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Low Carbon Gas Provision

Buyer: Sellafield Limited →

BuyerSellafield Limited
Statusplanning
DeadlineNot published
Value£100,000,000
Published25 Nov 2025

What is being bought

Sellafield would like to understand the potential for supplying low carbon gas to the site to support its targets in 2030 and beyond

Categories

Mains gas 09121200Hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen 24111000

Lot details

Lot 1

No lot description published.

Statusplanning
Contract periodFrom 1 Apr 2030 to 30 Mar 2035

What is included

ItemCategoryQuantity
1Hydrogen, argon, rare gases, nitrogen and oxygen, Mains gasNot published

Comparable-procurement analytics

Benchmarked against retained Find a Tender procedures with CPV division 09. The category anchor is Mains gas (09121200); this is a deliberately broad market comparator. The comparison is shown at several levels rather than pretending one company or region is always the best benchmark.

Comparison setProceduresReported bids per procedureNamed award suppliersPrice evidence
Market: CPV division 095703 median · 30.8 average (132 of 570 with a bid count)4.4 average (155 of 570 with named award suppliers)Not published
Same buyer0Not publishedNot publishedNot published
Similar published value (0.5×–2×)21Not publishedNot publishedNot published

“Reported bids” is an official aggregate, sometimes reported per lot; it is the closest available competition measure. “Named award suppliers” are winners, not all applicants.

Price-outcome signal

Not enough comparable procedures currently publish both a GBP tender value and a usable lowest-valid-bid value to calculate a responsible price-reduction benchmark. Tenderline deliberately does not infer a saving from named award suppliers or from missing award values.

Procurement strategy & market signals

Framework agreementNot published
Dynamic purchasing systemNot published
Competitive procurementNot published
Recurring requirementNot published
Procurement method rationaleNot published
Rationale classificationsNot published
Special regimeNot published
Covered byNot published
Submission policyNot published
Selection criteriaNot published
Risk detailsNot published

Planning & early market engagement

BudgetValue not published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Planning documents1
Planning milestones1
MilestoneTypeDueStatus
Pre-market engagement To respond to the UK2, interested parties should respond in the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) tendering portal Atamis To access Click on View our Live Opportunities and search for C28470 https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome And also provide answers to the questions below: Sellafield would like to understand the potential for supplying low carbon gas to the site to support its targets in 2030 and beyond. The following questions are being asked: 1. Please provide your name, contact details, and email address so that we can keep you advised of any changes in the proposed procurement schedule. 2. Supply volume – Can the nominal demand be supplied wholly or in part with a low carbon gas? 3. Availability - When that may be available? 4. Pricing - What is the short- and long-term pricing structure (assume a 10-year requirement)? 5. Location - What options exist for local or arm’s length gas production? – i.e. will facilities that supply gas be co-located and Sellafield the only off taker or is production elsewhere? 6. Incentives - What support is available to enable transition away from purely natural gas? Either via incentive schemes or by other means 7. Continuity of supply - How will the integrity of supply be considered? The Fellside plant runs continuously, and it is expected that this supply is maintained in a similar manner to the current gas supply. If additional inspections or activities are required either as a precursor to accepting gas or as part of additional maintenance, then this should be identified. This also includes any changes through blends. 8. Carbon savings – Sellafield would like to understand the carbon savings in TeCO2e expected by switching to this product. 9. Are asset modifications necessary? How might the current system need to be modified to accept a low carbon supply. It is not expected that a detailed engineering assessment is required. An indication on applicability or what types of adjustments might be needed e.g. burners, pumps, pipework etc.engagement19 Dec 2025scheduled

Related procurements

No linked framework, prior procurement or reprocurement published.

Documents & submission route

Source data inventory

Diagnostic view. “Not published” means this current release does not provide a value.

OCIDocds-h6vhtk-05e818
Latest release ID076760-2025
Latest release timestampTue Nov 25 2025 10:53:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Sourcefind-a-tender
Official notice URLNot published
Tender statusplanning
Procurement methodNot published
Procurement method detailsNot published
Main procurement categorygoods
Above thresholdYes
Legal basis2023/54
Tender period: startNot published
Tender period: endNot published
Expression of interest deadlineNot published
Enquiry deadlineNot published
Award period: startNot published
Award period: endNot published
Submission method detailsNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Electronic catalogue policyNot published
Total tender value£100,000,000
Tender lots in source1
Tender items in source1
Tender documents in source0
Awards in latest release0
Contracts in latest release0
Parties in latest release1

Notice history

DateEventReference
25 Nov 2025planning076760-2025

All source data

Unmodified official OCDS data retained by Tenderline for this procurement process.

Complete current OCDS release JSON
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Complete JSON history (1 releases)
25 Nov 2025 · 076760-2025 · planning
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