Official UK procurement notice
C24612 - Early Legacy Boxes - Liner and AFP
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is only for suppliers eligible to tender via the Engineering and Technology Solutions Marketplace DPS Category, Lot 4 Manufacturing Solutions Category, sub-category: Manufactured Products.<br/><br/>This Procurement is for the following components:<br/>
- Liner <br/>
- AFP <br/><br/>In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:<br/>
- M1. Mobilisation<br/>
- M2. Design Validation & Verification<br/>
- M3. Tooling & Process Development<br/>
- M4. Assembly 1 manufacture <br/>
- M5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture <br/>
- M6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture <br/>
- M7. Assembly 28+ manufacture <br/><br/>A further DPS tender reference C24615 for the Box and the Lid has been issued on the same date as this procurement. The subsequent contracts awarded will be managed concurrently.
CPV: Containers for waste material · Decommissioning services · Electricity, heating, solar and nuclear energy · Fabrication work · Miscellaneous fabricated products and related items · Other containers · Packaging of intermediate level nuclear waste · Packaging of radioactive waste · Radioactive materials · Steel · Storage containers · Waste drums
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Sellafield Ltd (SL) have developed a Legacy 3m3 Box Design for the retrieval,…Awarded
Sellafield Ltd (SL) have developed a Legacy 3m3 Box Design for the retrieval, packaging, transport, storage, and disposal of ILW (Intermediate Level Waste) from facilities at Sellafield site. <br/><br/>These boxes will be used for interim storage and final disposal of the following wastes:<br/><br/>Legacy Pond Skips (inc. Zeolites)<br/>Maintenance waste from retrievals process/plant<br/>Secondary waste arisings within the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP)<br/><br/>Where the term “Box” is used in this Specification it shall imply the same meaning as a “Legacy 3m3 Box Assembly”. <br/><br/>The Box Assembly comprises the following components: <br/> 1 off Box Body<br/> 1 off Box Lid<br/> 1 off Bolt Set (28 off bolts per set)<br/> 1 off Liner <br/> 1 off Anti Flotation Plate (AFP)<br/> 1 off Liquor Filter Module (LFM) <br/><br/>SL requires 6 off liner & AFP assemblies by August 2026 to preload the BEP facility. Following this, SL needs 27-60 liner & AFP (at a minimum rate of 8 per annum) to be supplied to support BEP (Box Encapsulation Plant) Active Commissioning in 2027.<br/><br/>Note: This Procurement is for the following components only:<br/><br/>Liner<br/>Anti Flotation Plate<br/><br/>There is another DPS tender for Box & Lid which will be managed concurrently to this scope of work. <br/><br/>Only ‘mature’ methods of manufacture that have been tried and tested, should be used to manufacture the box components; this should cut down development time and ensure on time delivery.<br/><br/>In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:<br/><br/>1. Mobilisation<br/>2. Design Validation & Verification<br/>3. Tooling & Process Development<br/>4. Assembly 1 manufacture <br/>5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture <br/>6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture <br/>7. Assembly 28+ manufacture <br/><br/>Note: Total quantity to be determined by quoted unit prices.<br/><br/>**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**<br/><br/>Tenders were evaluated against the award criteria with a view to identifying the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) to our requirements. It was split as follows:-<br/><br/>80% Quality<br/>20% Price
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How this buyer will score bids.
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published award criteria (2)
- Quality: 80
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 17 Oct 2025, 13:30 BST
- Last source update
- 17 Oct 2025, 13:30 BST
- Authority reference
C24612- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-066315- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05ced7Find a Tender
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bendall's Engineering LimitedSubcontracting: declared | — | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 066315-2025-1 · Bendall's Engineering Limited
- Signed
- 19 Sept 2025
- Value
- —
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Lot | Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sellafield Ltd (SL) have developed a Legacy 3m3 Box Design for the retrieval,… | 8bids · 8 electronic | — | — | £1,297,541 – £4,799,680 |
| Whole notice | — | — | — | £1,297,541 – £4,799,680 |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts Of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- Bendalls Engineering LtdAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.