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# Enabling Innovation Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enabling-innovation-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-051549). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sellafield Limited: "Enabling Innovation Framework". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £20,000,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 5 Feb 2026, 12:00 GMT. Published submission portal: atamis-2464.my.site.com.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [Sellafield Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sellafield-limited-gov-ot1220)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £20,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 5 February 2026 at 12:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Open procedure
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Engineering services, Integrated engineering services, Miscellaneous engineering services, Project-management services other than for construction work, Technical services
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** UKPGA 2023/54
- **Official Documents:** 10 published documents & notices ([view on Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enabling-innovation-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-051549#documents))
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-051549`

## 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/enabling-innovation-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-051549#tl-md)

## Submission
- **Submission Platform:** [atamis-2464.my.site.com](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fatamis-2464.my.site.com%2Fs%2FWelcome)
- **How to bid:** https://tenderline.uk/tenders/enabling-innovation-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-051549#participate

## Description
Enabling Innovation Framework 5
The EIF 5 Scope is primarily around problem definition and framing, studies, developing functional requirements, preparing business cases and targeted project and task interventions.
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 requirements;
• Support to studies;
• Support for problem solving and recovery of stalled projects through enabling services or focussed technical and digital support / solutions;
• Support to establishing correct measures, metrics and targets for success;
• Improving understanding of supply chain capability;
• Supporting challenge to unnecessarily bespoke solutions, application of unnecessary standards and "specialist" requirements through enabling services or focussed technical / digital solutions;
• Support to constructive challenge of ongoing requirements and cost estimates;
• Relationship based: allowing the supply chain to offer up new technologies and innovations, which have not been solicited by a Sellafield Ltd client that may bring significant return on investment.
Sellafield Ltd intends to appoint 10 suppliers under a single lot. The framework agreements will be based on Sellafield standard terms and conditions.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** active
- **CPV codes:** 71300000, 71330000, 71340000, 71356000, 79421000
- **Delivery regions:** UK
- **Delivery countries in notice:** GB
- **Estimated Value:** £20,000,000

- **Contract Period:** 29/06/2026 to 29/06/2030

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F000126-2026)
- **Last Source Update:** 2026-01-14T09:16:05.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T11:56:19.209Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-051549