Official UK procurement notice
Business & Technical Services Marketplace
Authority: Nuclear Waste Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 7 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionNuclear Waste Services Ltd (NWS) has created the Business & Technical Services (BATS) Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is open for use by the following Contracting Authorities: NWS, Nuclear Transport Solutions Ltd, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd, National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd, and Sellafield Ltd.<br/><br/>An OJEU contract notice (2019/S 228-559692) was published on 22/11/2019 to open pre-qualification for BATS.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-002230) was published on 25/01/2023 to communicate an increase in the estimated total value from £75m to £125m.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-034966) was published on 27/11/2023 to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 21/11/2023 to 30/11/2025, and an increase in the estimated total value from £125m to £175m.<br/>This notice has been published to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 30/11/2025 to 28/02/2029.
CPV: Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
How this dynamic market works
From the published notice- Type
- Dynamic market (open)
- Market period
- 9 yrs 3 mo from 22 Nov 2019
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · value publishedLot #1The purpose of the BATS Marketplace DPS is to access a greater breadth of capable…RenewalPublished value£175,000,000
The purpose of the BATS Marketplace DPS is to access a greater breadth of capable supply chain organisations to utilise commonly used business and technical service solutions. The BATS DPS covers professional labour services associated with work packages in support of business delivery. The BATS Marketplace DPS has 13 categories:<br/>1. Business (Change Management / Business Cases / Technical Authors);<br/>2. Commercial (Sourcing / Claims / Quantity Surveying);<br/>3. Full Lifecycle Design & Engineering Services;<br/>4. Environment (Advice / Consultancy / Ecology);<br/>5. Finance (Advice / Taxation / Auditing);<br/>6. Health & Safety (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists);<br/>7. Human Resources (Recruitment / Training / Facilitation);<br/>8. Legal (Advice / Corporate / Contract / Employment / Planning);<br/>9. Portfolio, Programme & Project Management;<br/>10. Programme Controls (Planning / Estimating / Cost / Risk Management);<br/>11. Public Affairs Support (Photos / Reprographics / Marketing / Comms / Events);<br/>12. Quality and Assurance (Assurance / Process Improvements / Management System);<br/>13. Security (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists)<br/><br/>Candidates can apply for pre-qualification against one or more categories to gain access to award stage work packages. Please note that pre-qualification remains open and live for the duration of the DPS, therefore a pre-qualification response can be submitted at any time.<br/><br/>BATS can be accessed via the 'View Live Opportunities' (atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome ↗) option on the Atamis homepage. The record reference is C5590.<br/><br/>Note that the value provided in Section II.1.5.1 is only an estimate and no guarantee of value or volume of work through the DPS can be offered.
What it takes to wini
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- Suitability
Candidates will be assessed on their response to the selection criteria in their request to qualify for a place on the BATS Marketplace DPS.
- “Business & Technical Services Marketplace” is a dynamic market: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid
How Nuclear Waste Services Limited buys Business services: law, marketing, consulting (CPV 79), and who usually turns up
Nuclear Waste Services Limited’s own published record, next to the published market for the same work. This notice is a framework or DPS, so only frameworks and DPS are compared. Whole-market view: Business services: law, marketing, consulting (CPV 79) →
How the contest usually goes
Winner shares use published awards; bid and price charts use contested lots.
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How often small and medium firms win.
Share of awards where the winner’s size is known.
The counts under this question show how many awards have a known supplier size.
Small firms have won here. Neither number says whether you qualify; it describes who has been winning.
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How often local firms win similar work.
Winners with a registered address in the delivery region, out of awards with a known address.
A local branch does not count if the registered address is elsewhere.
Most of this buyer’s recorded winners are registered outside the delivery region.
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How long buyers here take to decide after bids close.
Middle value in days from the deadline to the first award notice, on competitions that published both dates.
Only decided tenders count, so slow ones still waiting are not in.
Half of these awards were announced within 77 days of the bid deadline.
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How often work is awarded with no recorded rival.
Direct awards and tenders where every published lot count shows one bid.
The buyer’s share is a minimum: some awards have no bid count.
Thin markets produce this too; it is not proof of a tailored specification.
Missing bid counts may hide more single-bid awards. This share is a minimum.
How many bids did past lots attract?
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How many bids past lots received.
Each colour is a bid-count range. Only competed lots with a published count are included.
Past bids do not predict this tender.
1 bid9%
2–332%
4–650%
7+9%
How did awards compare with estimates?
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Where winning prices landed against estimates.
Each colour shows awards below, close to or above the published estimate, one lot at a time.
On a framework or DPS, prices are agreed when work is called off.
Past prices are a guide, not a bid price.
Not comparable on a framework or DPS. The notice sets up a supplier panel and a ceiling value; what the work actually costs is agreed later, on each call-off or mini-competition, and those publish as contract notices of their own. The award-vs-estimate record of this market therefore sits on the call-offs; this page shows it on the contracts, not on the panel that frames them.
Assess each lot i
What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
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What past awards tell you about each lot.
See the forecast, this buyer’s earlier suppliers and firms with relevant wins.
No supplier is confirmed as a bidder.
Open a lot for its forecast, this buyer’s previous supplier and possible competitors, from published award history, not a bid list
Lot #1The purpose of the BATS Marketplace DPS is to access a greater breadth of capable…Published estimate£175m
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How many bids this lot may attract.
The forecast uses similar past competitions. The bar shows either that forecast or past bid counts; the line below says which.
Each lot shows its own forecast based on its own category; forecasts for different lots of the same notice are not comparative.
A forecast, not a list of bidders.
1 bid3%
2–324%
4–642%
7+32%
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Where the award price may land.
The forecast uses similar awards and the buyer’s estimate. The band covers the middle half of likely prices.
No comparable awards for this lot yet.
A statistical guide from past awards, not a price to bid.
Who has supplied this buyer on similar work? i
Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
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Who has done similar work for this buyer.
Past contracts are matched by buyer, title and type of work.
A past supplier may not bid again.
No earlier contract of this buyer matches this lot on the published record.
Who could compete for this lot? i
Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
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Who could compete for this lot?
Firms with relevant past wins. On a framework, we show firms on that agreement.
None is confirmed as a bidder.
| Supplier | Won in this category | Live contracts | Award vs estimate |
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Jacobs UK LtdLarge | £355m50 awards in 36m · last 1 months ago | 13 live · £55m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=12 |
Mott MacDonaldLarge | £72m86 awards in 36m · last this month | 16 live · £41m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 11% below n=19 |
MILLS AND REEVELarge | £9.4m39 awards in 36m · last this month | 10 live · £3.7m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=1 |
Restore PLCLarge | £3.4m12 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 2 live · £22m iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | 3% below n=3 |
| £123k6 awards in 36m · last 2 months ago | 1 live · £40k iPublic contracts this supplier still holds. Its awards whose published end date is still in the future, with their values. Many contracts publish no end date, so this is a floor, not the whole book. Unexpired says nothing about spare capacity. | at estimate n=3 |
About this data
- Source. Official UK public procurement notices (Find a Tender), reused under the Open Government Licence v3.0. New notices arrive through the day; the figures are rebuilt nightly.
- Two views, kept apart. The authority’s own track record and the wider market for the same kind of work sit side by side and are never mixed. Where the local picture is too thin, a figure widens to a broader market and says which one it used.
- Forecasts are labelled. The price forecast and its range, possible competitors and the earlier-work matches are our estimates from past awards: not published facts, not win chances and not price advice. Official notices do not say who is bidding.
- Every figure shows what it rests on. Not every notice publishes a bid count, a value or a delivery region, so each figure carries the number of records behind it, and one built on few records is marked as such. The on a figure explains it; the counting rules are in the methodology. Spotted something wrong? Tell us.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record- Procedure method
- Restricted procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Open admission
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Dynamic market
- Who may use this agreement
- Any qualifying supplier may apply while the market is open
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 25 Jan 2023, 08:04 GMT
- Last source update
- 21 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
- FTS notice number
2025/S 000-006565- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-039a5cFind a Tender
- Electronic trading
- e-invoicing allowed · electronic ordering · electronic payment
- Review procedure
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law including, without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015.
How to participate & submission route
Official notice Apply via portal- Requests to participate (first stage)
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- Admission period ends
- 28 Feb 2029
- Clarification deadline
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- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 3330 days from the deadline
Timeline
22 Nov 2019 → 28 Feb 2029 · 3 dates- Contract starts22 Nov 2019
- Notice published21 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
- Today22 Oct 2026
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown28 Feb 2029
Notice history
4 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 27 Nov 2023- Published value updated to £175,000,00027 Nov 2023, 15:59 GMTwas £125,000,000
- Deadline moved to 30 Nov 202527 Nov 2023, 15:59 GMT+740 days · was 21 Nov 2023
- Deadline moved to 28 Feb 202921 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT+1186 days · was 30 Nov 2025
- Buyer details updated21 Feb 2025, 10:13 GMT
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Nothing awarded yet- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
7 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Direct Rail Services LimitedContracting authority
- Dounreay Site Restoration LimitedContracting authority
- International Nuclear Services LtdContracting authority
- Magnox LimitedContracting authority
- Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityContracting authority
- Nuclear Waste Services LimitedContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyBody governed by public lawNuclear Decommissoning
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts Of JusticeMediation body
Official documents & specifications (6)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria