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Bulk and Packaged Chemicals

Carbonates
Caustic soda
Chlorides
+15 more
North West (UKD11)
Published value
£19,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Sellafield Limited: "Bulk and Packaged Chemicals". Published status: planned. Published value: £19,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthoritySellafield LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£19,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Sellafield Limited
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Sellafield Limited. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
Not availableNo published reports
Bid counts are not published for this buyer
Supplier ConcentrationModerate Concentration
Nuvia LtdTop vendor: 35.3% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 184 active published awards; 0 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
Nuvia Ltd1 win£354,230
Northern Industrial Battery1 win£125,000
Atlas Copco1 win£102,186
Hayward Tyler Ltd1 win£75,700
James Walker UK Ltd1 win£73,542
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthoritySellafield Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published18 Nov 2025, 14:01 GMT
Last source update18 Nov 2025, 14:01 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationCarbonates, Caustic soda, Chlorides, Hydrogen chloride, Hydroxides as basic inorganic chemicals, Inorganic acids, Liquid soda, Nitric acid and salts, Sodium hydroxide, Sulphates, Sulphides, sulphates; nitrates, phosphates and carbonates, Sulphides, sulphites and sulphates, Sulphuric acid, Various chemical products, Water-treatment chemicals
Delivery area
North West (UKD11)
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05141b
What is being bought
There is a requirement for Sellafield Ltd to implement a Contract for Bulk and Packaged Chemicals to support site-wide operations and decommissioning activities across the Sellafield site. This opportunity will be structured into three (3) Lots, with one supplier awarded per Lot. Tenderers may submit bids for any Lot and will have the potential to secure multiple Lots. The opportunity will be split across three (3) Lots: Lot 1- Bulk Caustic Soda (Sodium Hydroxide 23%, 47%, and 50%) Lot 2- Packaged Chemicals & Other Bulk Products This will include, but is not limited to, the following scope: • Sodium Hydroxide 22% - IBC 1000L/1245kg • Aluminium Sulphate 8% - Delivered via road tanker. • Ferric Nitrate Solution – Delivered via road tanker. • Praestol DW-31-EU – 1L/1.1kg • Hydrochloric Acid 14% - IBC 1000L/1071kg • Hydrated Lime – Per kg • Nickel Nitrate – 10kg • Sodium Carbonate Light – 25kg • Sodium Hypochlorite (14/15%) – IBC 1000L/1255kg • Pure Dried Vacuum Salt – Per kg • Sodium Nitrate 36% - 834L/1068kg • Granulated Sugar – 1000kg • Sulphuric Acid 77% - IBC 1000L/1698Kg • Sulphuric Acid 96% - Per kg • Silver Zeolite Cartridges • Silver Zeolite – 35g • Brenntamer CL 845 – 25kg • Lithium Nitrate – Per kg or 1230kg Lot 3- Bulk Nitric Acid (60%) The Contract will be for a period of four (4) years.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    18 Nov 2025, 14:01 GMT
  2. Status changed to planned
    4 Aug 2025, 09:28 BST
  3. Official notice release published
    4 Aug 2025, 09:28 BST
  4. Published value updated to £19,000,000
    15 May 2025, 11:31 BST
  5. Status changed to planning
    15 May 2025, 11:31 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    15 May 2025, 11:31 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    15 May 2025, 11:31 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    18 Nov 2025, 14:01 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    18 Nov 2025, 14:01 GMT
  3. engagement
    19 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT · scheduled
    Interested suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities to aid in the refinement of the future procurement: - A webinar event on the 3rd December 2025, 1pm-2:30pm - Completion of a questionnaire following the market engagement event Sellafield Ltd welcomes interested suppliers to express their interest by sending a confirmation message via our e-sourcing platform, Atamis, under reference number C28382. Please include the following detail in your message: • Full name • Company/organisation name • Contact details (Email and phone number) If you do not have an account with Atamis, please register on Atamis to create an account. If you have problems registering, please contact the helpdesk +44 29 2280 9277 or raise a support ticket via the following link https://suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb Suppliers should note that all information gathered from this exercise is for the contracting authority’s use and is subject to change.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Sellafield Limited

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PWYP-8439-MZWY
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published