Official UK procurement notice
The provisions for services to collect, transport and process existing High Activity Sealed Radioactive Sources (SRS) using a pre-determined disposal route.
Authority: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThe Home Office are leading a cross government programme of activities which seeks to replace caesium-137 irradiators used in biological and biomedical research facilities within the UK, where a viable alternative technology or solution exists. <br/>The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) with Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) acting as their agent has been instructed by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero (DESNZ) to establish and support the collection of High Activity Sealed Radioactive Source (HASS) through a suitable disposal route.<br/>The NDA Group have been tasked with enabling a disposal route for these sources into Sellafield. Note, Sellafield is the current waste management route for sealed sources.<br/>NTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA which has extensive and proven expertise in irradiated fuel management and transporting nuclear materials.
CPV: Collection of radioactive waste · Disposal of radioactive waste · Radioactive waste storage services · Transport of radioactive waste
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1The provisions for services to collect, transport and process existing Sealed…Planned
The provisions for services to collect, transport and process existing Sealed Radioactive Sources (SRS) using a pre-determined disposal route. Proposed Duration of this Framework will be 7 year plus option to extend by 1+1 year (9 year).<br/><br/>The NDA will appoint up to 2 suppliers provided they pass the Standard Selection Questionnaire, Security and Quality thresholds which will be set in the ITT. Additional information: The NDA shall host a supplier engagement event on 16th May 2023 10:00 to 12:30pm. This supplier event will be via a Microsoft teams conference. <br/><br/>To register an interest please sign into or register with Atamis our e-sourcing portal: one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome ↗. Please provide details of names and email addresses of attendees. Maximum of 2 staff per supplier.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- 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
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 11 Apr 2023, 13:12 BST
- Last source update
- 11 Apr 2023, 13:12 BST
- Authority reference
C13750- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-010346- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03bdc2Find a Tender
Publisher note: Please register using - https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome
How it was run
Official notice- Submission deadline
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Timeline
11 Apr 2023 → 11 Apr 2023 · 2 dates- Tender notice expected11 Apr 2023, 00:00 BST
- Notice published11 Apr 2023, 13:12 BST
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Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
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