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Provision of the Nuclear Innovation and Research Office (NIRO)

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Lots published1
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Tenderline Synopsis: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero: "Provision of the Nuclear Innovation and Research Office (NIRO)". Published status: complete. Published value: Value not published. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Energy Security & Net ZeroScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
complete
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)Not published
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
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Published history for Department for Energy Security & Net Zero. These figures describe retained records, not a forecast of bids or a measure of buyer bias.
Published-to-award variance
Not availableInsufficient comparable data
Requires at least 5 comparable procedures
Competition Density
4.8Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationHigh Concentration
United Kingdom National Nuclear LaboratoryTop vendor: 95.2% of attributable value
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 76 active published awards; 4 bid reports (which may be per lot). Supplier values exclude multi-supplier awards, frameworks and DPS, and use GBP only. They are published award values, not payments. Published-to-award variance compares single-lot, single-award, single-supplier GBP procedures with explicitly non-framework/non-DPS status; increases remain in the average. Unpublished data stays unknown. Awarded suppliers are winners, not all bidders.
Historical Awarded Suppliers With This Authority:
Supplier NameHistoric AwardsAttributable GBP Value
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory1 win£19,500,000
DMDL Ltd1 win£460,000
BSI Standards Ltd1 win£219,917
Rystad Energy Limited1 win£195,000
PCL Live (Aberdeen) Limited1 win£96,005
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityDepartment for Energy Security & Net Zero
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statuscomplete
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published1 Sept 2025, 15:10 BST
Last source update1 Sept 2025, 15:10 BST
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationNot published
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-058faf
What is being bought
NIRO provides independent strategic and technical advice to Government that will de-risk investment, inform policy, and enable maximum value for money to the UK taxpayer. NIRO works in partnership with NIRAB to advise on the research and innovation needed for nuclear energy to play a significant role in the UK’s future low carbon and secure energy mix while creating the environment for UK nuclear industry to contribute significantly to our economy.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    1 Sept 2025, 15:10 BST
  2. Official notice release published
    1 Sept 2025, 11:08 BST
  3. Status changed to complete
    28 Aug 2025, 16:10 BST
  4. Official notice release published
    28 Aug 2025, 16:10 BST
  5. Buyer information updated
    28 Aug 2025, 16:10 BST
Lots and requirements (1)
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  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    complete
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Procedure published
    1 Sept 2025, 15:10 BST
  2. Award active
    Not published · Not published
  3. Contract active
    Signed 5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · £1,900,000
Commercial outcome and competition
Awards
United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory
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Contracts
Provision of the Nuclear Innovation and Research Office (NIRO)
£1,900,000 · signed 5 Aug 2025, 00:00 BST · active
Contract period: 1 Sept 2025, 00:00 BST — 31 Mar 2026, 23:59 BST
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Department for Energy Security & Net Zero

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PDHQ-2163-WYMH
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  • Department for Energy Security & Net Zero
    buyer

    GB-PPON: PDHQ-2163-WYMH
    55 Whitehall, London, UKI32, SW1A 2HP, GB
    commercialexcellence@ics.gov.uk

  • United Kingdom National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd
    supplier

    GB-COH: 03857752
    Chadwick House Warrington Road, Birchwood Park, Warrington, UKD61, WA3 6AE, GB
    nnl.procurement@uknnl.com
Documents (1)
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Planning and rationale
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Procedure rationaleWe would therefore like to relet this contract as a Single Tender Action, for the following reasons: • NIRO has built up a strong reputation amongst end users in DESNZ – people now understand the service and what it offers, and trust NIRO to deliver. It is also respected by the wider nuclear industry as an objective party who can convene groups with different views to encourage collaboration. • NIRO has recruited a strong team of experts. NNL will need to end the secondments of these people when the contract comes to an end in March, if we do not have certainty about the next contract. DESNZ and NNL would lose credibility with industry partners. • NNL provide the service at cost – they do not charge profit but reclaim a proportion of their overhead costs for hosting the office (IT, central support costs etc). NNL’s salary remit is approved by DESNZ Ministers in line with Cabinet Office controls. • Much of what NIRO delivers is related to security / classified issues (e.g work relating to plutonium). Several team members are DV cleared and NNL IT can process sensitive nuclear information. NIRO advise on policy in development when requirements can be unclear and can’t be released publicly. • We have a seat on the NNL Board, and DESNZ Ministers approve NNL’s salary remit – so we have good oversight of costs, and levers of influence. Both organisations have a desire to make this contract a success on a collaborative basis – we would not have the same levers with a member of the supply chain. • We have developed a set of ethical barriers with NNL to give assurance that NIRO is separate from NNL’s commercial operations. This was audited recently and practices found to be strong. Of 10 Findings, six were found to be green, and four amber with recommendations for strengthening practices. The recommendations have all been acted upon. • We consider that competition is absent for technical reasons and that there is therefore a case for relying on the exemption under regulation 32(2)(b)(ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (competition is absent for technical reasons).