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Technical Query Review, Assessment & Resolution Support

Sellafield Limited

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17 Aug 2026 at 14:49

UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Sellafield Limited procured technical assistance services to review, assess and resolve assigned technical queries. The work concerns obsolete, unavailable or difficult-to-source items, helping the buyer progress queries where equipment, components or other items are challenging to identify or obtain. The requirement was delivered for Sellafield Limited in Whitehaven, Cumbria. Sellafield Limited is the buying organisation and the service relates to its technical engineering needs. The procurement covered one completed lot and one service award. The selected supplier, Co-Lab Engineering Limited, is based in Whitehaven, placing the delivery location and supplier in the same local area. This is specialist technical-query support rather than the supply of the difficult-to-source items themselves.

The procurement has been awarded and the contract is active. Sellafield Limited used a direct procedure below the threshold without competition. The contract was signed on 14 August 2026 and runs from 14 August 2026 to 31 March 2027. The contract value is £48,750 excluding VAT, or £58,500 including VAT. Co-Lab Engineering Limited was awarded the contract for the single lot. The award is for technical assistance services under the requirement for Technical Query Review, Assessment & Resolution Support. The procurement reached complete status, while the resulting contract remains active. The published outcome therefore records a completed, non-competitive procurement with one appointed supplier and a defined service period.

This requirement demonstrates demand from Sellafield for engineering support that can investigate and progress technical queries involving obsolete, unavailable or difficult-to-source items. Suppliers well placed for comparable work would need credible technical assessment and problem-resolution capability, including the ability to understand an assigned query, assess the underlying item or requirement, and identify a practical route towards resolution. Experience in technical assistance, engineering review and sourcing challenges would be relevant. The awarded supplier is a large engineering business based in Whitehaven, indicating that the buyer accepted a substantial specialist provider with a local presence. Competitors should be able to support technically complex queries for a nuclear-site buyer and demonstrate reliable delivery across the requirement rather than simply offer catalogue supply.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Technical Query Review, Assessment & Resolution Support

Notice Description

Review and progress assigned technical queries relating to obsolete, unavailable or difficult-to-source items.

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e5bb
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078172-2026
Current Stage
Award
All Stages
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Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK7 - Contract Details Notice
Procurement Type
Standard
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Direct
Procurement Method Details
Below threshold - without competition
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Large

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

CPV Codes

71356200 - Technical assistance services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
Not specified
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
£48,750 Under £100K

Notice Dates

Publication Date
17 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
14 Aug 20261 weeks ago
Contract Period
14 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 6-12 months
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Complete
Lots Status
Complete
Awards Status
Active
Contracts Status
Active

Buyer & Supplier

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
Sellafield Limited
Contact Name
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Contact Email
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Contact Phone
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Buyer Location

Locality
WARRINGTON
Postcode
WA3 6GR
Postcode Area
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

Supplier Information

Number of Suppliers
1
Supplier Name

Co-Lab Engineering Limited

Further Information

Notice Documents

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