A Cumbrian collaboration has won a £29.9m four-year contract to supply spare parts to Sellafield.
The Cumbria Manufacturing Alliance is an unincorporated joint venture made up of West Cumberland Engineering, based in Workington, and Carlisle’s Bendall’s Engineering Limited.
Under the new contract, the companies will supply manufactured and fabricated spare parts to support stock replenishment across Sellafield Ltd’s operational plants.
These products are deployed site-wide and are essential to maintaining continuous operations.
The scope also includes:
- provision of calciner spares, critical to the functioning of Sellafield’s High-Level Waste Plant
- delivery of manufacturing trials and prototyping activities to support innovation and development
The contract is known as Manufactured Products Agile Spares, or MPAS for short.
Gareth Frazer, head of manufacturing and engineering solutions for Sellafield Ltd, said: “Congratulations to the Cumbria Manufacturing Alliance on winning this contract.
“They’ve built a highly skilled and versatile manufacturing capability here in Cumbria.
“As well as providing high quality products for Sellafield, they’re creating skilled jobs, unlocking social and economic benefits for the local community, and putting Cumbria on the map for manufacturing.
“Winning this contract is reward for all of the hard work they’ve put in to get to this point.”
