Official UK procurement notice
Framework for a Radioactive Waste Quality Checking Service
Authority: Defra Network eTendering Portal·Consortium: 2 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe objective of this work is to support the Environment Agencies throughout the UK (Environment Agency, Natural Resources Wales and Scottish Environment Protection Agency) in the business critical area of regulation of radioactive substances activities (including discharges and disposals of radioactive wastes) under the Environmental Permitting (England and Wales) Regulations (EPR-16) in England and Wales and the Environmental Authorisations (Scotland) Regulations 2018 (EASR) in Scotland. The Environment Agency will normally represent Natural Resources Wales as it undertakes nuclear regulation on their behalf.
There is a need to carry out verification checks on the existing wastes and new waste forms, which are suitable for surface disposal, being generated by the nuclear industry. Our waste quality checking service must be able to check all the anticipated forms of waste (lower activity wastes (e.g., LLW and short lived ILW) suitable for near surface disposal) effectively and efficiently at all locations where wastes arise, are treated or to which they are disposed. These will allow us to be confident that wastes are properly understood, and that consignors are using Best Available Techniques (BAT) to characterise their radioactive waste arisings.
CPV: Waste analysis services
How this framework works
From the published notice- Bids received
- 1 bids received · 1 suppliers appointed
- Framework period
- 4 yrs from 1 Oct 2022
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value published · win at most 1 of themLot #1Awarded
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).
- Price
- “Framework for a Radioactive Waste Quality Checking Service” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 2 Feb 2022, 22:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 18 Oct 2022, 11:16 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 28 Oct 2022 – …
- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-029278- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-031293Find a Tender
Publisher note: The requirement is for a single supplier to provide services under this framework. The framework is intended to be available for use by Natural Resources Wales (NRW), the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA),Defra and its associated bodies.
How it was run
Official noticeTender documents are also served through a separate tool: https://defra.bravosolution.co.uk/web/login.html ↗
- Appointment period ends
- 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bids opened
- 28 Oct 2022, 17:00 BST
Timeline
4 Apr 2022 → 28 Oct 2022 · 5 dates- Next notice expected4 Apr 2022, 00:00 BST
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST
- Contract starts1 Oct 2022, 00:00 BST
- Notice published18 Oct 2022, 11:16 BST
- Bids opened28 Oct 2022, 17:00 BST
Notice history
5 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 5 Apr 2022- Status changed to active5 Apr 2022, 08:53 BST
- Procurement method changed5 Apr 2022, 08:53 BST
- Deadline published: 1 Jun 2022, 12:00 BST5 Apr 2022, 08:53 BST
- Buyer details updated5 Apr 2022, 08:53 BST
- Status changed to complete18 Oct 2022, 11:16 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Framework for a Radioactive Waste Quality Checking Service
- Signed
- 1 Jun 2022
- Value
- £1,225,000
- Period
- … – 30 Sept 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1bids | — | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- Environment AgencyContracting authorityCentral purchasing bodyMinistry or any other national or federal authority, including their regional or local subdivisionsEnvironmental protection
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- Cavendish NuclearFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria