AwardedAwarded 30 September 2026

Manipulator Maintenance

Sellafield Limited · Local or regional public body

In brief

Sellafield Limited awarded architecture and engineering work to Core Nuclear Solutions Ltd on 30 September 2026.

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

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What the notice says

The scope of this contract will be for the annual maintenance outage of manipulator equipment, breakdown support, operator training, operational health checks and the management of spare parts. The robotic manipulators are essential to the reprocessing of High Level Waste at Sellafield’s high-level waste plants onsite. This equipment will be required to support ongoing high-level waste management. The scope of this contract will be for the annual maintenance outage of manipulator equipment, breakdown support, operator training, operational health checks and the management of spare parts.

Who won

WinnerValueDates
Core Nuclear Solutions Ltd—
1 October 2026 to 31 May 2031
Core Nuclear Solutions Ltd£4,660,000
Awarded 28 July 2026

Values as the award notice gives them, excluding VAT where stated.

Timeline

  1. Transparency notice · UK5, notice 081560-2026
  2. Contract award notice · UK6, notice 087404-2026
  3. Contract details notice · UK7, notice 093710-2026

About the buyer

Sellafield LimitedLast 12 months

Procurements

268

Awards

234

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From notice 081560-2026 on Find a Tender, first published 27 August 2026, last updated 5 October 2026. We last checked for changes on 5 October 2026.