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2025 PVC Containment Items Tender

Sellafield Limited · Pipeline notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 30 Sept 2026, 03:18.

Opportunity overview

Sellafield Ltd has a requirement to award a Contract for the manufacture and supply of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Containment Items along with providing technical support for these items in support of Sellafield Ltd site Operations. This notice is to invite interested parties to submit a Tender for this scope of work, which includes information/interface checking, supply of materials, manufacture, assembly, inspection & testing at Contractor’s works, packing, provision of documentation for PVC Containment items & Miscellaneous PVC items along with delivery. PVC Containment items include PVC bags such as posting bags and blister bags. These bags are used on the handling of, and safe interim storage of, radioactive and toxic materials of a hazardous nature and must therefore be of suitable quality of mechanical strength, leak tightness, material reproducibility and general finish. These items form the primary containment barrier layer between radioactive alpha material and the operator during glove box operations and maintenance. PVC items are used in production operations, retrievals and post operational clean-out plus long- and short-term storage of alpha bearing product and waste. PVC tents are also required under this contract. These are temporary containment features erected around the work area to prevent contamination. Invasive maintenance and repair or decommissioning operations generally result in disturbing contamination as part of the process, but these activities cannot go ahead without this containment. All PVC items produced must meet the relevant Sellafield Ltd Goods specification or be supported with the relevant concessions or manufacturing permits The items will be ordered as required as call off orders and there is no guarantee of volumes. There is a requirement for inspection across the goods specifications Full specifications and procurement documents for this tender are available to interested parties who register on Atamis project C10247, details on how to do this are contained within this notice. A preliminary Market Engagement (UK2) Notice has not been issued ahead of this Tender (UK4) Notice, this is because a Prior Information Notice (PIN) was issued under PCR2015 in January 2025 to inform the market of a Market Engagement Event to be held in February 2025, a link to this notice is contained in the following link https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/000995-2025 The event was run in Feb 2025. A copy of the presentation slides delivered during this market engagement event along with the summary Questions & Answer documents have been uploaded into Atamis Project C10247, under the Documents Folder 0. Market Engagement.

Classification

  • CPV19640000 — Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags

Lots

  • Lot 1£3.9m

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C10247
Status
active
Has Recurrence
Yes
Above Threshold
Yes
Procurement Method
open
Main Procurement Category
goods
How to submit
Parties who are interested in potentially submitting a tender for this opportunity are requested to register on the shared service Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) OneNDA eCommercial Systems powered by Atamis (Atamis), which can be accessed via the URL https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Parties who register on this system should then register against Atamis Project C10247 in order to access the 2025 PVC Containment Items Tender opportunity, which will enable them to: - view the procurement and tender documents, - ask questions or request further information using the inbuilt messaging facility; and - submit a tender response
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Lot Details

No Lots Division Rationale
The competition will consist of one single Lot, and the goods and associated services will be awarded under one Contract to a single bidding entity. Tendering and Lotting Options were assessed against the Critical Success Factors and the preferred option identified following this assessment was for the requirements of the scope to be supplied under one Lot by a single supplier. The reasons for not splitting this requirement into several smaller lots are; • This option best enables the delivery of all CSF’s. • The environmental impact will be less through having a single supplier as opposed to a multi-supplier contract i.e., reduction in deliveries and CO2 emissions. • Demand management will be better controlled through placing all orders through a single supplier, reducing the administration burden. • Market Engagement activities have confirmed that a single Lot with a sole supplier is a more attractive package to the market than multiple lots, enabling greater competition

Recurrence

Dates

Entry 1
Starts
1 Jun 2026, 23:59

Techniques

Has Framework Agreement
Yes

Expected award period

Ends
17 Apr 2026, 23:59

Tender Period

Ends
12 Jan 2026, 12:00

Communication

Future Notice Date
1 Nov 2025, 23:59

Enquiry period

Ends
19 Dec 2025, 12:00

Submission terms

Electronic Submission Policy
allowed

Languages

en

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
active

Value

Amount
3,900,000
Currency
GBP
Including VAT
4,680,000

Suitability

Sme
Yes

Award criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Name
Technical
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
60
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 2
Name
Social Value
Type
quality

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
10
Weight
percentageExact
Criterion 3
Name
Commercial
Type
price

Numbers

Entry 1
Number
30
Weight
percentageExact

Contract period

Ends
31 May 2030, 23:59
Starts
1 Jun 2026, 00:00

Selection criteria

Criteria

Criterion 1
Type
economic
Description
Please register against Atamis Project C10247 for a full list of the Conditions of Participation, which are contained within Procurement Specific Questionnaire document within folder 3 of this Atamis procurement Project. The legal and financial capacity questions include; - Economic and Financial Standing - Insurances - Data Protection - GDPR

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Delivery locations

Entry 1
Region
UKD11
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Id
19640000
Scheme
CPV
Description
Polythene waste and refuse sacks and bags

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Entry 2
Id
080439-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK4
Description
Tender notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
tenderNotice
Published
8 Dec 2025, 09:31

Planning and budget

Documents

Entry 1
Id
027546-2025
Format
text/html
Notice Type
UK1
Description
Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
Document Type
plannedProcurementNotice
Published
27 May 2025, 08:51

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Id
GB-PPON-PWYP-8439-MZWY
Name
Sellafield Limited

Roles

buyer

Address

Region
UKD61
Country
GB
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA3 6GR
Country Name
United Kingdom
Street Address
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Identifier

Id
PWYP-8439-MZWY
Scheme
GB-PPON

Contact

Name
Kerry Cairns

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Warrington · UKD61 · WA3 6GR · United Kingdom
  • Delivery location · UKD11 · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION
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