Four delivery partners have been selected to carry out a £500 million decommissioning of the Sellafield nuclear power plant site in Cumbria.

Made up of 12 firms, the contracted teams will deliver the ten-year contract via the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP) framework.

The confirmed delivery partners are:

• Integrated Decommissioning Solutions (comprising Energy Solutions EU Ltd, Hertel (UK) Ltd, North West Projects Ltd and Westlakes Engineering Ltd).

• The Nexus Decommissioning Alliance (Costain Oil, Gas and Process).

• Cumbria Nuclear Solutions Ltd (Shepley Engineers, James Fisher Nuclear Ltd, REACT Engineering Ltd, Jacobs Stobbarts, Westinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd, WYG Engineering Ltd).

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• The Decommissioning Alliance (Jacobs UK Ltd, Energy Solutions EU Limited, Westinghouse Electric Company UK Ltd).

Under the agreement, the contractors have pledged at least 20% of their sub-contracting spend with small to medium-sized firms.

It is understood around 1,140 jobs will be created during the ten-year contract.

Paul Foster, MD of Sellafield Ltd, said: "Our first priority will always be the safe, secure and cost-effective clean-up of Sellafield.

"But alongside that is a commitment to help deliver a long-term, sustainable economic future for our local community.

"DDP will help achieve this by placing socioeconomic outcomes at the heart of the contract from the outset and by holding contractors to account on delivery.

"We have listened to our stakeholders and worked with Government, the NDA and our supply chain to design a responsible, sustainable procurement that uses public sector contracts to unlock investment from the private sector, backed up by the power of a legally binding contract."

It is understood the agreement is thought the be the UK's first ever public procurement that guarantees benefits for the community.

(LM/MH)