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Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP)

Drilling services
Environmental engineering consultancy services
Geological
+2 more
Location not published
Published value
£1,365,000,000
Submission deadline Not published
Lots published1
Procurement Executive Summary
AI & Search Synopsis
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Tenderline Synopsis: Nuclear Waste Services Limited: "Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP)". Published status: planned. Published value: £1,365,000,000. 1 published lot. Submission deadline not published. See the official notice for participation instructions.
Contracting AuthorityNuclear Waste Services LimitedScope & CategoriesNot publishedSubmission Window
planned
No deadline published
Submission GatewayDirect notice routeLegal Basis & RegimeStandard procurementEstimated Value (exc. VAT)£1,365,000,000
Bidder Intelligence · Authority Profile: Nuclear Waste Services Limited
Market Analytics
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Derived from OCDS awards & bid statistics
Published history for Nuclear Waste Services Limited. 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
3Bids / Report
0% of reports have one bid
Supplier ConcentrationNo estimate
Insufficient attributable awardsNo concentration estimate available
Payment Terms
Check noticePublished terms
Payment obligations depend on the applicable regime and contract. Consult the official documents.
Coverage: 10 active published awards; 1 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 Unpublished data stays unknown.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.
Procedure terms
Contracting AuthorityNuclear Waste Services Limited
Procedure methodNot published
Procurement categoryNot published
Statusplanned
Framework / DPSNot published
CompetitionNot published
Above thresholdNot published
Legal basisNot published
Tender period startsNot published
Clarification deadlineNot published
Electronic submissionNot published
Submission languagesNot published
Published24 Feb 2026, 10:43 GMT
Last source update24 Feb 2026, 10:43 GMT
Recurring procurementNot published
ClassificationDrilling services, Environmental engineering consultancy services, Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services, Geotechnical engineering services
Delivery areaLocation not published
OCIDocds-h6vhtk-051405
What is being bought
The Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP) supports NWS in its design and delivery management of the Deep Investigation Boreholes, including supporting NWS in procurement and management of contracted services required to deliver the drilling of the boreholes.
What changed
From the official release history
  1. Official notice release published
    24 Feb 2026, 10:43 GMT
  2. Official notice release published
    23 Feb 2026, 13:10 GMT
  3. Official notice release published
    2 Sept 2025, 16:08 BST
  4. Published value updated to £1,365,000,000
    15 May 2025, 10:47 BST
  5. Status changed to planned
    15 May 2025, 10:47 BST
  6. Official notice release published
    15 May 2025, 10:47 BST
  7. Buyer information updated
    15 May 2025, 10:47 BST
  8. Published tender amendment
    Not published
    24/02/2026 - Updated Link for Site Characterisation Webpage
Lots and requirements (1)
Published by the contracting authority
  • Lot 1 · #1
    Individual lot title not published
    planned
    Published valueNot published
    The source published no individual title or description for this lot.
    Contract periodNot published
    EligibilityNot published
    Options / renewalNot published
Timeline
  1. Pipeline notice
    24 Feb 2026, 10:43 GMT
  2. Procedure published
    24 Feb 2026, 10:43 GMT
  3. engagement
    30 Jun 2026, 23:59 BST · scheduled
    Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has conducted a number of pre-market engagements with the market on this intended procurement prior to the Procurement Act 2023 coming into effect in February 2025. The details of these engagements and the output of them have been captured in the document referenced SCDP PA23 Pre-Market Engagement Summary GDF-NWS-SCDP-AXX-CC-CS-000032 Which has been uploaded to the webpage detailed below, NWS plans to continue its engagement with the market via its dedicated Site Characterisation Delivery Partner webpage on the website which can be accessed via this link Site Characterisation Delivery Partner - Nuclear Waste Services or typing https://www.nuclearwasteservices.uk/2025/09/site-characterisation-delivery-partner/ into your web browser. On the above webpage NWS shall upload draft documentation relating to the procurement as they become available The intent is to allow the market to review the documentation, provide feedback and comments and where required request direct engagement with NWS either via Teams calls or face to face meetings. As a result of engagement with the market, NWS may decide to publish on the above webpage new or amended versions of previously published documents prior to the Tender Notice being issued.
Commercial outcome and competition
AwardsNo award published
ContractsNo contract published
Bid statisticsNo aggregate bid statistics published
Buyer and organisations in this procedure

Nuclear Waste Services Limited

Contracting authority GB-PPON-PNWB-5846-DYCH
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Documents (1)
Official links; attachments are not copied
Related procedures (0)
No data
No related procedures published
Planning and rationale
Planning budgetNot published
No-engagement rationaleNot published
Procedure rationaleNot published