AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Nuclear Restoration Services Limited directly awarded a facilities management arrangement for Hinkley Point B to DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED. The published contract data records a signed, active contract running from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027, following novation of an EDF contract as part of the AGR site-transfer programme.
Published outcomeOne active award (award 1) covers lot 1, with DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED as supplier. The contract value is £4.0m excluding VAT (£4.8m including VAT).
Market significanceThe award supports operational continuity during transfer of responsibility for Hinkley Point B to Nuclear Restoration Services. It was made by direct award on stated technical and regulatory-risk grounds, rather than through open competition.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED
99% confidenceAward 1 · Lots 1 · £4,000,000 excluding VAT; £4,800,000 including VAT GBP · Verified supplier; active award and contract
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Award 1 identifies Dalkia Facilities Limited as supplier. Supplier verification records an exact-name match to DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED (company number 04956673). Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and supplies the contract-level value.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Published award status
98% confidenceAwarded / complete
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Process display status is “awarded”; tender and lot 1 statuses are “complete”.
Award status
99% confidenceActive
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Award 1 has status “active”.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive and signed
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Contract 1 has status “active” and records dateSigned as 30 September 2026.
Contract start
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 period startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract end
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-03-31.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value excluding VAT
99% confidence£4,000,000
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Contract 1 value.amount is 4000000 GBP.
Contract value including VAT
99% confidence£4,800,000
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Contract 1 value.amountGross is 4800000 GBP.
Value allocation
93% confidenceContract-level value for award 1 / lot 1
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Contract 1 is linked to award 1, which is linked to lot 1; no separate lot-value field is published.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Award date recorded in award data
92% confidence6 May 2026
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Award 1 award_date is 2026-05-06.
Transparency and contract award notices
98% confidence6 May 2026
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Release history lists a transparency notice and contract award notice released on 6 May 2026.
Contract signed
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned is 2026-09-30.
Contract commencement
99% confidence1 October 2026
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Contract 1 startDate is 2026-10-01.
Contract details notice published
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Contract document 098352-2026 datePublished is 2026-10-19.
Contract expiry
99% confidence31 March 2027
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Contract 1 endDate is 2027-03-31.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
99% confidenceFacilities management services at Hinkley Point B
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Process and tender descriptions state “Provision of Facilities Management Services at Hinkley Point B”.
Procurement category
99% confidenceServices
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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is “services”.
CPV classification
99% confidence79993100 — Facilities management services
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Award item 1 lists CPV 79993100.
Lot structure
99% confidenceOne published lot (lot 1)
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Tender contains lot 1 and award 1 relates to lot 1.
Call-off basis
97% confidenceFramework to be called off as required
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The procurement rationale states: “This is a framework and will be called off as and when required.”
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceDirect award
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Tender procurementMethod is “direct” and procurementMethodDetails is “Direct award”.
Legal basis cited
96% confidenceSection 41 and Schedule 5, paragraph 6, Procurement Act 2023
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Published procurement rationale cites these provisions.
Direct-award rationale
96% confidenceContinuity of critical services during the AGR site transfer; NRS stated replacement at this time would create significant technical difficulties and unacceptable regulatory risks.
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Published procurement rationale.
Competition information
96% confidenceNo competition, bid-count or evaluation-score information supplied in the published notice.
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The published data identifies a direct award and provides no bid or scoring fields.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract period
99% confidence1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027
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Contract 1 period startDate and endDate.
Signing date
99% confidence30 September 2026
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Contract 1 dateSigned.
Above-threshold status
99% confidenceYes
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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.
Performance metrics
97% confidenceNo agreed metrics; rationale recorded as “AGR Novated contract from EDF”.
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Contract 1 noAgreedMetricsRationale.
Novation context
97% confidenceNRS states that the existing EDF contract with Dalkia Facilities Limited was being novated to NRS as part of the AGR site-transfer process.
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Published procurement rationale.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial route
96% confidenceContinuity-led novation and direct award rather than a competed replacement procurement
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The notice states the EDF contract was being novated and gives technical and regulatory-risk reasons for direct award.
Route-to-market implication
94% confidenceThe buyer indicates a later requirement will be handled through NRS procurement processes once the novated arrangement is complete.
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Published procurement rationale.
Demand visibility
94% confidenceThe framework is stated to be called off as required, so the notice does not publish a call-off profile or committed service volume.
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The rationale says the framework will be called off as and when required; no volume data is supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified
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Supplier verification status is verified, using an exact-name match to DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED (company number 04956673).
Value clarity
99% confidenceHigh
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The contract publishes both net (£4.0m) and gross (£4.8m) GBP values.
Date sequencing
97% confidenceAward notices are dated 6 May 2026, while the signed contract date is 30 September 2026 and the contract starts 1 October 2026; the analysis reports each published date without treating the earlier notices as proof of signature.
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Release history, award_date, and contract dateSigned/startDate.
Unpublished lot detail
99% confidenceLot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.
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Lot record contains null title, description and value fields.
Conflict information
99% confidenceConflict-of-interest document is marked “Not published”.
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Tender documents include conflictOfInterest with description “Not published”.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- Lot 1 title, description and individual lot value were not supplied in the published notice.
- Information on bids, competing suppliers, evaluation criteria, scoring and savings was not supplied in the published notice.
- The notice does not publish extension, renewal or pricing-breakdown terms.
- No call-off volumes, service-level detail or demand profile is published despite the notice describing the arrangement as a framework called off as required.
- The conflict-of-interest document is marked “Not published”.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Hinkley Point B facilities managementDALKIA FACILITIES LIMITEDNuclear Restoration Servicesfacilities management contractdirect awardAGR site transfer
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the Hinkley Point B facilities management contract?
DALKIA FACILITIES LIMITED won award 1. Its identity was verified by exact-name match to company number 04956673.
What is the contract value?
The published contract value is £4,000,000 excluding VAT and £4,800,000 including VAT.
When does the contract run?
The published signed contract runs from 1 October 2026 to 31 March 2027.
Why was this a direct award?
NRS cited continuity of critical services during the AGR site transfer, stating that a replacement supplier at that time would create significant technical difficulties and unacceptable regulatory risks.
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.