Awarded contract

Strategic Design Partner to Support Deconversion - Framework Agreement

Details

Supplier(s)
North West Projects Ltd T/a Actemium Design UK
Value
£3,500,000
Duration
4 years
Topic
Engineering services
Published
27 February 2026

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. ## Contract award ## Contract award ## Contract award

Timeline

  1. Completed: Award published27 February 2026
    Current notice
  2. Completed: Award date27 February 2026
  3. Next: Contract expiry date11 March 2030in 3 years

About the buyer

National Nuclear Laboratory is the UK's national nuclear science and technology laboratory, and a Contracting Authority in its own right. Suppliers register on Proactis, the laboratory's e-tendering platform, to bid for contract opportunities. A pipeline of upcoming activities is published roughly every quarter. 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. The alliance has set up over 50 shared contracts for its members since 2009.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

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.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 71300000 · Engineering services
  • 71320000 · Engineering design services

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