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Waste Vitrification Plant Distributed Control System Critical Spares

Sellafield Limited · Contract details notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 3 Oct 2026, 03:26.

Opportunity overview

Supply of critical spares from the original equipment manufacturer for the waste vitrification plant (WVP) facility's distributed control system (DCS). The existing DCS was originally manufactured by ABB Ltd. Due to age and imminent obsolescence, procurement of critical spares will give resilience to the WVP which intern protects the highly active liquor (HAL) stream programme/deliverables.

Awarded to

Amounts belong to published awards or contracts. Where several suppliers share one value, it is labelled as shared and is not a supplier-specific allocation.

ABB Limited

Matched by number
Contract value
£977.7k
Awarded
Not supplied
Contract signed
9 Mar 2026
Including VAT
£1.2m
Award ID
1
Status
active
Identifier
GB-COH 03780764
Location
Warrington, UKD71, WA4 4BT, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

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
ocds-h6vhtk-065727
Status
complete
Procurement Method
direct
Procurement Method Details
Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen
It has been determined that in current circumstances that competition is absent for technical reasons pursuant to Schedule 5 paragraph 6(a)(b) and 7(a)(b) of the Procurement Act 2023. Justification for the award is as follows: A change in supplier would result in the contract authority receiving goods that are different from, or incompatible with, the existing works. Introducing unproven spares could result in failure of the existing distributed control system (DCS) and therefore impact the waste vitrification plant's (WVP) operational availability. It is essential that the spares are compatible with the existing DCS within the facility and ABB Ltd as the original equipment manufacturer can manufacture spares for its system which are proven to be compatible with the existing system. Changing suppliers from ABB Ltd could require significant redesign, testing, and validation and any compatibility issues would result in the loss of WVP's ability to operate. Such an impact on operations is clearly disproportionate given the nature of the award.

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Procedure reasons

Entry 1
Id
singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons
Entry 2
Id
additionalRepeatExtensionPartialReplacement

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Status
complete

Published documents

Entry 1
Id
conflictOfInterest
Document Type
conflictOfInterest
Description
Not published

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PWYP-8439-MZWY

Address

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

Contact

Name
Steven Macilwaine

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government
Organisation 2
Name
ABB Limited
Id
GB-COH-03780764

Identifier

Scheme
GB-COH
Id
03780764

Address

Street Address
Daresbury Park
Locality
Warrington
Postal Code
WA4 4BT
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD71

Contact

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale
large
Vcse
No
Public Service Mission Organization
No
Sheltered Workshop
No

Award information

Award 1
Id
1
Status
active
Main Procurement Category
goods

Items

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
31682210
Description
Instrumentation and control equipment
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
31230000
Description
Parts of electricity distribution or control apparatus

Suppliers

Supplier 1
Id
GB-COH-03780764
Name
ABB Limited

Related lots

1

Contracts and changes

Entry 1
Id
1
Award ID
1
Title
Waste Vitrification Plant Distributed Control System Critical Spares
Status
active
Above Threshold
Yes
Date Signed
9 Mar 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale
Contract is below the £5m threshold set out within 52(1) of the Procurement Act 2023. It has been determined that a suite of KPIs are not required for this contract. However, Sellafield will measure delivery dates of the spares against dates as detailed in the contract.

Period

Starts
10 Mar 2026, 00:00
Ends
30 Jul 2026, 23:59

Value

Including VAT
1,173,226.67
Amount
977,688.89
Currency
GBP

Documents

Entry 1
Id
032041-2026
Document Type
contractNotice
Notice Type
UK7
Description
Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Published
8 Apr 2026, 15:20
Format
text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

3 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

3 VERSIONS
  1. 014814-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 014836-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender ·
  3. 032041-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender ·