Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 4 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThere is a requirement for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Group (NDA) to put in place a single supplier Contract for Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals to support operational activities across the NDA nuclear sites.
This is a collaborative procurement with Sellafield Limited acting on behalf of the following named Operating Companies:
- Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)
- Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) Dounreay
- Nuclear Waste Services (NWS)
This collaborative procurement will result in the award of separate contracts to each Operating Company.
The Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals Contract opportunity will include, but is not limited to, the following scope:
- Glassware
- Filter papers
- Filter cards
- Containers
- Vials
- Bungs
- Pipettes
- Beakers
- Test strips
- Pipettes
- HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) bottles
- Alpha counting planchet
- Laboratory equipment (small ovens & incubators, stirrers, hotplates, blenders, heaters, furnaces, heating mantles, mixers, shakers and washers)
- Supply of high grade, specialised chemicals such as Sodium Hydroxide (5 Litres), Nitric Acid (2.5 Litres), Hydrofluoric Acid and buffer solutions (5 Litres)
- Not divided into lots: 2.12 The procurement will be delivered as a single Lot. This approach has been chosen based on the anticipated demand, as dividing the requirement into multiple Lots would significantly increase management complexity and costs, without delivering proportional benefits.
- The authority expects to re-tender this requirement around 7 Jan 2030, 23:59 GMT.
CPV: Chemical products · Inorganic acids · Laboratory pipettes and accessories · Laboratory, hygienic or pharmaceutical glassware · Laboratory, optical and precision equipments (excl. glasses) · Sodium hydroxide · Sulphuric acid
How this framework works
From the published notice- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 May 2027
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1Published value£7,700,000
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions are contained within the 'Procurement Specific Questionnaire', please refer to Appendix 2- Conditions of Participation Criteria.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Published sub-criteria (3)
- Technical Award Criteria: 40%
- Price: 50%
- Social Value Criteria: 10%
Published award criteria (3)
- Technical Award Criteria: The technical award criteria accounts for 40% of the overall tender.
- Social Value Criteria: The social value criteria accounts for 10% of the overall tender.
- Price: Price accounts for 50% of the overall tender.
- Economic & financial standing
The legal and financial capacity conditions are contained within the 'Procurement Specific Questionnaire', please refer to Appendix 2- Conditions of Participation Criteria.
- Price carries 50 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 5 points. This one is won on the number: sharpen the price before polishing the prose.
- “Provision of Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- UKPGA · 2023/54 Procurement Act 2023
- Procurement category
- Goods
- Notice status
- Closed
- Procurement threshold
- Above threshold (FTS publication)
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · next expected 7 Jan 2030
- First published
- 18 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BST
- Award evaluation window
- Submission end – 10 Mar 2027
- Authority reference
C28631- FTS notice number
2026/S 000-079790- Latest notice
- Tender notice (UK4)
- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-05e32dFind a Tender- Contract terms summary
Contained within tender conditions (found in folder Appendix 8 Terms and Conditions)
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 7 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
- Clarification deadline
- 28 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST
- Submission channel
- Official e-sourcing portal
- Electronic submission
- Allowed
- Accepted languages
- en
Parties who are interested in potentially submitting a tender for this opportunity are requested to register on the shared service Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) OneNDA eCommercial Systems powered by Atamis (Atamis), which can be accessed via the URL atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗
Parties who register on this system should then register against Atamis Project C28631 in order to access the Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals Tender opportunity, which will enable them to:
- view the procurement and tender documents,
- ask questions or request further information using the inbuilt messaging facility; and
- submit a tender response
Timeline
18 Nov 2025 → 1 May 2027 · 8 dates- Planning notice published344 days ago18 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMT
- Market engagement300 days ago31 Dec 2025, 23:59 GMT
Interested suppliers are invited to participate in the following activities to aid in the refinement of the future procurement:
- Attendance to a virtual market engagement event. This will be on the 11th December, 1pm-3pm
-Completion of a questionnaire following the market engagement event
Sellafield Ltd welcomes interested suppliers to express their interest by sending a confirmation message via our e-sourcing platform, Atamis, under reference number C28142.
Suppliers should note that all information gathered from this exercise is for the contracting authority’s use and is subject to change.
Please include the following detail in your message:
- Full name
- Company/organisation name
- Contact details (Email and phone number)
If you do not have an account with Atamis, please register on Atamis to create an account. If you have problems registering, please contact the helpdesk +44 29 2280 9277 or raise a support ticket via the following link suppliersupport.atamis.co.uk/hc/en-gb ↗
- Next notice expected155 days ago25 May 2026, 23:59 BST
- Tender notice published68 days ago21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BST
- Clarification questions by30 days ago28 Sept 2026, 11:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period ends21 days ago · period end, not a bid countdown7 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST
- Today28 Oct 2026
- Award decision expected byin 133 days10 Mar 2027, 23:59 GMT
- Contract startsin 184 days1 May 2027, 00:00 BST
Notice history
17 events · 7 releases on Find a Tender · since 18 Nov 2025- Pipeline notice published18 Nov 2025, 12:03 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published19 Nov 2025, 15:30 GMTUK2
- Buyer details updated19 Nov 2025, 15:30 GMT
- Pipeline notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:38 GMTUK1
- Published value updated to £7,700,00010 Dec 2025, 11:38 GMTwas £8,700,000
- Buyer details updated10 Dec 2025, 11:38 GMT
- Pipeline notice published10 Dec 2025, 11:43 GMTUK1
- Preliminary market engagement notice published10 Dec 2025, 16:21 GMTUK2
- Buyer details updated10 Dec 2025, 16:21 GMT
- Planned procurement notice published17 Apr 2026, 15:17 BSTUK3
- Published value updated to £7,900,00017 Apr 2026, 15:17 BSTwas £7,700,000
- Deadline published: 10 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST17 Apr 2026, 15:17 BST
- Tender notice published21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BSTUK4
- Published value updated to £7,700,00021 Aug 2026, 10:36 BSTwas £7,900,000
- Status changed to active21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BST
- Deadline moved to 7 Oct 2026, 11:00 BST21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BST+89 days · was 10 Jul 2026, 11:00 BST
- Buyer details updated21 Aug 2026, 10:36 BST
Published amendments (3)
Estimated contract value updated to reflect NNL leaving the procurement process for Laboratory Consumbales and Chemicals.
Estimated contract value updated to reflect NNL leaving the procurement process for Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals.
Estimated contract value updated to reflect NNL leaving the procurement process for Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals.
Routine re-releases (7)
- 2025-12: 2 releases · 10 Dec 2025, 10 Dec 2025
- 2025-11: 2 releases · 18 Nov 2025, 19 Nov 2025
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
4 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityContracting authorityPublic authority - central government
- Nuclear Restoration Services LimitedContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
- Nuclear Waste Services LimitedContracting authorityPublic authority - sub-central government
Official documents & specifications (7)
Official links; attachments are not copiedNotices published for this procedure
- Tender notice Tender notice on Find a Tender
- Planned procurement notice Planned procurement notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender
- Preliminary market engagement notice Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
- Pipeline notice Pipeline notice on Find a Tender