AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Sellafield Limited published an award and contract notice for maintenance rationalisation, PUWER assessments and change-control work at the Sellafield Site. The notice identifies CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED as supplier and reports a GBP 3,180,929.28 contract value, with a signed-date field of 12 October 2026. However, the only related lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract records are active, so the published lifecycle is inconsistent.
Published outcomeAward and contract notice published; active award and contract records name CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED for lot 1.
Market significanceThis is a multi-million-pound nuclear-site maintenance compliance requirement, covering maintenance rationalisation, PUWER assessments and resulting change-control requests.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED
94% confidenceAward 097248-2026-1 · Lots 1 · 3,180,929.28 GBP · Active award and contract records
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Verified supplier identity: company number 09001129. Award 097248-2026-1 names the supplier and relates to lot 1. The contract record reports GBP 3,180,929.28, but this is a contract-level value rather than an independently published supplier or lot allocation.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Process published_at and release history: 2026-10-15T08:04:52+01:00.
Award record status
95% confidenceActive
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Award 097248-2026-1 has status 'active'.
Contract record status
95% confidenceActive
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Contract 097248-2026-1 has status 'active'.
Contract signed-date field
96% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract 097248-2026-1 dateSigned: 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Related lot status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Lot 1 is marked 'cancelled' in the tender data, despite being referenced by the active award and contract.
VALUES
Published values explained
Published contract value
98% confidenceGBP 3,180,929.28
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Contract 097248-2026-1 value.amount is 3180929.28 and currency is GBP.
Lot-level value
99% confidenceUnknown
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No value is published for lot 1.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signed-date field
96% confidence12 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned is 2026-10-12T00:00:00+01:00.
Award and contract notice published
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Release history records publication on 2026-10-15T08:04:52+01:00.
Contract start date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract start date is supplied.
Contract end date
99% confidenceUnknown
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No contract end date is supplied.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceMaintenance rationalisation, PUWER assessments and management of resulting change-control requests
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Lot 1 description specifies rationalising maintenance prompts, carrying out Provision and Use of Work Equipment Regulations 1998 assessments, and managing resulting CCRs.
Operational context
97% confidenceEncapsulation plants
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Lot 1 description states that the work concerns encapsulation plants.
Intended outcome
96% confidenceFit-for-purpose and legal position supporting operational and maintenance efficiency
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Lot 1 description states this intended outcome.
Service classification
99% confidenceRepair and maintenance services of machinery (CPV 50530000)
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Primary CPV classification is 50530000.
Delivery location
96% confidenceSellafield Site, UKD1
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Tender item lists delivery location as Sellafield Site and delivery region UKD1.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procurement method
99% confidenceSelective
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Process procurement_method is 'selective'.
Procedure detail
99% confidenceRestricted procedure
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Tender procurementMethodDetails is 'Restricted procedure'.
Evaluation weighting
97% confidenceTechnical 80%; price 20%
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Lot 1 award criteria list Technical quality 80 and price 20.
Competition information
99% confidenceUnknown
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No number of tenders, bidders, scores or evaluation results is supplied.
CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract status
95% confidenceActive in the published contract record
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Contract 097248-2026-1 has status 'active'.
Options
96% confidenceNo options indicated
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Lot 1 hasOptions is false.
Duration
99% confidenceUnknown
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No start date, end date or duration is supplied.
Extension or renewal terms
99% confidenceUnknown
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No extension or renewal terms are supplied.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Evaluation emphasis
97% confidenceTechnical quality was weighted more heavily than price
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Published criteria weight Technical at 80% and price at 20%.
Compliance-led demand
97% confidenceThe stated scope links machinery-maintenance rationalisation with PUWER compliance and formal change control.
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Lot 1 description explicitly references PUWER assessments, CCR management and achieving a legal position.
Value attribution
98% confidenceThe GBP 3.18 million figure is published at contract level; the notice does not publish a separate lot value.
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Only the contract record carries a value, while lot 1 has no value.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Lifecycle inconsistency
99% confidenceActive award and contract records conflict with cancelled status on the only related lot.
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Award and contract 097248-2026-1 are active; related lot 1 is cancelled.
Supplier naming normalisation
99% confidenceVerified legal name differs in punctuation and wording from the source notice name.
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Verified name is CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED; source name is Cumbria O and M Services Ltd; nameMismatch is true.
Unpublished commercial detail
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: tender count, evaluation scores, award date, pricing breakdown, lot value, contract start/end dates, duration and renewal terms.
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These fields are absent or null in the supplied data.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The only related lot is marked cancelled while the award and contract records are active; the source does not resolve this lifecycle conflict.
- The published contract value is not separately allocated to a lot beyond the single contract record.
- Information not supplied in the published notice: award date, tender count, bidder identities, scores, pricing breakdown, contract start date, end date, duration, extension terms and renewal terms.
- The source supplier name differs from the verified legal name; this analysis uses the supplied verified legal identity.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
Sellafield LimitedCUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITEDPUWER assessmentsmaintenance rationalisationchange control requestsnuclear decommissioningmachinery maintenance services
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who is named as supplier?
CUMBRIA O & M SERVICES LIMITED, verified against company number 09001129.
What is the published contract value?
GBP 3,180,929.28, reported on the contract record.
What work is covered?
Maintenance prompt rationalisation, PUWER assessments and management of resulting change-control requests in encapsulation plants.
Is the lifecycle unambiguous?
No. The award and contract records are active, but the only related lot is marked cancelled.
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.