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# Sustainment Delivery Partnership

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainment-delivery-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-04856d). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** AWE PLC: "Sustainment Delivery Partnership". Published status: active. Framework Ceiling: £950,000,000. 4 published lots. Recorded submission deadline: 31 Jan 2025. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** ACTIVE (the published submission deadline has passed)
- **Buyer:** [AWE PLC](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/awe-plc-gov-pb1442)
- **Framework Ceiling (notional):** £950,000,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** 31 January 2025 at 00:00 GMT
- **Lots:** 4
- **Procurement Method:** Negotiated
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Building and facilities management services, Repair and maintenance services of security and defence materials, Repair and maintenance services of security equipment
- **Delivery Location:** UK, UKJ
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32009L0081
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-04856d`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/sustainment-delivery-partnership-ocds-h6vhtk-04856d#tl-md)

## Description
AWE Plc wishes to establish a Sustainment Delivery Partnership framework in support of the Plutonium Technology Centre (PTC) - a key facility within its Future Infrastructure Portfolio. The SDPs would work as part of an integrated team to plan, design and deliver the sustainment programme in the PTC based on a high-performance culture and best practice.
We have undertaken market engagement prior to this contract notice to gather information from the market on the proposed SDPs. Based on discussions and analysis, we have determined the following SDPs: Programme Partner (x1), Optioneering Partner (x1), Design & Delivery Partners (x2) & Enhanced Asset Operation Partner (x1).

## Lots (4)
### Lot 1: Programme Partner
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 50600000

- **Estimated Value:** £50,000,000
- **Description:** (x 1 supplier) will be responsible for working closely with AWE to oversee the supply chain and ensure effective planning, delivery, oversight, and control of work.

### Lot 2: Optioneering Partner
- **Lot id:** `2`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 50600000

- **Estimated Value:** £66,000,000
- **Description:** (x 1 supplier) will establish and assess AWE's requirements for maintenance and re-kit, develop and document options, and apply rigorous option assessment criteria before developing robust Scope of Works (SOW). The supplier will maintain a close rela...

### Lot 3: Design & Delivery Partners
- **Lot id:** `3`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 50600000

- **Estimated Value:** £476,000,000
- **Description:** (x 2 suppliers): will be responsible for progressing a SOW from concept design through detailed design to installation and commissioning. This will include the production of concept designs, detailed designs and their substantiation, sourcing, manufa...

### Lot 4: Enhanced Asset Operations Partner
- **Lot id:** `4`
- **Status:** Not published
- **CPV codes:** 50600000

- **Estimated Value:** £62,000,000
- **Description:** (x 1 supplier) will support AWE to carry-out a range of routine and planned maintenance tasks against a rolling schedule of work, to support the maintenance of assets through their lifecycle.

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F001895-2025)
- **Last Source Update:** 2025-01-20T15:18:50.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-28T00:34:03.581Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-04856d