AWARD OUTCOME
What happened
Great British Energy - Nuclear awarded and signed a £5,000,000 delivery agreement with PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD for Priority Phase 1 archaeology investigation and mitigation at its Gwyndod site. The notice says the work was placed through the SCAPE framework to enable critical-path activity while a larger competitive procurement is undertaken for the remaining archaeological works.
Published outcomeOne active award and active contract are reported for PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD. The contract record gives a signature date of 15 October 2026.
Market significanceThis is a £5,000,000 interim archaeology package linked to site-enabling critical-path works. The buyer indicates a separate, larger competitive procurement is expected for the remainder of the site’s archaeological works.
AWARDED SUPPLIERS AND LOTS
1 supplier record analysed
PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD
98% confidenceAward 098405-2026-con_10437-1 · Lots 1 · 5000000 GBP · Active contract
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Verified supplier identity: PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD (company number 10219126). The active award names Perfect Circle JV Ltd; the linked contract is valued at £5,000,000.
LIFECYCLE
Award or contract stage
Notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Award/contract notice published_at: 2026-10-19T11:44:48+01:00.
Award status
98% confidenceActive
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Award 098405-2026-con_10437-1 has status active.
Contract status
99% confidenceActive; signed 15 October 2026
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Contract 098405-2026-con_10437-1 has status active and dateSigned: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Lot record status
98% confidenceCancelled
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Related lot 1 is marked cancelled in the tender data.
VALUES
Published values explained
Contract value
99% confidence£5,000,000
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Contract 098405-2026-con_10437-1 value: 5000000 GBP.
Value attribution
94% confidenceSingle linked contract; no individual lot value published
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The £5,000,000 value is published only on the contract record, while lot 1 has no value.
TIMELINE
Procurement timeline
Contract signature
99% confidence15 October 2026
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Contract dateSigned: 2026-10-15T00:00:00+01:00.
Notice publication
99% confidence19 October 2026
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Release date: 2026-10-19T11:44:48+01:00.
SCOPE
What was awarded
Requirement
98% confidenceArchaeology investigation and mitigation works for the Priority Phase 1 delivery agreement
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Notice description and contract title.
Site
86% confidenceGreat British Energy - Nuclear's Gwyndod site
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Notice description identifies the Gwyndod site; the lot description spells the site as Gywndod.
Service classification
99% confidenceArchaeological services (CPV 71351914)
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Primary tender classification.
Related works classification
99% confidenceExcavation work at archaeological sites (CPV 45112450)
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Item additional classification.
Delivery geography
95% confidenceUnited Kingdom
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Delivery address region is UK.
PROCEDURE
Procedure and competition
Procedure
99% confidenceLimited procedure: award without prior publication of a call for competition
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Procurement method and method details in the tender record.
Route to market
98% confidenceSCAPE framework
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The procurement rationale states that the contract was awarded via a SCAPE framework.
Framework characterisation
96% confidenceCompetitively tendered single-supplier framework
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Tender rationale and lot description describe SCAPE in these terms.
Published award criterion
93% confidencePrice
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Lot 1 award criteria contains one criterion of type price.
Competition for this call-off
99% confidenceNot published
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CONTRACT TERMS
Published contract terms
Contract title
99% confidenceArchaeology Investigation and Mitigation - Priority Phase 1 Delivery Agreement
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Award and contract title.
Subcontracting
97% confidenceSubcontracting is indicated
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Award hasSubcontracting is true; subcontractor details are not published.
Options
95% confidenceNo options reported for lot 1
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Lot 1 hasOptions: false.
Contract dates and duration
99% confidenceStart date, end date and duration not published
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Information not supplied in the published notice.
COMMERCIAL VIEW
Commercial observations
Commercial role
97% confidencePriority Phase 1 package intended to allow critical-path works to commence
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Lot description explicitly gives this purpose.
Future market opportunity
96% confidenceThe buyer signals a larger competitive procurement for remaining archaeology work
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Lot description.
Value interpretation
97% confidenceThe published £5,000,000 is the contract value; no pricing schedule or cost breakdown is published
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Contract value is published, but no documents or pricing breakdown are supplied.
DATA QUALITY
Gaps and source limitations
Conflicting lifecycle fields
99% confidenceActive award and signed active contract are linked to a cancelled lot
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Award and contract are active, contract is signed, but related lot 1 status is cancelled. The notice does not explain the discrepancy.
Site-name inconsistency
98% confidenceSite name is spelled “Gwyndod” in the notice description and “Gywndod” in the lot description
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Both spellings appear in supplied source fields.
Supplier identity quality
99% confidenceVerified legal supplier identity available
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Exact-name verification identifies PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD, company number 10219126.
Unpublished procurement details
99% confidenceInformation not supplied in the published notice: tender dates, bid count, evaluation detail, award date, contract start/end dates, duration, individual lot value, subcontractor identity and pricing breakdown
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Relevant supplied fields are null or absent.
SOURCE DATA LIMITATIONS
Information not supplied in the published notice
- The source contains an unresolved lifecycle contradiction: the active, signed contract and active award relate to lot 1, which is marked cancelled. The notice provides no explanation.
- The site is spelled “Gwyndod” in one source field and “Gywndod” in another; this analysis does not determine which spelling is authoritative.
- No tender dates, bid count, detailed evaluation information or award decision date are published.
- No contract start date, end date, duration, extension terms or renewal terms are published.
- No individual lot value, pricing breakdown or named subcontractor is published.
MARKET THEMES
Relevant award themes
PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTDGreat British Energy - NuclearGwyndod archaeologySCAPE frameworkarchaeological services£5 million contract
COMMON QUESTIONS
About this award
Who won the archaeology delivery agreement?
PERFECT CIRCLE JV LTD is the verified supplier named on the active award and contract.
What is the contract value?
The linked contract record states a value of £5,000,000.
Was the contract signed?
Yes. The contract record reports a signature date of 15 October 2026.
Will there be further archaeology procurement?
The lot description states that a larger competitive procurement is to be undertaken for the remainder of the archaeological works.
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