Scope
Reference
C8497
Description
Enabling Innovation Framework 5
The EIF 5 Scope is primarily around problem definition and framing, studies, developing functional requirements, preparing business cases and interventions for which the categories, outputs and deliverables.
The Sellafield Ltd Corporate Strategy and Strategy Management Framework provide broader organisational context and detail around the purpose and challenges of the value streams (Retrievals, Remediation, Spent Fuel Management, Special Nuclear Materials and Integrated Waste Management) and the business critical enablers.
In summary the scope of the EIF encompasses:
• Support to problem framing: establishing clarity over needs and priorities and providing technical / digital support;
• Help in establishing project purpose, principles, roles and tasks before the Detail is decided
• Problem definition: help in translating service requirements into clear functional / technical / digital requirements;
• Support to studies;
• Support for problem solving and recovery of stalled projects through enabling services or focussed technical and digital support / solutions;
• Support to establishing correct measures, metrics and targets for success;
• Improving understanding of supply chain capability;
• Supporting challenge to unnecessarily bespoke solutions, application of unnecessary standards and "specialist" requirements through enabling services or focussed technical / digital solutions;
• Support to constructive challenge of ongoing requirements and cost estimates;
• Relationship based: allowing the supply chain to offer up new technologies and innovations, which have not been solicited by a Sellafield Ltd client that may bring significant return on investment.
We plan to issue ten framework agreements under one lot, each lasting four years. The framework agreements will be based on Sellafield standard terms and conditions.
Commercial tool
Establishes a framework
Total value (estimated)
- £20,000,000 excluding VAT
- £24,000,000 including VAT
Above the relevant threshold
Contract dates (estimated)
- 30 June 2026 to 29 June 2030
- 4 years
Main procurement category
Services
CPV classifications
- 71330000 - Miscellaneous engineering services
- 71340000 - Integrated engineering services
- 71356000 - Technical services
- 79421000 - Project-management services other than for construction work
- 71300000 - Engineering services
Engagement
Engagement deadline
5 December 2025
Engagement process description
Presentations at Supply Chain Forums and Britain's Energy Coast Business Cluster.
Copies of presentations shown and a scope of work are available to view via Atamis.
A preliminary market engagement session is scheduled for Thursday 4th December 2025 at 10:00am. During this session, the presentation originally delivered at the Supply Chain Forum in October 2025 will be shared, as included in the accompanying documents.
Interested participants are asked to register under Atamis record C28373 and submit a message via the portal to confirm their attendance and provide a contact email for the Microsoft Teams link to be sent to. Please express interest by 9:00am on Thursday 4th December to ensure the link is received with sufficient time. Once interest has been confirmed, the Microsoft Teams link will be issued.
Participation is restricted to one representative per company.
Participation
Particular suitability
Small and medium-sized enterprises (SME)
Submission
Publication date of tender notice (estimated)
31 December 2025
Contracting authority
Sellafield Limited
- Public Procurement Organisation Number: PWYP-8439-MZWY
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue
Warrington
WA3 6GR
United Kingdom
Region: UKD61 - Warrington
Organisation type: Public authority - sub-central government