Official UK procurement notice
Purchase of Criticality Lockets
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionTo supply 1000 units of criticality lockets to support the manufacture and repair of up to 250 criticality belts for site personnel. The criticality belts are used as part of required radiological protective equipment for personnel in buildings with a criticality risk.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
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
- 28 Aug 2026, 09:41 BST
- Last source update
- 6 Oct 2026, 11:45 BST
- Authority reference
C32338- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-094183- Latest notice
- Contract details notice (UK7)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06ee3eFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Intellectual Property Exclusive Rights
- Published justification
The direct award justification being relied upon is Schedule 5, paragraph 5 of the Procurement Act 2023, as Nuvia Ltd holds the patent rights for the required item and is therefore the sole provider of this product. In addition, Nuvia Ltd is the only supplier approved by the Health and Safety Executive (HSE) for the supply of this item.
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 28 Aug 2026- Transparency notice published28 Aug 2026, 09:41 BSTUK5
- Contract award notice published2 Sept 2026, 13:12 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected12 Sept 2026, 23:59 BSTscheduled
- Contract details notice published6 Oct 2026, 11:45 BSTUK7
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Nuvia Limited12 Sept 2026 – 28 Feb 2027 | £354,230 | 7 Aug 2026 | Awarded |
| Nuvia Limited | £354,230 inc. VAT †same award published again · counted once | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Purchase of Criticality Lockets · Nuvia Limited
- Signed
- 11 Sept 2026
- Value
- £354,230 inc. VAT
- Period
- 14 Sept 2026 – 28 Feb 2027
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: The decision not to establish KPIs for this contract is justified on the basis that it is a one-off delivery requirement and the estimated contract value is below the £5 million threshold, and therefore the implementation of formal KPIs would not provide proportionate value or oversight benefits. Contract performance will instead be monitored through the successful delivery and acceptance of the contractual deliverables.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
2 commercial parties on the noticeOfficial documents & specifications (3)
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
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender