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Laboratory Consumables & Chemicals

Descriptions

There is a requirement for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Group (NDA) to put in place a single supplier Framework opportunity 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 contracting authorities:

• Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)

• Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) Dounreay

• Nuclear Waste Services (NWS)

 

A Prior Information Notice (PIN) for this procurement was previously published under FTS reference 2024/S 000-033515 on 17 October 2024. It is now confirmed that Sellafield will lead this procurement, and National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL) has withdrawn from the collaborative arrangement.

 

The Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals Framework 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 (25g) and buffer solutions (5 Litres)

 

Please note that the delivery locations for this framework are spread across the United Kingdom and includes, but is not limited to, the following delivery locations:

• NRS Dounreay, Site Restoration Ltd, Dounreay Central Stores, D8525, Dounreay, Thurso Caithness KW14 7TZ

• International Nuclear Services (INS) Herdus House, Westlake's Science & Technology Park, Moor Row, Cumbria CA24 3HU

• NWS, Holmrook, Cumbria CA19 1XP

• Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), Pelham House, Pelham Drive, Seascale Cumbria CA20 1DB

• NRS - Oldbury Site, Oldbury, Naite, Thornbury, South Gloucestershire, BS35 1RQ

• NRS Hub Bristol, Keypoint, Almondsbury Business Park, Great Park Road, Bradley Stoke, BS32 4QQ

• NRS Bradwell Site, Bradwell on Sea, Southminster, Essex, CM0 7HP

• NRS Chapelcross, Chapelcross Site, Annan, Dumfriesshire DG12 6RF

• NRS Winfrith Site, Winfrith, Newburgh, Dorchester, Dorset, DT2 8WG

• NRS Berkeley, Berkeley Site, Berkeley, Gloucestershire, GL13 9PA

• NRS Sizewell A, Sizewell A Site Nr Leiston, Suffolk, IP16 4UE

• NRS Hunterston A, Site Hunterston A, West Kilbride, Ayrshire, KA23 9RA

• NRS Trawsfynydd Site, Trawsfynydd Site, Blaenau, Ffestiniog, Gwynedd, LL41 4DT

• NRS Wylfa Site, Wylfa Site, Cemaes, Ynys Môn, LL67 0DH

• NRS Harwell Site, Harwell Campus, Didcot, Oxfordshire, OX11 0DF

• NRS Hinkley Point A, Site Hinkley Point A, Site Nr Bridgwater, Somerset, TA5 1YA

• NRS Dungeness A, Site Dungeness A, Site Romney, Marsh, Kent, TN29 9PP

• NRS Maentwrog, Maentwrog, Gwynedd LL41 4HY

• NDA - Herdus House Herdus House, Westlakes Science & Technology Park, Moor Row, Cumbria, CA24 3HU

• NDA, Dounreay D2003, Dounreay Thurso Caithness, KW14 7TZ

• NDA, London, 10 Victoria Street, Westminster, London, SW1H 0NN

• NDA, Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue, Risley, Warrington, Cheshire WA3 6GR

• Sellafield Ltd, Lillyhall Stores B641, Lillyhall Stores, Workington, Cumbria, CA14 4JW

• Sellafield Ltd, Seascale, Cumbria, CA20 1PG

Timeline

Published Date :

18th Nov 2025 Today

Deadline :

18th Nov 2026 in a 1 year

Contract Start :

2nd Feb 2027

Contract End :

1st Feb 2031

Keywords

industrial chemicals

laboratory reagents

specialty compounds

bulk chemicals

industrial reagents

chemical feedstock

laboratory compounds

hydrochloric acid

nitric acid

sulfuric acid

industrial acid solutions

lab-grade acids

battery acid

H₂SO₄

oil refinery acid

pH adjuster acid

industrial-strength acid

caustic soda flakes

soda lye

NaOH solution

industrial-grade lye

industrial-grade compound

custom-synth chemicals

specialty reagent mix

advanced chemical blend

laboratory glassware

hygienic glassware

pharmaceutical glassware

beakers

test tubes

flasks

petri dishes

sterile glassware

lab equipment

chemical glass items

laboratory instruments

precision apparatus

scientific measuring devices

analytical equipment

optical tools

research lab gear

calibration instruments

microscopy tools

spectrometry units

laboratory pipettes

micropipettes

adjustable pipettes

pipette kits

lab pipetting tools

pipette calibration sets

volume transfer devices

Tender Lot Details

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Workflows

Status :

Open

Procedure :

N/A

Suitable for SME :

Yes

Nationwide :

No

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Tender Progress :

0%

Details

Notice Type :

Framework

Tender Identifier :

IT-378-246-T: 2024 - 001

Tenderbase ID :

310724019

Low Value :

£100K

High Value :

£1000K

Buyer Information

Address :

Liverpool Merseyside , Merseyside , L13 0BQ

Website :

N/A

Procurement contact

Name :

Tina Smith

Phone :

0151 252 3243

Email :

tina.smith@shared-ed.ac.uk

Possible Competitors

1 Possible Competitors