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Published 27 Aug 2026, 08:11 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Manipulator Maintenance · UK public procurement notice

Official notice

Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)

Direct awardSME suitable
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£4,660,000published award · inc. VAT
Awarded 28 Jul 2026no call for competition
Awarded to CORE Nuclear Solutions Ltd2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

The scope of this contract will be for the annual maintenance outage of manipulator equipment, breakdown support, operator training, operational health checks and the management of spare parts.

The robotic manipulators are essential to the reprocessing of High Level Waste at Sellafield’s high-level waste plants onsite. This equipment will be required to support ongoing high-level waste management. The scope of this contract will be for the annual maintenance outage of manipulator equipment, breakdown support, operator training, operational health checks and the management of spare parts.

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1AwardedSME
Eligibility: SME eligible
71300000 Engineering services

Procedure terms & legal framework

From the official record
Procedure method
Direct award
Legal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
Notice status
Awarded without competition
Procurement threshold
Unspecified in notice
Regulatory regime
Standard
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Unspecified in notice
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
27 Aug 2026, 08:11 BST
Last source update
5 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
Authority reference
C31431
FTS notice number
2026/S 000-093710
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
Not published
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ed19 Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
Published justification

The incumbent supplier owns the intellectual property rights (“IPR”) to the manipulator arms, and that any maintenance or spare parts for the same could not be provided without access to, and use of, such IPR. As such, Core Nuclear Solutions are the only supplier that can supply the goods and perform the services required. Therefore, pursuant to Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, Sellafield may award a contract directly in accordance with section 43 of the Procurement Act 2023.

Notice history

4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Aug 2026
  1. Transparency notice published
    27 Aug 2026, 08:11 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract award notice published
    15 Sept 2026, 15:19 BST
    UK6
  3. Contract signature expected
    1 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  4. Contract details notice published
    5 Oct 2026, 11:16 BST
    UK7

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value (inc. VAT) £4,660,0001 award inc. VAT; no net value published · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 30 Sept 2026
Awarded toValueDateStatus
CORE Nuclear Solutions Ltd1 Oct 2026 – 31 Mar 2031£4,660,000 inc. VAT28 Jul 2026Awarded
CORE Nuclear Solutions Ltd£4,660,000 inc. VAT †same award published again · counted once—Awarded

Contracts

  • Manipulator Maintenance · CORE Nuclear Solutions Ltd

    Signed
    30 Sept 2026
    Value
    £4,660,000 inc. VAT
    Period
    1 Oct 2026 – 31 May 2031
    Status
    active
    4 agreed KPIs: Delivery of Scheduled Maintenance · Breakdown Response · Reporting …
    • Delivery of Scheduled Maintenance
    • Breakdown Response
    • Reporting
    • RIDDOR

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Sellafield Limited

Contracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government GB-PPON: PWYP-8439-MZWY Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Warrington, North West, WA3 6GRContact name, email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Core Nuclear Solutions LtdAwarded supplierGB-COH: 07293592 Unit 1 Joseph Noble Road, Lillyhall, Workington, North West, CA14 4JXContact email

Official documents & specifications (3)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

  • Contract details notice contractContract details noticeUK7Contract details notice on Find a Tender
  • Contract award notice awardContract award noticeUK6Contract award notice on Find a Tender
  • Transparency notice awardTransparency noticeUK5Transparency notice on Find a Tender