11 March 2026

Assystem, a global top two international nuclear engineering firm, which has its UK headquarters in Blackburn, has secured a position on the 18-month Crown Commercial Service (CCS), Digital Outcomes Specialists 7 framework.

Through the framework, Assystem will provide digital transformation to key public sector clients throughout the nuclear industry through the deployment of digital project managers, data and technical professionals, bringing targeted skills to boost client competitiveness and meet changing economic, regulatory and security challenges across the sector.

The new era of nuclear power in the UK is creating a high demand for digital skills to support the delivery of infrastructure that will be designed, constructed and operated using digital systems, methods and tools. Assystem’s position on the Digital Specialist Lot 3 framework, will support the supply of its experts more readily to successful deliver key projects.

Assystem has 60 years of heritage in the global nuclear sector and in the past decade, has heavily invested in digital expertise that will bring efficiencies to the delivery of complex programmes. With 1,300 digital specialists worldwide, the company’s augmented engineering services and solutions ensure better traceability and use of data to help optimise the full nuclear life cycle in the UK and beyond.

In this context, Assystem’s industry-leading digital teams will be enhancing nuclear application development, as well as user-centred design services by driving long-term efficiency across the UK’s low-carbon landscape.

Securing a space on the Digital Outcomes Specialists 7 Crown Commercial Services framework stands as a real testament to our digital talent here at Assystem. It offers us the chance to showcase the value of our relevant services across the nuclear sector, including Building Information Modelling (BIM), systems engineering and digital twin specialists, all of which bring powerful skills for addressing industry bottlenecks to ensure the UK can meet its energy transition ambitions.
Graham Openshaw Operations Director, Digital at Assystem

For more information, discover our growing digital capabilities here: https://www.assystem.com/en/digital/

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