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C24612 - Early Legacy Boxes - Liner and AFP

Sellafield Limited

Buyer Contact Info

Buyer Name: Sellafield Limited

Buyer Address: Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Warrington, UKD1, WA3 6GR, United Kingdom

Contact Name: Helen Cheetham

Contact Email: helen.l.cheetham@sellafieldsites.com

Status
complete
Procedure
selective
Value
n/a
Published
17 Oct 2025, 12:30
Deadline
n/a
Contract Start
n/a
Contract End
n/a
Category
goods
CPV
90521500 - Packaging of radioactive waste
Region
n/a
Awarded To
Bendalls Engineering Ltd
Official Source
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Description

This contract is only for suppliers eligible to tender via the Engineering and Technology Solutions Marketplace DPS Category, Lot 4 Manufacturing Solutions Category, sub-category: Manufactured Products.<br/><br/>This Procurement is for the following components:<br/>• Liner <br/>• AFP <br/><br/>In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:<br/>• M1. Mobilisation<br/>• M2. Design Validation & Verification<br/>• M3. Tooling & Process Development<br/>• M4. Assembly 1 manufacture <br/>• M5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture <br/>• M6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture <br/>• M7. Assembly 28+ manufacture <br/><br/>A further DPS tender reference C24615 for the Box and the Lid has been issued on the same date as this procurement. The subsequent contracts awarded will be managed concurrently.

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Lot Description: Sellafield Ltd (SL) have developed a Legacy 3m3 Box Design for the retrieval, packaging, transport, storage, and disposal of ILW (Intermediate Level Waste) from facilities at Sellafield site. <br/><br/>These boxes will be used for interim storage and final disposal of the following wastes:<br/><br/>Legacy Pond Skips (inc. Zeolites)<br/>Maintenance waste from retrievals process/plant<br/>Secondary waste arisings within the Box Encapsulation Plant (BEP)<br/><br/>Where the term “Box” is used in this Specification it shall imply the same meaning as a “Legacy 3m3 Box Assembly”. <br/><br/>The Box Assembly comprises the following components: <br/> 1 off Box Body<br/> 1 off Box Lid<br/> 1 off Bolt Set (28 off bolts per set)<br/> 1 off Liner <br/> 1 off Anti Flotation Plate (AFP)<br/> 1 off Liquor Filter Module (LFM) <br/><br/>SL requires 6 off liner & AFP assemblies by August 2026 to preload the BEP facility. Following this, SL needs 27-60 liner & AFP (at a minimum rate of 8 per annum) to be supplied to support BEP (Box Encapsulation Plant) Active Commissioning in 2027.<br/><br/>Note: This Procurement is for the following components only:<br/><br/>Liner<br/>Anti Flotation Plate<br/><br/>There is another DPS tender for Box & Lid which will be managed concurrently to this scope of work. <br/><br/>Only ‘mature’ methods of manufacture that have been tried and tested, should be used to manufacture the box components; this should cut down development time and ensure on time delivery.<br/><br/>In support of Right First Time (RFT) Manufacture, the following phases shall be completed with support from SL, following contract award:<br/><br/>1. Mobilisation<br/>2. Design Validation & Verification<br/>3. Tooling & Process Development<br/>4. Assembly 1 manufacture <br/>5. Assembly 2-6 manufacture <br/>6. Assembly 7-27 manufacture <br/>7. Assembly 28+ manufacture <br/><br/>Note: Total quantity to be determined by quoted unit prices.<br/><br/>**ADDITIONAL INFORMATION**<br/><br/>Tenders were evaluated against the award criteria with a view to identifying the most economically advantageous tender (MEAT) to our requirements. It was split as follows:-<br/><br/>80% Quality<br/>20% Price

Lot 1 Status: cancelled

Lot 1 Has Options: No

Lot 1 Award Criterion (quality): Quality

Lot 1 Award Criterion (cost): Price

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