Who won: 2025 PVC Containment Items Tender

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This Contract Award Notice is to notify the market that following the evaluation stage Sellafield Ltd have identified Thomas Graham & Sons Ltd as the Most Advantageous Tender and intend to award a contract for the below services following the completion of the mandatory 8 working day standstill period, which is due to end after 23:59 on Tuesday 24th November 2026. Sellafield Ltd has a requirement to award a Contract for the manufacture and supply of Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC) Containment Items along with providing technical support for these items in support of Sellafield Ltd site Operations. PVC Containment items include PVC bags such as posting bags and blister bags. These bags are used on the handling of, and safe interim storage of, radioactive and toxic materials of a hazardous nature and must therefore be of suitable quality of mechanical strength, leak tightness, material reproducibility and general finish. These items form the primary containment barrier layer between radioactive alpha material and the operator during glove box operations and maintenance. PVC items are used in production operations, retrievals and post operational clean-out plus long- and short-term storage

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