---
title: "Technical Query Review, Assessment & Resolution Support"
ocid: "ocds-h6vhtk-06e5bb"
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current_stage: "Award"
buyer: "Sellafield Limited"
published: "2026-08-17"
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# Technical Query Review, Assessment & Resolution Support

Buyer: Sellafield Limited  
Current stage: Award  
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-06e5bb

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## Summary

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.

## Notice

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

## Key Details

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication source | Find A Tender Service |
| Latest notice | https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078172-2026 |
| 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 |
| All stages | Award |

## Dates

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Publication date | 17 Aug 2026 |
| Submission deadline | Not specified |
| Future notice date | Not specified |
| Award date | 14 Aug 2026 |
| Contract period | 14 Aug 2026 - 31 Mar 2027 |
| Recurrence | Not specified |

## Values

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender value | Not specified |
| Lots value | Not specified |
| Awards value | Not specified |
| Contracts value | £48,750 |

## Status

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Tender status | Complete |
| Lots status | Complete |
| Awards status | Active |
| Contracts status | Active |

## Buyer

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Main buyer | Sellafield Limited |
| Locality | WARRINGTON |
| Postcode area | Warrington |
| Postcode | WA3 6GR |
| Country | England |
| ITL 1 | TLD North West (England) |
| ITL 2 | TLD6 Cheshire |
| ITL 3 | TLD61 Warrington |
| Local authority | Warrington |
| Electoral ward | Birchwood |
| Westminster constituency | Warrington North |
| Delivery location | Not specified |

## Supplier

| Field | Value |
| --- | --- |
| Number of suppliers | 1 |
| Supplier names | Co-Lab Engineering Limited |

## CPV Codes

### Divisions

- 71 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

### Codes

- 71356200 - Technical assistance services

## Release History

- 17 Aug 2026 at 14:49 - Award - UK7 - Contract Details Notice - https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078172-2026

## Documents

- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/078172-2026
  17th August 2026 - Contract details notice on Find a Tender

## Notice URLs

- https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
- https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents

## Provenance

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