Supplier Spotlight Archives

Supplier Spotlight: Bendalls Engineering

Posted on May 12, 2025May 12, 2025 by helent

PPP brings together industry leaders to help Sellafield Ltd deliver one of the country’s largest portfolios of complex major projects, creating facilities that support the site’s decommissioning activities.

Since mobilising in 2019, the Programme and Project Partners (PPP) has awarded more than £3 billion in contracts – and are now working with around 200 suppliers from across the UK, with 40% based in the North-West region, and 49% of its suppliers are SMEs.

Our latest Supplier Spotlight features our supply partner, Bendalls Engineering, who has a long and proud history with Sellafield Ltd.

Bendalls are based in Carlisle, just 50 miles from the Sellafield site, and are producing tanks, vessels and instrumentation that will be vital components for our major projects, including the SIXEP Continuity Plant (SCP).

They are also playing their part in leaving a lasting legacy in the community by developing their Skills Academy.

In partnership with Lakes College, the Skills Academy aims to strengthen and retain key skills through bespoke apprenticeships to grow and retain Cumbria’s manufacturing workforce and capability.

Watch the video, by clicking here, to learn more about Bendalls Engineering, their work, and how their Skills Academy is building critical skills in the West Cumbrian area.

To see more of our Supplier Spotlights go to: Supplier Spotlight – Sellafield.

Supplier Spotlight: Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick

Posted on February 6, 2025 by helent

In PPP’s first supplier spotlight of 2025, we’re featuring our key delivery partner Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick.

Balfour Beatty Kilpatrick (BBK) joined our PPP team in 2021 after winning a long-term heating, ventilation, and air conditioning (HVAC) contract alongside MARCH. In 2022, BBK was also appointed as our long-term electrical and instrumentation provider, alongside NG Bailey and for mechanical and pipework, along with Altrad Babcock.

The frameworks were procured under Sellafield Ltd‘s Multi Project Procurement (MPP) model which encourages long-term collaboration throughout the supply chain, enhanced project delivery, and paves the way for greater economic and social impact in the West Cumbria region.

Watch our video by clicking here to hear more from BBK team members who talk about their rich history with Sellafield, how the team is contributing to our safety culture, the scope of their work on our major projects, and their investment in people, and more.

Meet William King Construction

Posted on July 3, 2024November 5, 2024 by Ursula Hutchinson

In our new series, we promote and highlight the incredible work being carried out by our supply chain partners – meet local SME William King Construction.

Our ‘Supplier Spotlight’ series will get behind the scenes with our supply partners through insightful interviews with key players and provide a glimpse into the expertise they bring to PPP, their work in the local community, and much more.

Since mobilising in 2019, our partnership has awarded contracts with a potential value of £3 billion to support the delivery of our long-term infrastructure programme.

What’s more, we are now working with around 200 suppliers from across the UK, with 40% based in the north-west and almost 70% being small to medium sized enterprises (SMEs).

One of these SMEs is William King Construction, founded by William and Lisa King, and based less than 10 miles away from the Sellafield site in Cleator Moor.

Watch the video here to hear from managing director Will and commercial manager Shawn Ackerlay who explain the firm’s history from humble beginnings to winning multi-million-pound contracts to carry out work on our major projects at Sellafield, plus the team’s passion for hiring local apprentices, the innovative ways they are engaging school children to promote rewarding careers in bricklaying, how they are working collaboratively on PPP, as well as giving advice to others wanting to join our supply chain.