Published date: 14 November 2024

Awarded contract - This means that the contract has been awarded to a supplier.


Closing: 10 November 2024, 11:59pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Engineering services - 71300000

Location of contract

G84 8HL

Value of contract

£6,347,443

Procurement reference

tender_455841/1425189

Published date

14 November 2024

Closing date

10 November 2024

Closing time

11:59pm

Contract start date

12 November 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Call-off from a dynamic purchasing system

A mini-competition or direct purchase from a pre-established dynamic purchasing system.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The Government White Paper published in December 2006 set out the United Kingdom (UK) Government's intention to retain a minimum assured independent strategic nuclear deterrent for the foreseeable future. This will be fulfilled by the Dreadnought SSBN as the replacement for the V-Class.

Operationally, the Dreadnought Nuclear Powered Warship (NPW) will provide the 'replacement' capability for the V-Class NPW rather than providing a 'new' capability. Consequently, the expected mission and functional requirements can be assumed to be essentially the same as those of the V-Class NPW. However, the reactor design in Dreadnought is Pressurised Water Reactor (PWR) 3 as opposed to PWR2 in V-Class - the change in design of the reactor and its associated systems means that Safety Justifications (SJs) for Dreadnought operations at HMNB(C) may place different requirements to V-Class.

Consequently, there is a requirement to establish, and maintain across the project timeframe, a suitably qualified and experienced technical team and deliver a suite of Operational Safety Cases (OSCs) for His Majesty's Naval Base (Clyde) (HMNB(C)) to Relevant Good Practice (RGP) and within the timescales imposed by the HMNB(C) Dreadnought Readiness Date.

The suite of OSCs will justify NPW activities undertaken at the HMNB(C) Authorised Site, initially to justify Dreadnought activities and enable HMNB(C) to meet the Dreadnought Readiness Date, and ultimately to update the OSCs to justify Astute and Vanguard Class activities so that the HMNB(C) safety cases for all NPW activities meet RGP.

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Award information

Awarded date

11 November 2024

Contract start date

12 November 2024

Contract end date

31 March 2028

Total value of contract

£6,347,443

This contract was awarded to 1 supplier.

Occam Group Limited

Address

One New Street, Wells, Somerset BA5 2LA

Reference

Companies House number: 11986732

Supplier is SME?

Yes

Supplier is VCSE?

No

About the buyer

Contact name

Chris Macewan

Address

HMNB Clyde | Faslane | Rm41 Argyle Building
Helensburgh
G84 8HL
Scotland

Telephone

0

Email

chris.macewan100@mod.gov.uk