Find a TenderPlanned procurementPreliminary market engagement notice
Published 12 Nov 2025, 14:42 GMT

Official UK procurement notice

D60 Crane - Electrical Upgrade - Market Engagement

Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)

ServicesAbove thresholdSME suitable
Planned pipeline value£650,000pipeline notice, not a live tender
Tender notice expected 5 Jan 2026from the planned procurement notice
Contract term 1 yrends 31 Mar 2027 · starts 1 Apr 2026

What is being bought

Published requirement description

D60 Crane - Electrical Upgrade -

The contractor shall undertake the following:

  • Complete Rewiring of the crane, including power and control circuits.
  • Modernisation of Electrical Systems, including:
  • Replacement of obsolete power distribution components.
  • Installation of modern control systems (e.g., PLC-based or equivalent).
  • Integration of future-proofing features such as diagnostics for example
  • Testing and Commissioning of all upgraded systems to ensure full operational functionality and compliance.

To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps:

  1. Log in to the supplier portal at: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
  2. Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C28332
  3. Register Interest
  4. Access documentation and submit response within 'My Proposals and Quotes'

CPV: Cranes · Installation services of cranes · Repair and maintenance services · Repair and maintenance services of cranes

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published

Pipeline intelligence · planning stage: how this market runs before the tender is published

How Nuclear Restoration Services Limited buys Installation services of general-purpose machinery and equipment (CPV 5151), and who usually turns up

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: Installation services of general-purpose machinery and equipment (CPV 5151) →

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How the contest usually goes

Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.

Question for the bid
This buyerNuclear Restoration Services Limited · all categories
What to do with it
How often do SMEs win?
i

How often small and medium firms win.

Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.

The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 107 of 293 known-size awards · market: CPV 5151 · UK-wide, n=6
37%50%

Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.

How often do local suppliers win?
i

How often local firms win similar work.

Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.

Here, local means the winner is registered in the region where that contract was delivered.

A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 19 of 99 known-location awards · market: CPV 5151 · UK-wide, n=7
19%0%

Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside North West England.

How long to a decision?
i

How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.

Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.

Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: 9 decided notices · market: division 51 · UK-wide, n=34
83 days52 days

Half of these awards were announced within 83 days of the bid deadline.

How often single-bid or direct?
i

How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.

Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.

Both shares are minimums: some awards have no bid count.

Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.

Last 36 months.

Buyer: at least 286 of 433 procurements with awards had no recorded rival · market: CPV 5151 · UK-wide, n=11
66%64%

Direct awards or one recorded bid are common here. Check the route before spending time on a bid.

How many bids did past lots attract?

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How many bids past lots received.

Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.

Past bids do not predict this tender.

Last 36 months.

This buyer18 lots with bid counts · all categories
6% had one bid
The market5 lots with bid counts · division 51 · North West England (authority’s region)
20% had one bid
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
1 bid6% / 20%
Buyer: 1 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
2–344% / 20%
Buyer: 8 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 1 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
4–644% / 0%
Buyer: 8 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 0 of 5 lots with published bid counts.
7+6% / 60%
Buyer: 1 of 18 lots with published bid counts. Market: 3 of 5 lots with published bid counts.

How did awards compare with estimates?

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Where winning prices landed against estimates.

Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.

Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.

Last 36 months.

This buyer12 lots with estimate and award · all categories
50% below estimate
The market45 lots with estimate and award · division 51 · UK-wide
40% below estimate
Buyer / market · select a colour for counts
Below estimate50% / 40%
Buyer: 6 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 18 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
Within ±2%33% / 42%
Buyer: 4 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 19 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
Above estimate17% / 18%
Buyer: 2 of 12 lots with an estimate and award. Market: 8 of 45 lots with an estimate and award.
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Assess each lot
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What past awards tell you about each lot.

See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.

No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.

Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list

Lot #1CPV 515112 monthsSME suitablePublished estimate£650k
Expected competition
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How many bids this lot may attract.

The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.

Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative. The bar shows 70 past lots.

A forecast, not a list of bidders.

—No model forecast yet20% single-bid risk
Past bids on 70 similar lots
1 bid20%
14 of 70 similar past lots received 1 bid (20%).
2–336%
25 of 70 similar past lots received 2–3 (36%).
4–623%
16 of 70 similar past lots received 4–6 (23%).
7+21%
15 of 70 similar past lots received 7+ (21%).
Comparable past lots usually drew 3 bids.
Commercial price forecast
i

Where the award price may land.

The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.

No comparable awards for this lot yet.

A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.

—No model forecast yet
No comparable awards on record for this lot’s category yet. The published estimate is £650k, and the forecast stays empty until the market has a record to read.

Who has supplied this buyer on similar work?
i

Who has done similar work for this buyer.

Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.

A past supplier may not bid again.

No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.

Who could compete for this lot?
i

Who could compete for this lot?

Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.

None is confirmed as a bidder.

Candidate suppliers for this notice have not been worked out yet, so this is not a verdict that nobody fits.

About this data
  • Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
  • Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
  • Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
  • Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Procurement category
Services
Notice status
Planned procurement
Procurement threshold
Above threshold (FTS publication)
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
12 Nov 2025, 14:42 GMT
Last source update
24 Nov 2025, 08:28 GMT
Authority reference
C28332
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-076257
Latest notice
Preliminary market engagement notice (UK2)
Classification (CPV)
CranesInstallation services of cranesRepair and maintenance servicesRepair and maintenance services of cranes
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05dfc0 Find a Tender

How it was run

Official notice
Submission deadline
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Timeline

12 Nov 2025 → 1 Apr 2026 · 5 dates
  1. Planning notice published343 days ago
    12 Nov 2025, 14:42 GMT
  2. Latest notice published332 days ago
    24 Nov 2025, 08:28 GMT
  3. Market engagement321 days ago
    4 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT

    Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (NRS) invites suitably qualified and experienced contractors for the electrical upgrade of a critical crane asset located within the SGHWR (D60) facility at NRS Winfrith in Dorset to register their interest in this opportunity. This Market Engagement is issued to identify potential suppliers capable of delivering the scope of work in compliance with nuclear safety standards, applicable UK regulations and with a view to inviting these organisations to tender for the business requirements / scope of works.

    To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps:

    1. Log in to the supplier portal at: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
    2. Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C28332
    3. Register Interest
    4. Access documentation and submit response within 'My Proposals and Quotes'
  4. Tender notice expected289 days ago
    5 Jan 2026, 23:59 GMT
  5. Contract starts204 days ago
    1 Apr 2026, 00:00 BST

Notice history

2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 12 Nov 2025
  1. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    12 Nov 2025, 14:42 GMT
    UK2
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice published
    24 Nov 2025, 08:28 GMT
    UK2
Published amendments (1)

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Commercial outcome & contract awards

Pipeline notice
Awards (0)
No award published
Contracts (0)
No contract published
Bid statistics
No aggregate bid statistics published

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PXPQ-2228-DGTY Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley, Warrington, North West, WA3 6GRContact name, email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure