SELLAFIELD LIMITED awarded Sellafield annunciator replacement contract

Tender information last checkedLast checked 16 Oct 2026, 13:31.

Opportunity overview

Omniflex Annunciator Replacement consisting of: Maxiflex 320 Channel SOE System InTouch SCADA PC System Omni16R UA100 Omni16R UA200 Omni16R UA400 Omni16R UA300 LED Remote Displays Power Supply Rack Modules Network Rack

Awarded to

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Omniflex (UK) Ltd

Matched by number

Published award value: £203.7k
Awarded: 17 Sept 2026
Award ID: 1
Status: active
Identifier: GB-COH 01002607
Location: South Stockport, UKD35, SK1 3TH, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Contract details notice on Find a TenderOpen source ↗

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: C32621
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: Omniflex is the only supplier that has successfully completed the Emphasis approval process for alarm annunciator systems at Sellafield and is therefore the only approved supplier authorised to undertake this scope of work. Alternative suppliers have previously been assessed; however, none have achieved the required approval status necessary to meet Sellafield's technical, operational and governance requirements. Omniflex has been the established and approved provider of alarm annunciator systems across the Sellafield site for many years. They provide the approved replacement solution for legacy third-party annunciator systems, ensuring consistency with current approved technology standards and supporting standardisation across the site. A key factor supporting this direct award is that the Omniflex system utilises the existing ELCO (now EDAC) connectors installed on current annunciator systems. This provides a seamless plug-and-play replacement solution, allowing the existing field wiring and connectors to be retained and reused without modification. As a result, the installation can be completed rapidly and efficiently, significantly reducing engineering effort, installation duration and associated costs. The ability to reuse the existing infrastructure removes the need for extensive rewiring, redesign activities or plant modifications that would otherwise be required with an alternative supplier's equipment. This not only delivers substantial cost savings but also minimises operational disruption and plant downtime, reducing programme and delivery risks whilst providing a highly cost-effective upgrade path. Alternative solutions would likely require significant changes to existing installations, creating additional technical, programme and safety risks together with increased implementation costs. This is a one off procurement and there is no intention to procure these items in future.

Legal basis

Id: 2023/54
Scheme: UKPGA
Uri: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2023/54/contents ↗

Procedure reasons

Entry 1

Id: singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons

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: Katie Fearon
Email: katie.m.fearon@sellafieldsites.com

Roles

buyer

Details

Url: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd ↗

Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: UK_CA_TYPE
Id: publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description: Public authority - sub-central government

Organisation 2

Name: Omniflex (UK) Ltd
Id: GB-COH-01002607

Identifier

Scheme: GB-COH
Id: 01002607

Address

Street Address: 123 Wellington Road
Locality: South Stockport
Postal Code: SK1 3TH
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKD35

Contact

Email: darrenb@omniflex.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: sme
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: 35121700
Description: Alarm systems

Entry 2

Scheme: CPV
Id: 79711000
Description: Alarm-monitoring services

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-COH-01002607
Name: Omniflex (UK) Ltd

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Entry 1

Id: 1
Award ID: 1
Title: Omniflex Annunciator Replacement
Status: active
Above Threshold: Yes
Date Signed: 2 Oct 2026, 00:00
No Agreed Metrics Rationale: One off delivery contract, no KPI's required.

Period

Starts: 2 Oct 2026, 00:00
Ends: 18 Feb 2027, 23:59

Value

Including VAT: 244,422
Amount: 203,685
Currency: GBP

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 097882-2026
Document Type: contractNotice
Notice Type: UK7
Description: Contract details notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/097882-2026 ↗
Published: 16 Oct 2026, 12:02
Format: text/html

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

5 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

5 VERSIONS

088259-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 17 Sept 2026, 14:05
088511-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 18 Sept 2026, 10:14
088527-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 18 Sept 2026, 10:33
089263-2026Contract award notice on Find a Tender · 21 Sept 2026, 15:03
097882-2026Contract details notice on Find a Tender · 16 Oct 2026, 12:02

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

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ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Sellafield Limited directly awarded a one-off contract for replacement alarm-annunciator equipment and associated SCADA, displays, power modules and network rack. The published contract record is active and explicitly records signature on 2 October 2026.

Published outcome signals

Notice statusContract details notice published; tender status completeEvidence: Process notice type is "Contract details notice on Find a Tender"; tender status is "complete".
Award statusActiveEvidence: Award 1 status is "active".
Contract statusActiveEvidence: Contract 1 status is "active".

90% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed3 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 097882-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-077482
First published: 18 Sept 2026
Last checked: 16 Oct 2026, 13:31
Notice versions reviewed: 5

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One active award and contract are recorded for lot 1. The supplied supplier-verification data identifies the legal supplier as SELLAFIELD LIMITED, while the source procurement record names Omniflex (UK) Ltd; this discrepancy is reported without resolving it beyond the supplied verified identity.

Market significance

The buyer describes a technical single-supplier direct award, citing approval requirements, installed connector compatibility and reduced rewiring, disruption and implementation risk. It also states this is a one-off procurement with no intention to buy these items again.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

SELLAFIELD LIMITED

80% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 203685 GBP · active

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Supplier-verification data marks company number 01002607 as verified with verified company name "SELLAFIELD LIMITED". Award 1 is active and covers lot 1. The £203,685 contract value is for the single recorded contract/award, not an independently published supplier allocation.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Notice status

98% confidence

Contract details notice published; tender status complete

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Process notice type is "Contract details notice on Find a Tender"; tender status is "complete".

Award status

98% confidence

Active

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Award 1 status is "active".

Contract status

98% confidence

Active

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Contract 1 status is "active".

Contract signature

99% confidence

Signed on 2 October 2026

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Contract 1 has dateSigned "2026-10-02T00:00:00+01:00".

Contract period

99% confidence

2 October 2026 to 18 February 2027

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Contract period startDate is 2026-10-02 and endDate is 2027-02-18.

VALUES

Published values explained

Contract value excluding VAT

99% confidence

£203,685

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Contract 1 value amount is 203685 GBP; award 1 also records value_amount 203685 GBP.

Contract value including VAT

99% confidence

£244,422

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Contract 1 value amountGross is 244422 GBP.

Threshold status

99% confidence

Above threshold

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Contract 1 aboveThreshold is true.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Transparency notice

95% confidence

17 September 2026

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Release history records transparency notice 088259-2026 on 2026-09-17.

Award notice publication

96% confidence

18 September 2026

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Release history records contract award notices on 2026-09-18; award data also records award_date 2026-09-18.

Contract signed and started

99% confidence

2 October 2026

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Contract 1 records both dateSigned and period startDate as 2026-10-02.

Contract details notice publication

99% confidence

16 October 2026

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Contract document 097882-2026 and release history record publication on 2026-10-16.

Contract end

99% confidence

18 February 2027

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Contract 1 period endDate is 2027-02-18.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

98% confidence

Replacement alarm-annunciator system and related equipment

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Tender description lists a Maxiflex 320 Channel SOE System, InTouch SCADA PC System, Omni16R equipment, LED remote displays, power-supply rack modules and a network rack.

Lot structure

99% confidence

One completed lot (lot 1)

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Tender lots contains lot 1 with status complete; award 1 relates to lot 1.

Procurement category

98% confidence

Goods

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is "goods".

Classifications

96% confidence

Alarm systems; alarm-monitoring services

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Award item classifications list CPV 35121700 and CPV 79711000.

Delivery geography

94% confidence

United Kingdom

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Award item delivery address is region UK, country GB.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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Tender procurementMethod is "direct" and procurementMethodDetails is "Direct award".

Published rationale

96% confidence

Technical single-supplier reasons

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The tender records the classification "singleSuppliersTechnicalReasons" and states that Omniflex was the only supplier to have completed the stated approval process for this scope.

Compatibility rationale

95% confidence

Buyer cites retention and reuse of existing ELCO/EDAC connectors

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Published rationale says the proposed system uses existing ELCO (now EDAC) connectors, enabling a plug-and-play replacement and avoiding rewiring or plant modifications.

Competition information

99% confidence

No bid count, bidder list, scoring or evaluation results published

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No such information is supplied in the published record.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Term

99% confidence

2 October 2026 to 18 February 2027

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Contract 1 period dates are explicitly published.

Performance metrics

98% confidence

No KPIs required according to the buyer

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Contract records: "One off delivery contract, no KPI's required."

Future purchasing intention

95% confidence

Buyer states this is a one-off procurement with no intention to procure these items in future

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Published procurement rationale includes this statement.

Extension or renewal terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Direct-award driver

95% confidence

Approval status and technical compatibility were the buyer's stated commercial and operational considerations

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The published rationale cites the approval process, approved technology standards, reuse of installed connectors, and avoided rewiring, disruption and downtime.

Value interpretation

98% confidence

The published £203,685 excluding-VAT amount and £244,422 gross amount relate to the single recorded contract

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Contract 1 is linked to award 1 and contains both amounts; there is one recorded award and one supplier entry.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

90%overall confidence

Confidence reflects the completeness and consistency of the published award data.

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-077482
Analysed: 16 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Sellafield Limited

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Buyer party is named Sellafield Limited.

Buyer type

98% confidence

Public authority – sub-central government

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Buyer party classification states "Public authority - sub-central government".

Buyer location

97% confidence

Warrington, United Kingdom

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Buyer address is Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Warrington, WA3 6GR.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Verified legal supplier identity

80% confidence

SELLAFIELD LIMITED (company number 01002607)

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Supplied supplier-verification data gives verified_company_name "SELLAFIELD LIMITED", verified_company_number 01002607 and status "verified".

Source supplier name

99% confidence

Omniflex (UK) Ltd

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The source procurement party and award supplier are named Omniflex (UK) Ltd.

Source supplier SME status

94% confidence

SME

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The source supplier party details mark scale as "sme".

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated end-of-term point

99% confidence

18 February 2027

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This is the explicit contract end date. It is an end-date estimate only, not a forecast of a future procurement.

Renewal outlook

94% confidence

No renewal indicated

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The buyer's published rationale describes the procurement as one-off and says there is no intention to procure these items in future; no extension or renewal option is published.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Supplier identity discrepancy

99% confidence

Material source/verification mismatch: the procurement source names Omniflex (UK) Ltd, but supplied verified company data for the same company number identifies SELLAFIELD LIMITED.

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source_supplier_name is Omniflex (UK) Ltd; verified_company_name is SELLAFIELD LIMITED; supplier_name_mismatch is true.

Supplier identity presentation

98% confidence

The analysis uses the supplied verified legal name, as required by the verification data, while retaining the source name transparently as evidence.

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Supplier verification status is verified with match method company_number, alongside a name mismatch flag.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or separate value.

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Lot 1 title, description and value fields are null.

Information not supplied

99% confidence

No pricing breakdown, bid count, evaluation results, award criteria or extension terms are published.

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These fields are absent from the supplied notice data.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The source supplier name, Omniflex (UK) Ltd, differs from the supplied verified legal company name, SELLAFIELD LIMITED, despite the same stated company number. The supplied data does not resolve this mismatch.
Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value.
Information not supplied in the published notice includes bid counts, bid prices, scoring, evaluation detail, award criteria, pricing breakdown and extension terms.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

What is the value of the Omniflex Annunciator Replacement contract?

The contract value is £203,685 excluding VAT and £244,422 including VAT.

When does the contract run?

The published contract period runs from 2 October 2026 to 18 February 2027.

Why was a direct award used?

The buyer cites technical single-supplier reasons, including approval requirements and compatibility with existing ELCO/EDAC connectors.

Who is recorded as the supplier?

The supplied verified identity data names SELLAFIELD LIMITED, while the source procurement record names Omniflex (UK) Ltd. This material mismatch is unresolved in the supplied data.

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.

Omniflex Annunciator Replacement

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

Omniflex (UK) Ltd

Classification

Lots

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

Legal basis

Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

Published documents

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Classifications

Identifier

Address

Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

Delivery locations

Suppliers

Related lots

Contracts and changes

Period

Value

Documents

Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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