AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Sellafield published an award notice for ground investigation work titled “DNWP0037/LOT1B/ END STATES In Ground Mitigation / Tranche 4b remaining works”. The active award is to the source-named supplier AtkinsAltrad, with a published value of £1,960,344.22 and a stated period from 12 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.
Published outcomeOne active award was published following a selective call-off from a framework agreement. The notice records an award date of 8 October 2026; it does not explicitly confirm contract signature.
Market significanceThis is a £1.96m works call-off for ground investigation activity in the North West, associated with Sellafield.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
AtkinsAltrad (unverified source name)
90% confidenceAward ocds-b5fd17-0f2ce9d5-e06c-422d-8c6b-428e5d79b08b-1 · 1960344.22 GBP · Active award
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The award names AtkinsAltrad as its sole supplier and gives the award value as GBP 1,960,344.22. Supplier matching status is checked_unmatched, with no verified legal company name supplied.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice status
99% confidenceAwarded / complete
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Process display status is “awarded”; source status and tender status are “complete”; notice type is “Awarded contract notice on Contracts Finder”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award ocds-b5fd17-0f2ce9d5-e06c-422d-8c6b-428e5d79b08b-1 has status “active”.
Award date
98% confidence8 October 2026
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The award record gives date 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.
Contract signature
98% confidenceNot explicitly stated
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The supplied award notice records an active award and contract period but contains no explicit signature or conclusion field.
Stated contract start
98% confidence12 October 2026
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Tender and award contractPeriod startDate are 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published award value
99% confidence£1,960,344.22
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Award value and tender value are both GBP 1,960,344.22.
Value allocation
93% confidenceAllocated to the single published award; no lot-level allocation supplied
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One award is supplied, with one supplier; no lots are provided.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Submission deadline
98% confidence8 October 2026, 12:00 BST
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Tender period endDate is 2026-10-08T12:00:00+01:00.
Award date
98% confidence8 October 2026
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Award date is 2026-10-08T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated start date
98% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Stated end date
98% confidence30 September 2027
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Contract period endDate is 2027-09-30T23:59:59+01:00.
Award notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Award notice datePublished and process published_at are 2026-10-15T08:49:16+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement title
99% confidenceDNWP0037/LOT1B/ END STATES In Ground Mitigation / Tranche 4b remaining works
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Process and tender title use this wording.
Main category
99% confidenceWorks
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mainProcurementCategory is “works”.
CPV classification
99% confidence45111250 — Ground investigation work
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The primary classification is CPV 45111250, described as “Ground investigation work”.
Delivery area
94% confidenceNorth West, United Kingdom; postcode WA3 6GR also listed
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Tender delivery addresses list North West, United Kingdom and WA3 6GR.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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procurementMethod is “selective”.
Route to market
99% confidenceCall-off from a framework agreement
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procurementMethodDetails states “Call-off from a framework agreement”.
Competition information
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No bidder count, tenderer identities, evaluation scores or ranking are supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Stated term
98% confidence12 October 2026 to 30 September 2027
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The tender and award contract period give these start and end dates.
Extensions or options
99% confidenceNot supplied in the published notice
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No extension, option or renewal terms are included in the supplied data.
Pricing detail
99% confidenceNot supplied beyond total published value
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The notice supplies a total award value but no rate card, payment profile or price breakdown.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial structure
96% confidenceFramework call-off for a defined works requirement
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The procedure is stated as a call-off from a framework agreement and the main category is works.
Supplier opportunity signal
99% confidenceThe notice does not disclose evaluation criteria, scores or pricing detail, limiting inference about award drivers
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No evaluation, bid, score or price-breakdown data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity limitation
99% confidenceAtkinsAltrad is an unverified source name
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Identity status is checked_unmatched; no verified legal company name, company number or safe company match is supplied.
Lot allocation
99% confidenceNo structured lot records or lot-level value allocation supplied
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The title refers to LOT1B, but the lots dataset is empty and award lot_ids_json is null.
Publication timing
99% confidenceAward notice was published after the stated award date and contract start date
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Award date is 8 October 2026, stated start is 12 October 2026, and publication is 15 October 2026.
Commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice
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No bid count, award rationale, evaluation results, pricing breakdown, extension terms or renewal terms are provided.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The supplier name AtkinsAltrad could not be safely matched to a verified legal company identity; it is presented as an unverified source name.
- The title references LOT1B, but no structured lot information or lot-level value allocation is supplied.
- The notice does not explicitly state that a contract was signed or otherwise concluded.
- Information on bidders, evaluation, award rationale, pricing detail, extensions and renewal terms was not supplied in the published notice.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
SellafieldAtkinsAltradground investigation workframework call-offworks contractNorth WestDNWP0037LOT1B
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who received the Sellafield award?
The published award names AtkinsAltrad. This is an unverified source name because the supplied company-matching workflow did not find a safe legal-entity match.
What is the published value?
£1,960,344.22.
Was the contract signed?
The supplied notice records an active award and a stated contract period, but does not explicitly confirm signature.
What is the stated contract period?
12 October 2026 to 30 September 2027.
ProcuraAxis award analysis supplements, but does not replace, the official award notice, contract data or procurement documents. “Awarded” does not by itself prove that a contract has been signed.