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Published 17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
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Design and Build of Shaft & Silo Waste Transfer Corridor

services
Competitive flexible procedure
Above threshold
SME suitable
Final published estimate
£10,400,000
Initial estimate £10,287,825 · 3 value updates in timeline
Submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
29d 8h leftTypical competition: 2 bidsThis authority · all categories · 24 months · n=33 bid reports
Clarification Cut-Off
9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Tender enquiry deadline · 1 lot
Contract duration
3 yrs (with extension options)
Starts 29 Jan 2027, 00:00 GMT

What is being bought & procurement scope

Procurement Scope & Specification
Tenderline summary generated from the published notice
Executive Summary: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited: "Design and Build of Shaft & Silo Waste Transfer Corridor". Published status: active. Published value: £10,400,000. 1 published lot. Recorded submission deadline: 16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST. Published submission portal: atamis-2464.my.site.com.

Official Requirement Description:

The Transfer Corridor plant and equipment provide critical infrastructure to support the safe and efficient operation, and capability, of the future main construction works at the Transfer Corridor and wider Shaft and Silo programme. Scope consists of: - Maturation of scheme design to final design, - Manufacture of the Plant and Equipment - Factory Acceptance Testing (FAT) - Creation of supplementary operational and maintenance documentation - Delivery of the final manufactured and assured Plant and Equipment - Possible Storage solutions either within contractual timescales or within the plus one-year arrangement

Lots and requirements (1)

Procurement Structure
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot #1
    Lot 1
    active
    Options
    Renewal
    Published value£10,400,000
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract period:
    29 Jan 2027 — 29 Jan 2030 (3 yrs)
    Eligibility:
    SME eligible
    Turnover benchmark:
    ~£6,920,693/yr
    Options / extension:
    Details provided in contract documents in Atamis. Options pertain to spares, repairs and ancillary services. · Possible one year extension for storage of goods.
    Pre-Qualification & Selection Criteria (PQQ)
    • Economic & Financial
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
    • Technical Capacity
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
    • PQQ
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
    • Economic & Financial
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
    • Technical Capacity
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
    • PQQ
      To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689

Published award criteria & contract terms

From this notice
Only criteria and terms published on this notice. Conditions of participation in the tender pack are not inferred.
Evaluation weighting
Quality: 100
Price: 80
Social value: 20
Published as relative weights, not percentage points.
Published sub-criteria
  • Technical50
  • Technical50
  • Commercial / Price40
  • Commercial / Price40
  • Social Value10
  • Social Value10
Published terms
Contract duration3 yrs (with extension options)
Selection criteria are also published on 1 lot — see the lot list above.

Competition analysis · published record, not a forecast of who will bid

How Nuclear Restoration Services Limited buys Engineering design services (CPV 7132) — and who usually turns up

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited’s own published record, next to the Scotland market for the same work. Frameworks and DPS are kept out: they attract a different number of bids. Whole-market view: sector page →

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How the contest usually goes

Left: this authority. Right: the market where the work is delivered. Bids and award-vs-estimate pairs are per lot, from contested contracts only — direct awards report one bid by definition and are left out. Empty means nothing was published, not filled in from elsewhere.

This authority

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

contract notices in 36 months: 11 in CPV 7132 (1 direct) · 25 in division 71 (5 direct) · 88 in all categories (23 direct)

Bids per lot4division 71 · 36m · n=4 lots
Single-bid lots0%division 71 · 36m · n=4 lots
Award vs estimate2% aboveall categories · 36m · n=13 pairs
Deadline → award83dall categories · 36m · n=9 notices
Notice updates0all categories · 24m · n=470 notices
Awarded without competition9%CPV 7132 · 36m · n=11 notices
Bids per lot moderate · n=4
  • 1 bid 0%
  • 2–3 50%
  • 4–6 50%
  • 7+ 0%

Median 4 · 4 lots on 4 contested notices · division 71.

Winning award vs estimate robust · n=13
  • Below estimate 23%
  • Within ±2% 31%
  • Above estimate 46%

13 lot pairs · all categories.

The market · delivery region

Scotland · Engineering design services (CPV 7132)

contract notices delivered in Scotland in 36 months: 55 in CPV 7132 (51 contested) · 516 in division 71 (457 contested)

Bids per lot3CPV 7132 · 36m · n=16 lots
Single-bid lots6%CPV 7132 · 36m · n=16 lots
Award vs estimateat estimateCPV 7132 · 36m · n=4 pairs
Deadline → award93ddivision 71 · 36m · n=4 notices
SME bidders62%CPV 7132 · 36m · n=16 lots
Winners based in the region84%CPV 7132 · 36m · n=19 awards
Bids per lot robust · n=16
  • 1 bid 6%
  • 2–3 44%
  • 4–6 31%
  • 7+ 19%

Median 3 · 16 lots on 16 contested notices · CPV 7132.

Winning award vs estimate moderate · n=4
  • Below estimate 25%
  • Within ±2% 50%
  • Above estimate 25%

4 lot pairs · CPV 7132.

robust · n=13 Awards in Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (all categories, n=13 pairs) land a median 2% above: on this notice’s £10,400,000 that is about £10,556,000. Context for a bid, not a recommended price.

Method and what to read with care
  • Two columns, no blending. The authority column walks its own record only: notices in the 4-digit class, then the 2-digit division, then all categories (36 months, per lot, contested only), and as a last resort its 24-month row across all categories (per notice, every route). The market column is the notice’s primary delivery ITL1 × the same class, then division (36 months). Nothing is filled from the UK-wide class; an empty tile means the source published nothing usable.
  • Per lot, contested only. Find a Tender publishes bid counts per lot; a seven-lot tender is seven contests. Procedures awarded without competition (limited / direct) are excluded from bids, price pairs and decision days — they report one bid by definition. Frameworks and DPS are a separate population from contracts (6–7 bids per lot against 2–4) and only the notice’s own kind is shown.
  • Coverage. Roughly 40 % of notices publish a bid count; about half publish an ITL1 delivery location, so the market column reads the authority’s registered region when the notice has none (labelled). Award-vs-estimate pairs need a lot estimate, one active award on the lot, one canonical supplier and a gap under 60 %; about 30 % of pairs are exact matches (the buyer published the award at the estimate). n is on every figure; below 3 the tile is muted, never hidden.
  • Pounds. The expected award applies the authority’s median movement (or the region’s, when the authority has fewer than 3 pairs) to this notice’s estimate; the middle half uses the region’s quartiles. A multi-lot notice publishes an envelope, so the movement is applied per lot, never to the total. A benchmark, not a recommended price.
  • “Match” and “relevance” are model scores from the nightly matcher, not published facts. Find a Tender does not publish who is bidding. Never shown: contact details, payment behaviour, or a recommended price.

Procedure terms & legal framework

Procedure methodCompetitive flexible procedureLegal basis
UKPGA · 2023/54
Procurement Act 2023
Procurement categoryservices
Notice statusOpen for tenderProcurement threshold
Above threshold
(FTS publication)
Regulatory regimeStandard commercial regime
Commercial structureStand-alone contract (No framework)Competition typeCompetitive procedureGPA WTO coveredUnspecified in notice
Recurring procurementNo (One-off requirement)First published17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BSTLast source update17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
Award evaluation windowSubmission end — 18 Jan 2027, 23:59 GMTEstimated future notice7 Aug 2026, 23:59 BSTClassification (CPV)Engineering design services, Plant engineering design services
Delivery area
Official Registry OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051c99

How to participate & submission route

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Expression of interest (EOI)
16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Tender submission deadline
16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Clarification deadline
9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
Submission channelOfficial e-sourcing portalElectronic submissionAllowedAccepted languagesen
Participation feeFree of charge (Open access)
Detailed Submission Instructions & Authority Contacts
From official release
To obtain further information, including all documentation, please follow these steps: Log in to the supplier portal at: atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome Locate the opportunity using 'Find Opportunities' or use ref C25689
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    29 May 2026, 11:16 BST
  2. Pipeline notice
    28 Apr 2026, 14:21 BST
  3. Pipeline notice
    14 Apr 2026, 10:40 BST
  4. Pipeline notice
    13 Apr 2026, 17:53 BST
  5. Pipeline notice
    10 Apr 2026, 13:50 BST
  6. Pipeline notice
    24 Sept 2025, 15:52 BST
  7. Pipeline notice
    22 May 2025, 09:35 BST
  8. Procedure published
    17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
  9. engagement
    19 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Market Participation NRS welcomes engagement from single economic operators, consortia, and joint ventures, including arrangements formed specifically for complex nuclear delivery projects. NRS has not predetermined the preferred delivery or market structure. Contractual and Commercial Context Subject to future approvals, any contract may be awarded to a single supplier or integrated delivery entity, may use an NEC4 form of contract (for example PSC or ECC), and may be phased to align with programme maturity and site constraints. Indicative value and duration The anticipated contract value is in the range of £10.2m to £11.8m (ex VAT), with an indicative duration of up to 4 years (subject to future approvals, funding and final contract structure). The procurement procedure, contract packaging and lotting approach have not yet been determined. Preliminary Market Engagement In line with the Procurement Act 2023, NRS may undertake proportionate market engagement activities, including written information requests, supplier briefings or limited one to one discussions. Participation will not confer any advantage or disadvantage in any future competitive tendering procedure. As part of the preliminary market engagement, NRS intends to hold a face-to-face supplier engagement event, following the virtual supplier webinar held on 21st May 2026, to obtain market insight (via questionnaire) and provide further information on the potential procurement. Due to logistical consideration, and the demand shown at the virtual session, there will be a limit to the number of attendees NRS can accommodate at the event. NRS intends to limit the session to two attendees, per organisation, of those who submitted an expression of interest to the Virtual Session prior to it being held. This may change and any alterations will be communicated. To ensure ongoing transparency the outcomes of the session will be made available in the e-sourcing system (Atamis) to any who register interest in the procurement going forward. Expressions of interest to participate in the pre – market engagement must be submitted through the Atamis System (record C30748), starting 01/06/2026 with a deadline of 23:59 on Friday 19th June – details of which can be found in the document “C30748 - Pre Market Engagement - D&B of Waste Transfer Plant & Equipment document”. The pre-market engagement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome NRS will retain a log of expressions of interest to facilitate notification of any subsequent procurement arising from this preliminary market engagement. Personal data will be handled in accordance with NRS data protection obligations and will not be used for any purpose other than preliminary market engagement and future related communications. NRS intends to use the outcomes of the preliminary market engagement to inform and refine its procurement strategy and associated tender documentation. Any high-level outputs from the engagement will be shared with all organisations that have expressed an interest, to ensure transparency and equal access to information. Indicative Timescales Preliminary market engagement is expected to take place during 2026. Any potential future procurement timescales are to be confirmed. All timescales are indicative only. Additional Information This PIN does not create any legal obligation, form part of a procurement procedure, or commit NRS to proceed with a procurement. NRS reserves the right to amend or discontinue its plans at any time.
  10. Clarification deadline
    9 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST
  11. Submission deadline
    16 Oct 2026, 23:59 BST

Commercial outcome and contract awards

Awards (0)No award published
Contracts (0)No contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Notice history
14 lines · 18 source events
  1. Published value updated to £10,400,000
    17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
  2. Status changed to active
    17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
  3. procurement method changed
    17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
  4. Published value updated to £10,287,825
    14 Apr 2026, 10:40 BST
  5. Published value updated to £14,790,741
    10 Apr 2026, 13:50 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    17 Sept 2026, 13:56 BST
  7. Official notice release published
    29 May 2026, 11:16 BST
  8. Official notice release published
    28 Apr 2026, 14:21 BST
  9. Further official releases (5)
    22 May 2025 — 14 Apr 2026
  10. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Update to dates
  11. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Updated Description and Forecasts
  12. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Updated Contact Details
  13. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Updated Values
  14. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    Updated for Face to Face PME

Contracting authority & participating public bodies

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited

Contracting authority
Public Body
GB-PPON-PXPQ-2228-DGTY
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Official Documents & Specifications (9)

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