Stale Pre-tender

Strategic Design Partner to Support Deconversion - Framework Agreement

Details

Buyer: National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd
Value: £3,500,000
Topic: Engineering design services
Published: 24 October 2025
Submission: 6 November 2025
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

Please note this notice is a copy of notice reference: 2026/S 000-027524 from March 2026, which is being republished to replace an incorrect notice reference: 2026/S 000-077106. This Contract Award Notice confirms the appointment by UKNNL of a single supplier framework agreement to undertake the role of "Strategic Design Partner" to support UKNNL with HALEU Deconversion. The Strategic Design Partner (SDP) Framework is intended to comprise of four stages, these are: Stage 1: Defining Period Stage 2: Preliminary Design Stage 3: Detailed Design Stage 4: Design Support During Manufacture UKNNL will enter into a new call-off for each stage of work, UKNNL reserves the right to not award future call-offs and to amend the call-off schedule for alternative HALEU Deconversion related design work. UKNNL will continually assess Key Performance Indicators to inform decision making surrounding future call-offs.

Timeline

Completed: Pre-tender published24 October 2025
Current notice

About the buyer

National Nuclear Laboratory is the UK's national nuclear science and technology laboratory, and a Contracting Authority in its own right. Crown Commercial Service agreements also route work to suppliers. A university supply chain framework covers postdoctoral research, university consultancy and commercial research contracts. National Nuclear Laboratory is one of nine members of the Shared Services Alliance.

A pipeline of upcoming activities is published roughly every quarter.

Over the past 5 years, most of National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd's contract awards have been in laboratory and precision equipment, architectural and engineering services and research and development.

Decision makers

Connect with the people behind this procurement.

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Head of Procurement	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-nuclear-laboratory-ltd.gov
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Contracts Manager	+44 •••• ••••••	••••••••@national-nuclear-laboratory-ltd.gov