set)
1 off Liner
1 off Anti Flotation Plate (AFP)
1 off Liquor Filter Module (LFM)
SL requires 6 off liner & AFP assemblies by August 2026 to preload the BEP facility. Following this, SL needs 27-60 liner & AFP (at a minimum rate of 8 per annum) to be supplied to support BEP (Box Encapsulation Plant) Active Commissioning in 2027.
Note: This Procurement is for the following components only:
Liner
Anti Flotation Plate
There is another DPS tender for Box & Lid which will be managed concurrently to this scope of work.
Only 'mature' methods of manufacture that have been tried and tested, should be used to manufacture the box components; this should cut down development time and ensure on time delivery.
In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:
1. Mobilisation
2. Design Validation & Verification
3. Tooling & Process Development
4. Assembly 1 manufacture
5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture
6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture
7. Assembly 28+ manufacture
Note: Total quantity to be determined by quoted unit prices.
**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**
Tenders were evaluated against the award criteria with a view to identifying the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) to our requirements. It was split as follows:-
80% Quality
20% Price
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05ced7
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/066315-2025
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Goods
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted procedure
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- SME
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
14 - Mining, basic metals and related products
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
45 - Construction work
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
98 - Other community, social and personal services
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- CPV Codes
09300000 - Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy
09343000 - Radioactive materials
14622000 - Steel
44400000 - Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items
44613400 - Storage containers
44613800 - Containers for waste material
44616200 - Waste drums
44619000 - Other containers
45255400 - Fabrication work
90521500 - Packaging of radioactive waste
90521520 - Packaging of intermediate level nuclear waste
98391000 - Decommissioning services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 17 Oct 20254 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 18 Sep 20255 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
- Helen Cheetham
- Contact Email
- helen.l.cheetham@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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