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Sellafield Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Sellafield Limited has announced plans to buy IT and software work. This is an early notice: there is nothing to bid on yet, but it tells you a tender may follow.

It is a framework worth up to £76,100,000 excluding VAT: the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers, not one contract.

The contract runs for 7 years, starting 19 April 2027.

The buyer says it is suitable for small and medium-sized businesses.

Built from the notice's own fields. Always check the official notice before you bid.

Can I win this?

Competition

Typical: a median of 3 bids per contract for this buyer (from 14 awards in the last 12 months).

Framework

Winning puts you on a list of suppliers the buyer can call on; it does not guarantee work. The £76,100,000 is the most the buyer expects to spend across all suppliers over the framework's life, not one contract.

What the notice says

Sellafield Ltd plans to call for competition for ICT Infrastructure & Application Management Services (IAMS) under the Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework Agreement (RM6190). The call for competition is now anticipated to commence in late May 2026. Participation in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be restricted to suppliers appointed to both: • TS4 Lot 4 – Infrastructure Management • TS4 Lot 5 – Applications & Data Management Scope: • Support of all on-premise server & infrastructure and operating systems, including management of supporting tools. • Support of 5 Data Centres including Sellafield Main Site (3), Risley (Warrington UK) and Crown Hosting (Corsham) locations. • IaaS and…Read the full description
Sellafield Ltd plans to call for competition for ICT Infrastructure & Application Management Services (IAMS) under the Technology Services 4 (TS4) Framework Agreement (RM6190). The call for competition is now anticipated to commence in late May 2026. Participation in the Invitation to Tender (ITT) will be restricted to suppliers appointed to both: • TS4 Lot 4 – Infrastructure Management • TS4 Lot 5 – Applications & Data Management Scope: • Support of all on-premise server & infrastructure and operating systems, including management of supporting tools. • Support of 5 Data Centres including Sellafield Main Site (3), Risley (Warrington UK) and Crown Hosting (Corsham) locations. • IaaS and PaaS infrastructure management using HPe and Dell VXRail technologies. • Build management service across multiple operating systems. • Control and management of the storage provisioning service, including backup and restore and cross data centre replication. • Application support (incident management and change requests), and application maintenance including the delivery of routine application patching and upgrades. • On-premises application portfolio varies in business importance, complexity, support requirements, and technology (SQL and Oracle). • Initially a total of 118 applications in scope including SAP Enterprise Resource Planning (ERP), reducing over the term. Volumetrics include some NDA group requirements. • SAP ERP is classed as a single business application within the 118 number above. SAP comprises 19 products/components, as well as HANA and ASE database support. We will move to a new ERP cloud solution by December 2030 which is out of the scope of this contract. • Applications within with the Sellafield Ltd Microsoft Azure environment are managed by an internal cloud operations capability and excluded from contract scope. Note: This notice replaces the prior UK2 notice issued on 30/09/2025. The previously stated two Lot structure and contracting approach has been revised. The requirement will now be delivered through one single contract covering both applications and infrastructure scope, without Lots. This consolidated approach streamlines delivery, reduces duplication, and results in a revised estimated contract value of £76.1m. Update 02/03/2026: The contract duration has been updated to 7 years (revised from the previously stated 5 + 2 years).

How to bid

  1. Read the full notice on Find a Tender, including any tender documents it links to.
  2. Register your organisation on the Central Digital Platform (through Find a Tender) if you have not already. Suppliers need to be registered to take part in procurements under the Procurement Act 2023.
  3. Follow the submission instructions in the notice; it does not name an e-tendering portal.

Timeline

  1. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 060974-2025
  2. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 017143-2026
  3. Preliminary market engagement notice · UK2, notice 018199-2026

About the buyer

Sellafield LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

244

Awards

201

Suppliers it has used most for IT and software

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    Closing soon25 hours leftSuitable for SMEsSmall contract

    £82kestimated
  2. Network Services 4

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  4. EV Charging Infrastructure

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  5. Royal Navy Museums Broadband Services

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    Closing soon6 days left2 lotsSuitable for SMEs

    £250kestimated

From notice 060974-2025 on Find a Tender, first published 30 September 2025, last updated 2 March 2026. We last checked for changes on 28 September 2026.