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# Higher Active Waste Thermal Treatment Research and Development Programme

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/higher-active-waste-thermal-treatment-research-and-development-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0316dc). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Sellafield Limited: "Higher Active Waste Thermal Treatment Research and Development Programme". Published status: complete. Published Value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** COMPLETE (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Sellafield Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/sellafield-limited-gov-ot1220)
- **Published Value:** Value not published (currency not published)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- **Main Category:** goods
- **Classifications (CPV):** Furnace burners, Machinery for the heat treatment of materials
- **Delivery Location:** UK
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-0316dc`

## 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/higher-active-waste-thermal-treatment-research-and-development-programme-ocds-h6vhtk-0316dc#tl-md)

## Description
The Higher Activity Waste Thermal Treatment (HAWTT) research and development programme seeks to develop active demonstrators to consider the impact of thermal treatment technologies on specific forms of High Level Waste. Advancing on current thermal treatment technologies, Sellafield have been requested by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) to deliver active demonstrators to produce information that may underpin a strategic decision as to the most appropriate means of treating specific forms of this High Level Waste, so that it may be stored and managed safely. This will further inform the broader strategic direction across the NDA estate.
The Contract to which this VEAT relates, is for the supply of a distinct thermal treatment technology for deployment within the development of an integrated system for the purposes of research of development.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 42310000, 42940000
- **Delivery regions:** UK

- **Description:** The manufacture and supply of the core thermal treatment technology and associated ancillary services to enable Sellafield Ltd’s HAWTT research and development programme which seeks to prove the concept of the application of thermal treatment technol...

## Awards & Winning Suppliers (1)
- **Award:** EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES CONTRACT (active)
  - Award id: `004161-2022-1`
  - Supplier(s): **Tetronics**
  - Supplier identifiers: `GB-FTS-44096`

## Contracts (1)
- **Contract:** EQUIPMENT SUPPLY AND ANCILLARY SERVICES CONTRACT (active)

  - Signed Date: 28/02/2021

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F004248-2022)
- **Last Source Update:** 2022-02-15T09:57:23.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T15:14:59.879Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-0316dc