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# Decommissioning Nuclear and Waste Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/decommissioning-nuclear-and-waste-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03585f). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sellafield Limited: "Decommissioning Nuclear and Waste Partnership". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £3,000,000,000. 3 published lots. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sellafield Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sellafield-limited-gov-ot1220)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £3,000,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 3
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** works
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building construction work, Business and management consultancy and related services, Business and management consultancy services, Construction consultancy services, Construction equipment (+19 more)
- **Delivery Location:** UKD11
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-03585f`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/decommissioning-nuclear-and-waste-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-03585f#tl-md)

## Description
The DNWP will be the successor of the existing Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) which is a 10 (5+5) year arrangement due to end in March 2026. The DNWP multi partner framework has an estimate value of £3bn over a 15 year (9+6) duration. The scope for this procurement covers the full suite of construction, demolition related works, associated technical services (including safety case and design) and waste management required to deliver decommissioning tasks and projects. These works will be deployed across nuclear facilities on the Sellafield site that are in operations, post-operation clean out (POCO), decommissioning or demolition stages of the asset lifecycle.

## Lots (3)
### Lot 1: Remediation
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 22314000, 42000000, 43320000, 44421722, 45100000, 45111000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Scope requirements for Lot 1 include:
Remediation spanning the decommissioning of redundant facilities and managing land quality ahead of beneficial reuse. The remediation of the site towards the agreed end state requires each facility, once operatio...

### Lot 2: Retrievals
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 22314000, 42000000, 43320000, 44421722, 45100000, 45111000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Scope requirements for Lot 2 include:
Empty legacy ponds and silos (LP&S), the structural integrity of the 4 LP&S facilities must be safely maintained during the multi-decadal retrieval operations to prevent a significant uncontrolled release into th...

### Lot 3: Waste Characterisation
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 22314000, 44421722, 45111000, 45111213, 45222110, 71320000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** Scope requirements for Lot 3 includes:
To incorporate nuclear waste management and associated technical services across the enterprise. This will include support in the design and deployment of effective processes and technologies that optimise end-t...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F021171-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-08-02T16:01:27.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-25T04:27:56.167Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-03585f