Official UK procurement notice
Preliminary Design Call-off Contract
Authority: United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory (Public body)
Sectors: Architecture & Engineering (71) Delivery: North West (UKD)
Awarded value£887,764published award · exc. VAT
Awarded 1 Jul 2026
Awarded to NORTH WEST PROJECTS LIMITED (trading as ACTEMIUM DESIGN UK)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract is the second call-off under the Strategic Design Partner Framework for HALEU Deconversion. The contracted supplier is to undertake Preliminary Design for the Deconversion R&D Rig.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Award under framework
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Call-off under a framework
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Aug 2026, 13:04 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Aug 2026, 13:09 BST
- Authority reference
NNLC661.02- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079443- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06e890Find a Tender
Related procedures1
- Call-off under framework Strategic Design Partner to Support Deconversion - Framework Agreement
Notice history
3 events · 2 releases on Find a Tender · since 20 Aug 2026- Contract award notice published20 Aug 2026, 13:04 BSTUK6
- Contract details notice published20 Aug 2026, 13:09 BSTUK7
- Contract signature expected20 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 1
Awarded value £887,7641 award exc. VAT
Contracts signed 1latest 9 Jul 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| NORTH WEST PROJECTS LIMITED (trading as ACTEMIUM DESIGN UK)20 Aug 2026 – 24 Feb 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2027Extensions: The contract may be extended in accordance with the contract terms and conditions (NEC4 PSC). | £887,764 | 1 Jul 2026 | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 1 · NORTH WEST PROJECTS LIMITED (trading as ACTEMIUM DESIGN UK)
- Signed
- 9 Jul 2026
- Value
- £887,764
- Period
- 13 Jul 2026 – 24 Feb 2027 · up to 31 Mar 2027 with extensions
- Status
- active
- Extensions
- The contract may be extended in accordance with the contract terms and conditions (NEC4 PSC).
No agreed KPIs: Contract is below £5million
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- NORTH WEST PROJECTS LIMITED (trading as ACTEMIUM DESIGN UK)Awarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender