Awarded without open competition
Awarded without open competition. The buyer went directly to one or a few suppliers instead of advertising the contract. Procurement rules allow this only in specific cases, such as extreme urgency, when only one supplier can do the work, or for call-offs from an existing framework.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Sellafield Limited · Nuclear
- Supplier
- Equans E & S Solutions Limited
- Value
- £128,000,000
- Procedure
- Negotiated procedure without prior publication (above threshold)
- Sector
- Industrial machinery · Gas turbines (CPV 42112300)
- Region
- North West
- Official notice
- View on Contracts Finder
- Timeline
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- Contract date3 Dec 2025
- Published23 Dec 2025Published 20 days after the contract date
Description
The purpose of Sellafield Ltd. is to create a clean and safe environment for future generations. Sellafield Ltd. commits to safe, secure, sustainable, site stewardship enabled by the management of a smart, agile, and resilient site. 'Fellside' comprises the Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHPP) and Fellside Boiler Park (FBP); its purpose is to provide a continuous, safe supply of process and welfare steam to the Sellafield nuclear site. Steam has an associated nuclear safety case (in compliance with Nuclear Site Licence Conditions). Fellside is therefore a critical enabler to the achievement of Sellafield Ltd's mission and towards the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority's (NDA) strategic outcomes. Sellafield Ltd has engaged with Equans E&S Solutions Limited as a suitable Operations, Maintenance and Management partner to ensure continued safe operations of the Fellside site while delivering high levels of availability of both process and welfare steam for the Sellafield site. This agreeme…
About the supplier
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