Official UK procurement notice
Provision of Inspection & Quality Assurance Services
Authority: Sellafield Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 10 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionInspection and Quality Assurance Services
- Recurrence: 36 months
CPV: Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services · Non-destructive testing services · Technical inspection and testing services · Technical inspection services · Technical testing services · Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Sellafield Ltd has acted as the lead for a collaborative procurement on behalf of the…AwardedRenewal
Sellafield Ltd has acted as the lead for a collaborative procurement on behalf of the NDA Group of organisations, including but not limited to, Dounreay Site Restoration Limited, Magnox Limited, Nuclear Waste Services (joint trading name of both Low-Level Waste Repository Ltd and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd, Nuclear Transport Solutions (joint trading name of International Nuclear Services Ltd and Direct Rail Services Ltd), and Sellafield Ltd (the Participating Entities). <br/><br/>Sellafield Ltd is now seeking to enter into a contractual arrangement with Stork Technical Services UK Limited arrangement for the Provision of Inspection and Quality Assurance Services including but not exclusive to welding; mechanical; industrial coating; CE&I inspection and Non-Destructive Testing (NDT) supported by welding and metallurgy Subject Matter Experts (SME’s). The service will be provided at Participating Entity sites and the sites of suppliers to the Participating Entities from across the UK and overseas.<br/><br/>The contractual start date is 1st November 2023 for a period of three years with an option to extend by two years.<br/><br/>The total final value £34,307.000 provided at II.1.7 is for the five-year maximum contract term and includes for indexation.
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).
Published sub-criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- price: 30%
Published award criteria (2)
- Technical: 70%
- Price: 30%
- Technical & professional ability
Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents.
Minimum: Tenderers must be accredited to the Inspection Body ISO /IEC 17020 Type A standard by UKAS or by an equivalent national accreditation body recognised through the mutual recognition agreement with the International Accreditation Forum (IAF).
- Price carries 30 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 3 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
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
- Stand-alone contract (no framework)
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Yes · 36 months
- First published
- 14 Jun 2022, 13:01 BST
- Last source update
- 4 Oct 2023, 08:53 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 16 Jan 2023 – …
- Authority reference
2022/S 000-033115- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-029195- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-034631Find a Tender
- Electronic trading
- electronic payment
Publisher note: The requirements are not being further sub divided as the service provider will be required to identify and allocate resource across multiple-disciplines; manage performance of the resource; provide management information. Further dividing the requirements into lots would lead to multi-discipline assignments having split responsibilities and general contract management inefficiencies.<br/>The tender opportunity will be managed via the Atamis e-tendering system which can be accessed via the URL https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome portal as referred at I.3.0.7. Once you have registered on and accessed the portal, use Atamis reference C8509 to access the Provision of Inspection and Quality Assurance opportunity to: <br/>- view the tender documents, <br/>- ask questions or request further <br/> information using the inbuilt messaging facility; and<br/>- submit your tender response.
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
- 16 Jan 2023, 11:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 16 Jan 2023, 11:00 GMT
Timeline
12 Sept 2022 → 1 Nov 2023 · 5 dates- Next notice expected12 Sept 2022, 00:00 BST
- Submission deadline16 Jan 2023, 11:00 GMT
- Bids opened16 Jan 2023, 11:00 GMT
- Notice published4 Oct 2023, 08:53 BST
- Contract starts1 Nov 2023
Notice history
6 events · 3 releases on Find a Tender · since 22 Nov 2022- Published value updated to £35,950,00022 Nov 2022, 15:53 GMTwas £33,000,000
- Status changed to active22 Nov 2022, 15:53 GMT
- Procurement method changed22 Nov 2022, 15:53 GMT
- Deadline published: 16 Jan 2023, 11:00 GMT22 Nov 2022, 15:53 GMT
- Buyer details updated22 Nov 2022, 15:53 GMT
- Status changed to complete4 Oct 2023, 08:53 BST
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast| Awarded to | Value | Date | Status |
|---|---|---|---|
| Stork | £34,307,000 † | — | Awarded |
Contracts
Contract 029195-2023-1 · Stork
- Signed
- 20 Sept 2023
- Value
- £34,307,000
- Period
- … – 31 Oct 2026
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 5bids · 5 electronic | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
10 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services AllianceContracting authorityBody governed by public lawNuclear Decommissioning
- Direct Rail Services LimitedContracting authority
- Dounreay, a division of Magnox LimitedContracting authority
- International Nuclear Services LimitedContracting authority
- LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste ServicesContracting authority
- Magnox LimitedContracting authority
- Nuclear Decommissioning AuthorityContracting authority
- Radioactive Waste Management LimitedContracting authority
- Sellafield LtdContracting authorityBody governed by public lawNuclear Decommissioning
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts Of JusticeMediation bodyReview bodyReview contact point
Bidders & participating suppliers
1 commercial party on the notice- StorkAwarded supplier
Official documents & specifications (1)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria