Sellafield Sintered Filters direct award to PALL EUROPE LIMITED

Tender information last checkedLast checked 19 Oct 2026, 13:33.

Opportunity overview

Sintered Filter Element - A porous sintered metal filtration element designed for the removal of particulate contamination from process fluids or gases. The rigid metallic construction provides high mechanical strength, resistance to elevated temperatures and pressures, and compatibility with demanding industrial environments. Suitable for applications requiring reliable filtration performance, cleanability, and extended service life.

Awarded to

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PALL EUROPE LIMITED

Matched by exact name

Published award value: £455.7k
Awarded: Not supplied
Award ID: 1
Status: pending
Identifier: GB-PPON PLYL-1364-XGCR
Location: Portsmouth, UKJ31, PO6 4BQ, United Kingdom

Classification

No classification was supplied.

Lots

Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Transparency 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: C33073
Status: complete
Procurement Method: direct
Procurement Method Details: Direct award
Why this procedure was chosen: This Direct Award is justified under Schedule 5, Paragraph 6(a) of the Procurement Act 2023, as the requirement can currently only be fulfilled using a specific component incorporated within an approved design and the absence of competition is attributable to technical reasons. The approved container design incorporates a specific filter manufactured by Pall Europe Ltd. The component is required to maintain conformity with the approved design basis and associated engineering substantiation. Pall Europe Ltd has advised that continued availability of the component cannot be guaranteed due to ongoing product portfolio rationalisation. Failure to secure sufficient stock whilst the component remains available would introduce a risk to continuity of supply for an operationally critical product. Although alternative products may exist, adoption of an alternative component would require engineering assessment, testing, substantiation and approval activities to demonstrate continued compliance with the requirements of the approved design before implementation. These activities are expected to require a significant period to complete and cannot be concluded before continuity of supply risks materialise. The proposed procurement therefore represents the most proportionate means of mitigating a known sole-source supply risk while maintaining compliance with the approved design and allowing sufficient time for the evaluation, qualification and implementation of any future alternative solution. Accordingly, Sellafield considers that the conditions set out in Schedule 5, Paragraph 6(a) of the Procurement Act 2023 are satisfied and that a Direct Award to Pall Europe Ltd is justified.

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: Jennifer Powell
Email: jennifer.l.powell@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: PALL EUROPE LIMITED
Id: GB-PPON-PLYL-1364-XGCR

Identifier

Scheme: GB-PPON
Id: PLYL-1364-XGCR

Address

Street Address: 5 Harbourgate Business Park, Southhampton Road
Locality: Portsmouth
Postal Code: PO6 4BQ
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom
Region: UKJ31

Contact

Email: paul_richardson@pall.com

Roles

supplier

Details

Scale: large
Vcse: No

Award information

Award 1

Id: 1
Title: Sintered Filters
Status: pending
Main Procurement Category: goods
Above Threshold: Yes

Items

Item 1

Id: 1
Related Lot: 1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1

Scheme: CPV
Id: 42912000
Description: Liquid filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus

Delivery locations

Entry 1

Region: UK
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Entry 2

Region: UKD11
Country: GB
Country Name: United Kingdom

Value

Including VAT: 565,681.15
Amount: 455,680
Currency: GBP

Suppliers

Supplier 1

Id: GB-PPON-PLYL-1364-XGCR
Name: PALL EUROPE LIMITED

Contract period

Starts: 16 Nov 2026, 00:00
Ends: 31 Mar 2027, 23:59

Related lots

Documents

Entry 1

Id: 098337-2026
Document Type: awardNotice
Notice Type: UK5
Description: Transparency notice on Find a Tender
Url: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/098337-2026 ↗
Published: 19 Oct 2026, 10:44
Format: text/html

Milestones

Entry 1

Id: 1
Type: futureSignatureDate
Due: 16 Nov 2026, 23:59
Status: scheduled

Recorded locations

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

Notice and amendment history

1 published notice version reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

1 VERSION

098337-2026Transparency notice on Find a Tender · 19 Oct 2026, 10:44

PROCURAAXIS AWARD ANALYSIS

Award outcome intelligence

Evidence-bound analysis of the published award appears below the official tender and award information.

ANALYSIS PREVIEW

Award intelligence at a glance

Sellafield Limited published a transparency notice for a proposed direct award to PALL EUROPE LIMITED for sintered filter elements. The award remains pending; the notice schedules signature for 16 November 2026, so the supplied data does not evidence a signed or active contract.

Published outcome signals

Published notice19 October 2026Evidence: Transparency notice published at 2026-10-19T10:44:44+01:00.
Award statusPendingEvidence: Award 1 status is "pending".
Signature milestoneScheduled for 16 November 2026Evidence: Award milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-11-16T23:59:59Z.

96% approved-analysis confidence1 supplier record analysed4 source limitations

SOURCE AND FRESHNESS

Traceable procurement data

Source: Find a Tender
Notice reference: 098337-2026
OCID: ocds-h6vhtk-078a75
First published: 19 Oct 2026
Last checked: 19 Oct 2026, 13:33
Notice versions reviewed: 1

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HOW THIS WAS PREPARED

Approved, evidence-bound analysis

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Analysis status: Approved for publication
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

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AWARD OUTCOME

What happened

Published outcome

One pending award, covering lot 1, names PALL EUROPE LIMITED. The published net award value is £455,680 (gross £565,681.15).

Market significance

The notice identifies a technical sole-source rationale tied to an approved container design and continuity-of-supply risk for an operationally critical component.

AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS

1 supplier record analysed

PALL EUROPE LIMITED

99% confidence

Award 1 · Lots 1 · 455680 GBP · Pending award

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Verified legal supplier name is PALL EUROPE LIMITED (company number 07211681); award 1 names this supplier, covers lot 1, and has status pending. The value is award-level.

LIFECYCLE

Award or contract stage

Published notice

99% confidence

19 October 2026

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Transparency notice published at 2026-10-19T10:44:44+01:00.

Award status

99% confidence

Pending

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Award 1 status is "pending".

Signature milestone

98% confidence

Scheduled for 16 November 2026

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Award milestone type futureSignatureDate is scheduled for 2026-11-16T23:59:59Z.

Contract status

99% confidence

Not evidenced as signed or active

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The record is a transparency notice and the award is pending; signature is a future scheduled milestone.

VALUES

Published values explained

Award value, excluding VAT

98% confidence

£455,680

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Award 1 value amount is 455680 GBP; amountGross is separately stated as 565681.15 GBP.

Award value, including VAT

98% confidence

£565,681.15

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Award 1 amountGross is 565681.15 GBP.

Value allocation

98% confidence

Award-level value; no separate lot value published

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Award 1 covers lot 1, while the lot record has no value.

TIMELINE

Procurement timeline

Notice publication

99% confidence

19 October 2026

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Notice publication timestamp: 2026-10-19T10:44:44+01:00.

Planned contract start

98% confidence

16 November 2026

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Award 1 contractPeriod startDate is 2026-11-16T00:00:00Z.

Planned contract end

98% confidence

31 March 2027

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Award 1 contractPeriod endDate is 2027-03-31T23:59:59+01:00.

SCOPE

What was awarded

Requirement

99% confidence

Sintered filter elements for particulate removal from process fluids or gases

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Tender description describes porous sintered metal filtration elements for removal of particulate contamination.

Procurement category

99% confidence

Goods

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Award 1 mainProcurementCategory is goods.

Classification

99% confidence

CPV 42912000 — Liquid filtering or purifying machinery and apparatus

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Award item additional classification lists CPV 42912000.

Delivery coverage

95% confidence

United Kingdom, including UKD11

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Award delivery addresses list UK and UKD11.

PROCEDURE

Procedure and competition

Procedure

99% confidence

Direct award

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Tender procurementMethod is direct and procurementMethodDetails is Direct award.

Legal basis cited

98% confidence

Procurement Act 2023, Schedule 5, paragraph 6(a)

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Published rationale explicitly cites this provision.

Rationale

98% confidence

Technical reasons and continuity-of-supply risk linked to an approved design

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The notice says the approved design incorporates a specific Pall filter; alternatives would require assessment, testing, substantiation and approval before use.

Competition

98% confidence

No competitive process is evidenced

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The procurement is recorded as a direct award and the rationale states absence of competition attributable to technical reasons.

CONTRACT TERMS

Published contract terms

Planned term

98% confidence

16 November 2026 to 31 March 2027

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Award contractPeriod gives these start and end dates.

Signature

99% confidence

Scheduled, not evidenced as completed

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Future signature milestone is scheduled for 16 November 2026.

Extensions or options

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

COMMERCIAL VIEW

Commercial observations

Supply continuity exposure

96% confidence

The buyer reports a risk that availability may not continue during the supplier's product portfolio rationalisation.

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The published rationale says Pall Europe Ltd advised that continued availability cannot be guaranteed and that stock is needed while the component remains available.

Switching barrier

98% confidence

Alternative components would require engineering assessment, testing, substantiation and approval before implementation.

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Published direct-award rationale.

Value interpretation

99% confidence

The published amount is a proposed pending-award value, not evidence of invoiced spend or a concluded contract value.

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Award status is pending and signature is scheduled in the future.

ANALYSIS QUALITY

96%overall confidence

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

Reference: ocds-h6vhtk-078a75
Analysed: 19 Oct 2026

APPROVED AWARD ANALYSIS

BUYER CONTEXT

Buyer context

Buyer

99% confidence

Sellafield Limited

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Buyer party is Sellafield Limited.

Buyer type

99% confidence

Public authority — sub-central government

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Buyer classification is publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment.

Buyer location

99% confidence

Warrington, United Kingdom

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Buyer address lists Warrington, WA3 6GR.

SUPPLIER CONTEXT

Supplier context

Supplier identity

99% confidence

PALL EUROPE LIMITED (company number 07211681)

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Supplier verification records an exact-name match to verified company number 07211681 and active company status.

Supplier scale

95% confidence

Large

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Supplier party details state scale: large.

Role in published rationale

98% confidence

Manufacturer of the specified filter component

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The direct-award rationale states that the approved container design incorporates a specific filter manufactured by Pall Europe Ltd.

RENEWAL OUTLOOK

Renewal outlook

Estimated renewal timing

80% confidence

Around 31 March 2027, if the planned end date remains unchanged

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The published planned contract end date is 31 March 2027.

Renewal or recompetition terms

99% confidence

Unknown

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Information not supplied in the published notice.

DATA QUALITY

Gaps and source limitations

Lifecycle clarity

99% confidence

Pending award, not a concluded contract

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Award 1 is pending; future signature date is scheduled.

Supplier verification

99% confidence

Verified legal identity

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Exact-name verification identifies PALL EUROPE LIMITED, company number 07211681.

Lot detail

99% confidence

Lot 1 has no published title, description or individual value

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Lot record contains null title, description and value.

Commercial detail

99% confidence

Information not supplied in the published notice: bid counts, evaluation scores, pricing breakdown, extension terms and renewal terms

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No such fields or documents are supplied.

SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS

Information not supplied in the published notice

The record is a pending award with a scheduled future signature date; it does not evidence a signed, concluded or active contract.
No lot title, lot description or individual lot value is published for lot 1.
Information not supplied in the published notice: bid count, evaluation criteria or scores, pricing breakdown, contract documents, extension options and renewal terms.
The planned start and end dates may change before signature; no later contract record is supplied.

MARKET THEMES

Relevant award themes

COMMON QUESTIONS

About this award

Who is named for the Sintered Filters award?

PALL EUROPE LIMITED is named for pending award 1, covering lot 1.

Has the contract been signed?

Not according to the supplied data. The award is pending and signature is scheduled for 16 November 2026.

What is the published value?

The award-level value is £455,680 excluding VAT, with gross value stated as £565,681.15.

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Sintered Filters

Opportunity overview

Awarded to

PALL EUROPE LIMITED

Classification

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Documents and notices

Published notice details

Scope, procedure and submissions

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Procedure reasons

Lots and requirements

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Buyer, suppliers and contacts

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Address

Contact

Roles

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Identifier

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Contact

Roles

Details

Award information

Items

Additional Classifications

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Value

Suppliers

Contract period

Related lots

Documents

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Recorded locations

Notice and amendment history

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Published outcome signals

Traceable procurement data

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