Official UK procurement notice
Nuclear Graduates 2026 · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Environment Agency (Central government)
Sectors: Business Services & Consultancy (79) Delivery: Delivery location not published
Awarded value£450,000published contract · exc. VAT
Awarded 15 Oct 2026no call for competition
Awarded to Energus2 awards
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe programme was set up by the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and its delivery has been licensed to ENERGUS. In return for funding, the services ENERGUS provide include:
- advertise and recruit graduates
- carry out security clearance to ‘security check’ level
- employ graduates, paying national insurance and pension contributions
- provide residential training (8 weeks plus various days) over the secondment period plus a bespoke training budget
- perform learning appraisal and support
- provide mentor training and support
The understanding of all parties is that the nuclear graduates that the Agency sponsor will become Agency employees at the end of the sponsorship period (subject to our recruitment criteria and graduates.
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Awarded
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Direct award
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Unspecified in notice
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 8 Sept 2026, 17:10 BST
- Last source update
- 15 Oct 2026, 14:54 BST
- Authority reference
P-40267- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-097553- Latest notice
- Contract award notice (UK6)
- Delivery area
- Not published
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-06f507Find a Tender
- Why no open competition
- Single Suppliers Unique Work Art Performance
- Published justification
Only one supplier for this service.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- —
Timeline
15 Oct 2026 → 5 Nov 2026 · 2 dates- Notice published11 days ago15 Oct 2026, 14:54 BST
- Today27 Oct 2026
- Standstill endsin 9 days5 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMT
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 8 Sept 2026- Transparency notice published8 Sept 2026, 17:10 BSTUK5
- Contract details notice published14 Sept 2026, 09:30 BSTUK7
- Contract award notice published15 Oct 2026, 14:54 BSTUK6
- Contract signature expected6 Nov 2026, 23:59 GMTscheduled
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecastAwards 2
Awarded value £450,0001 contract exc. VAT · 1 repeated publication of the same award counted once
Contracts signed 1latest 1 Sept 2026
| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| EnergusNuclear Graduates6 Nov 2026 – 30 Sept 2028 | £450,000same award published again · counted once | 15 Oct 2026standstill to 5 Nov 2026 | Standstill |
| Energus | £450,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Nuclear Graduates 2026 · Energus
- Signed
- 1 Sept 2026
- Value
- £450,000
- Period
- 1 Sept 2026 – 30 Sept 2028
- Status
- active
No agreed KPIs: KPIs will be between contractor and supplier.
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- EnergusAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (3)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Contract award notice Contract award notice on Find a Tender
- Contract details notice Contract details notice on Find a Tender
- Transparency notice Transparency notice on Find a Tender