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Published 1 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST

Official UK procurement notice

Off-site Emergency planning services

Official notice

Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 2 public authorities

Direct awardConcession
Sectors: Community & Cultural Services (98) Delivery: North West (UKD1)
Awarded value£261,035published contract · exc. VAT · operator revenue, not the authority's budget
Awarded 22 Oct 2025no call for competition
Awarded to Westmorland and Furness Council2 awards

What is being bought

Published requirement description

As a result of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), Cumberland Council is duty holder under REPPIR 2019 & COMAH 2015 for the Sellafield site. However via an Inter-Authority Agreement (IAA) for administrative purposes tasks associated with the delivery of the Off Site Emergency Plan (OSEP) including the SLA are now carried out by the Joint Emergency Management & Resilience (JEMR) Team [nee Cumbria County Council Resilience Unit] which is hosted by Westmorland and Furness Council. Therefore for reporting/invoicing and other fiduciary purposes, the delivery of provisions listed in the Service Level Agreement (SLA) will be under Westmorland and Furness Council (W&F). i.e. this will be reflected in any financial paperwork.

Also as a result of Local Government Reorganisation (LGR), there is an aspiration to standardise the SLA process from a local authority perspective across all REPPIR & COMAH sites in the County. Thus there is the pote

The lotProcurement structure

single lot · no lot value published
Lot #1Awarded
Delivery: North West
98113100 Nuclear safety 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
Concession
Commercial structure
Stand-alone contract (no framework)
Competition type
Direct award (no call for competition)
GPA / WTO covered
Yes (GPA)
Recurring procurement
Unspecified in notice
First published
1 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST
Last source update
27 Oct 2025, 17:31 GMT
Authority reference
C27675
FTS notice number
2025/S 000-068737
Latest notice
Contract details notice (UK7)
Delivery area
North West (UKD1)
Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05a62d Find a Tender
Why no open competition
Single Suppliers Technical Reasons
Published justification

REPPIR 2019 Regulation 16 and COMAH 2015 Regulation 29 enables the Local Authority to charge the operator a fee for preparation, review and testing of the Off-Site Emergency Plan.

Notice history

4 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 1 Oct 2025
  1. Transparency notice published
    1 Oct 2025, 16:14 BST
    UK5
  2. Contract signature expected
    13 Oct 2025, 23:59 BST
    scheduled
  3. Contract details notice published
    27 Oct 2025, 17:31 GMT
    UK7
  4. Buyer details updated
    27 Oct 2025, 17:31 GMT

Commercial outcome & contract awards

Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast
Awards 2
Awarded value £261,0351 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 22 Oct 2025
Awarded toValueDateStatus
Westmorland and Furness Council14 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: Extension for the following FY.£261,035same award published again · counted once—Standstill
Westmorland and Furness Council£261,035 †—Awarded

Contracts

  • Off-site Emergency planning services · Westmorland and Furness Council

    Signed
    22 Oct 2025
    Value
    £261,035
    Period
    27 Oct 2025 – 31 Mar 2026 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
    Status
    active
    Extensions
    Extension of services for next FY.

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

2 public bodies on the notice

SELLAFIELD LIMITED

Contracting authorityPublic authority - central governmentPublic authority - sub-central government GB-COH: 01002607 · GB-PPON: PWYP-8439-MZWY Hinton House Birchwood Park Avenue, Warrington, North West, WA3 6GRContact email

Bidders & participating suppliers

1 commercial party on the notice
  • Westmorland and Furness CouncilAwarded supplierGB-PPON: PYYD-1758-YNVR Park House Building, Kingmoor Business Park Carlisle, Carlisle, North West, CA6 4SJContact email

Official documents & specifications (2)

Official links; attachments are not copied

Notices published for this procedure

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