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title: "Expert Support & Alternative Solutions Framework"
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# Expert Support & Alternative Solutions Framework

Source: [Tenderline](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/expert-support-alternative-solutions-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-048464). UK public procurement intelligence compiled from official UK procurement notices.

> **Tenderline Executive Summary:** Nuclear Waste Services Limited: "Expert Support & Alternative Solutions Framework". Published status: planned. Planned Pipeline Value: £14,500,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.

## Key Information
- **Status:** PLANNED (no submission deadline published)
- **Buyer:** [Nuclear Waste Services Limited](https://tenderline.uk/buyers/nuclear-waste-services-limited-gov-ot1347)
- **Planned Pipeline Value:** £14,500,000 (GBP)
- **Submission Deadline:** Not published
- **Lots:** 1
- **Procurement Method:** Not published
- **Main Category:** services
- **Classifications (CPV):** Radioactive waste treatment services, Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services, Technical analysis or consultancy services
- **Delivery Location:** UKD1
- **Legal Basis:** CELEX 32014L0024
- **OCID:** `ocds-h6vhtk-048464`

## Before you bid
Deciding whether to bid? The Tenderline page for this tender carries the competition and buyer analysis this notice does not:

- **Expected competition:** how many bids lots like this attract, from past awards in the same market.
- **Who could compete:** suppliers who have won similar work, and who holds the current contract.
- **Buyer track record:** earlier work for this buyer, its unexpired awards, and how its awards compared with its estimates.
- **Price forecast:** the commercial price range for each lot, with the middle 50% of comparable awards.

- **What it takes to win:** selection and award criteria, lot by lot.
- **Contract history:** what this tender replaces, and every notice in the procedure.

[Open the competition and buyer analysis](https://tenderline.uk/tenders/expert-support-alternative-solutions-framework-ocds-h6vhtk-048464#tl-md)

## Description
Nuclear Waste Services intends to issue a procurement in 2025 to provide access to a new Expert Support & Alternative Solutions Framework for all NWS Customers with a Waste Services Contract. The proposed framework will include: <br/>- On-site support; <br/>- Technical and professional waste services; <br/>- Enabling activities; <br/>- Development and delivery of alternative solutions (including pilots); <br/>- Research & Development; <br/>- Container and Package Quality and Inspection Capability.

## Lots (1)
### Lot 1: Untitled lot
- **Lot id:** `1`
- **Status:** planned
- **CPV codes:** 71621000, 90521000
- **Delivery regions:** UKD

- **Description:** As the diversion of LLW from LLWR Repository has become business as usual over the past 10 years and decommissioning programmes at customer sites have matured; the types of waste being managed through NWS frameworks has changed. NWS are seeing an inc...

## Provenance and Official Sources
- **Official Notice:** [Find a Tender notice](/out?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.find-tender.service.gov.uk%2FNotice%2F025985-2024)
- **Last Source Update:** 2024-08-15T14:35:28.000Z
- **This document generated:** 2026-10-27T23:21:32.447Z
- **Machine API:** https://tenderline.uk/api/public/tenders/ocds-h6vhtk-048464