Official UK procurement notice
PICTS C1 - Service Desk and End User Support
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)
Sectors: IT Services & Software (72) Delivery: North West (UKD11)
Planned pipeline value£52,000,000pipeline notice, not a live tender · 1 value update
Tender notice expected 3 Apr 2026from the planned procurement notice
Framework period 8 yrsends 1 Sept 2035 · starts 3 Sept 2027
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionProvision of ICT Service Desk and End Support Services
CPV: Information technology services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 8 yrs from 3 Sept 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Planned
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
What this means for your bid
- “PICTS C1 - Service Desk and End User Support” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Jul 2025, 12:02 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Jul 2025, 11:55 BST
- Authority reference
C25985- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-037375- Latest notice
- Pipeline notice (UK1)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05576eFind a Tender
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
2 Jul 2025 → 3 Sept 2027 · 4 dates- Planning notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:02 BST
- Latest notice published4 Jul 2025, 11:55 BST
- Tender notice expected208 days ago3 Apr 2026, 23:59 BST
- Today29 Oct 2026
- Contract startsin 308 days3 Sept 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 2 Jul 2025- Pipeline notice published2 Jul 2025, 12:02 BSTUK1
- Pipeline notice published4 Jul 2025, 11:55 BSTUK1
- Published value updated to £52,000,0004 Jul 2025, 11:55 BSTwas £40,000,000
Published amendments (1)
Total estimated contract value amended to £52,000,000.00 (exc VAT).
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender