--- title: "Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services" ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-03a767" canonical_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03a767" markdown_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03a767.md" json_url: "https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03a767.json" source: "Find A Tender Service" current_stage: "Award" buyer: "SELLAFIELD LIMITED" published: "2023-02-22" --- # Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services Buyer: SELLAFIELD LIMITED Current stage: Award OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-03a767 [View canonical contract page](https://d3tenders.com/contract/?ocid=ocds-h6vhtk-03a767) [Download OCDS JSON](https://d3tenders.com/contract/ocds-h6vhtk-03a767.json) ## Summary The Sellafield Limited has awarded a contract for the Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services. The contract, with the title "Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services," falls under the services category in the operation of a power plant industry. The procurement method used was a limited procedure without prior publication of a call for competition. The key dates include the contract award on 22nd February 2023. The procurement process was initiated as a tender and evolved into an award stage. This procurement opportunity offers business growth potential for entities specializing in providing operating, maintenance, and management support services to power plants. The award was granted to px Limited, a large-scale supplier. Sellafield Limited, as the buying organisation, aims to ensure the safe and continued operation of its Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) until the transition to a new system is completed. The contract involves activities to upgrade the plant in compliance with regulatory directives and maintain ageing equipment. Interested businesses must possess technical expertise in power plant operations and maintenance to successfully engage in providing the required services. ## Notice Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services ### Lot Information Lot 1 Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Management Support Services ### Procurement Information The Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) situated at Fellside focusses on the safety critical function of providing steam to Sellafield site. CHP is an ageing fragile facility near the end of its design life. In or around August 2015 Sellafield undertook a review of current and future site steam requirements, concluding that future steam delivery for site operations would be via two Steam Generation Plants (SGP). Work on the construction of the SGP commenced in July 2015 and were due to be operational by 2021. SGP Project suffered delays resulting in the Operational Date for the SGP being revised to March 2023. CHP operations are required by SL until replacement or renewal of these facilities following which CHP will be wound down in preparation for decommissioning and demolition. The strategy from CHP to boiler only operations necessitated an extension of the contractual arrangements with the current CHP ops and maintenance provider until the SGP became operational. This contract award represents the enactment of the optional one year extension to the contract announced in award notice 2021-482650 published on 31st August 2023. In the original notice Sellafield Ltd stated that as a result of the delays in the SGP a new contract with the existing operations and maintenance provider PX Limited had been entered into to safely ensure continued operations of CHP which, given the age of the facility requires ongoing significant care, repair and maintenance. This contract includes undertaking key activities for plant upgrades to comply with Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU), and provision of care and maintenance of aged and obsolete equipment. It was intended that PX heavily involved in key transitional activities leading to full operations. It was determined that in the circumstances competition to deliver the services was absent for technical reasons and that, pursuant Regulation 32(2)(b)(II) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Sellafield may award a contract to PX using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the Find a Tender Service . In particular, based upon assessment of the market ,Sellafield considered that there was no practical alternative to continuing to engage PX to deliver steam and provide care, repair and maintenance services whilst migrating to a new system. Given, in particular, that PX is the only organisation with detailed understanding of CHP and Sellafield's specific technical and operational requirements necessary to ensure safe and effective provision of services. Engaging a substitute provider during a transitional period would have carried very significant operational risks for Sellafield. Since awarding this contract Sellafield Ltd has had a further change in it steam strategy and has terminated the SGP Project. Sellafield intends to bring to the market the opportunity to operate and maintain the CHP. ## Key Details | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication source | Find A Tender Service | | Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005264-2023 | | Notice type | Award Notice | | Procurement type | Standard | | Procurement category | Services | | Procurement method | Limited | | Procurement method details | Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition | | Tender suitability | Not specified | | Awardee scale | Large | | All stages | Award | ## Dates | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Publication date | 22 Feb 2023 | | Submission deadline | Not specified | | Future notice date | Not specified | | Award date | 22 Feb 2023 | | Contract period | Not specified | | Recurrence | Not specified | ## Values | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender value | Not specified | | Lots value | Not specified | | Awards value | Not specified | | Contracts value | £23,356,377 | ## Status | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Tender status | Complete | | Lots status | Cancelled | | Awards status | Active | | Contracts status | Active | ## Buyer | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Main buyer | SELLAFIELD LIMITED | | Locality | SEASCALE | | Post town | Carlisle | | Postcode | CA20 1PG | | Country | England | | ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) | | ITL 2 | TLD1 Cumbria | | ITL 3 | TLD13 Cumberland | | Local authority | Cumberland | | Electoral ward | Gosforth | | Westminster constituency | Whitehaven and Workington | | Delivery location | TLD11 West Cumbria | ## Supplier | Field | Value | | --- | --- | | Number of suppliers | 1 | | Supplier names | PX | ## CPV Codes ### Divisions - 31 - Electrical machinery, apparatus, equipment and consumables; lighting - 42 - Industrial machinery - 65 - Public utilities ### Codes - 31124000 - Steam-turbine generator and related apparatus - 42112100 - Steam turbines - 42112300 - Gas turbines - 42113100 - Parts of steam turbines - 42162000 - Steam-generating boilers - 42163000 - Steam generators - 65410000 - Operation of a power plant ## Release History - 22 Feb 2023 at 11:10 - Award - Award Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/005264-2023 ## Notice URLs - https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd ## Provenance This Markdown file is an alternate public rendering of the D3 Tenders contract record. 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