Official UK procurement notice
ARC Programme · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD11)
Awarded value£434,591published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 17 Sept 2025no call for competition
Awarded to OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAlpha Resilience Capability Programme
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 22 Sept 2025, 13:27 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2025, 16:04 BST
- Authority reference
C27557- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-065679- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-059f0eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Additional Repeat Further Following Competitive Procedure
- Published justification
Following competitive tender exercise the route to market was no longer available.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
3 Oct 2025 → 15 Oct 2025 · 2 dates- Standstill ends387 days ago3 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
- Notice published376 days ago15 Oct 2025, 16:04 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Sept 2025- Transparency notice published22 Sept 2025, 13:27 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published24 Sept 2025, 11:44 BSTUK6
- Buyer details updated24 Sept 2025, 11:44 BST
- Contract details notice published15 Oct 2025, 16:04 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected20 Oct 2025, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £434,5911 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 10 Oct 2025
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED21 Oct 2025 – 19 Jul 2026Options: The right to amend the scope while the Contract is open. | £434,591same award published again · counted once | 17 Sept 2025standstill to 3 Oct 2025 | Standstill |
| OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED | £434,591 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
ARC Programme · OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITED
- Signed
- 10 Oct 2025
- Value
- £434,591
- Period
- 13 Oct 2025 – 12 Jul 2026
- Status
- active
- Options
- The right to amend the scope while the Contract is open.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeBidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the notice- OVE ARUPAwarded supplier
- OVE ARUP & PARTNERS LIMITEDAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender