Official UK procurement notice
Enabling Innovation Framework 5
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionEnabling Innovation Framework 5 The EIF 5 Scope is primarily around problem definition and framing, studies, developing functional requirements, preparing business cases and interventions for which the categories, outputs and deliverables. The Sellafield Ltd Corporate Strategy and Strategy Management Framework provide broader organisational context and detail around the purpose and challenges of the value streams (Retrievals, Remediation, Spent Fuel Management, Special Nuclear Materials and Integrated Waste Management) and the business critical enablers. In summary the scope of the EIF encompasses:
- Support to problem framing: establishing clarity over needs and priorities and providing technical / digital support;
- Help in establishing project purpose, principles, roles and tasks before the Detail is decided
- Problem definition: help in translating service requirements into clear functional / technical / digital require
CPV: Integrated engineering services · Miscellaneous engineering services · Project-management services other than for construction work · Technical services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 31 Jan 2026
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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).
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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).
- “Enabling Innovation Framework 5” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 16 May 2025, 09:36 BST
- Last source update
- 10 Jul 2025, 12:41 BST
- Authority reference
C8497- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-038919- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05154aFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
16 May 2025 → 31 Jan 2026 · 4 dates- Planning notice published16 May 2025, 09:36 BST
- Latest notice published10 Jul 2025, 12:41 BST
- Tender notice expected391 days ago30 Sept 2025, 23:59 BST
- Contract starts269 days ago31 Jan 2026
Notice history
2 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 16 May 2025- Pipeline notice published16 May 2025, 09:36 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published10 Jul 2025, 12:41 BSTUK1
Published amendments (1)
Submission date put back three months due to delays in the internal programme. Consequential impact on expected start and end dates of any contract(s) arising from this procurement have been put back for the same reasons. Contact Details amended.
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
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender