Published date: 19 June 2024

Last edited date: 7 August 2024

Closed opportunity - This means that the contract is currently closed. The buying department may be considering suppliers that have already applied, or no suitable offers were made.


Closing: 19 August 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Collection of radioactive waste - 90521100

  • Radioactive waste storage services - 90521200

  • Disposal of radioactive waste - 90521300

    • Transport of radioactive waste - 90521400

Location of contract

CA24 3HU

Value of contract

£2,000,000 to £4,500,000

Procurement reference

CF-0151200D4L000000iAvzUAE

Published date

19 June 2024

Closing date

19 August 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

2 September 2024

Contract end date

31 August 2025

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Any interested supplier may submit a tender in response to an opportunity notice.

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The 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.
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.
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.
NTS is a wholly owned subsidiary of the NDA which has extensive and proven expertise in irradiated fuel management and transporting nuclear materials.

This Contract is for 6 Irradiator Units and £2m - £3m has been allocated for these initial 6 Irradiator Units. There may be a further 3 Irradiator Units that may also fall within the scope of this Contract, for which additional budget (up to £1m - £1.5m) would be provided by the Authority, should their collection and processing be required.
The budget and approvals are secured for the initial 6 Irradiator Units and should the collection and processing of the additional 3 be required, it would be subject to additional budget and governance approvals.

Further information can be found here
https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome

More information

Previous notice about this procurement

The provisions for services to collect, transport and process existing Sealed Ra

  • Opportunity
  • Published 19 June 2024, last edited 2 July 2024

About the buyer

Contact name

Madeline Jones

Address

Herdus House, Ingwell Drive
Moor Row, Cumbria
CA24 3HU
GB

Email

madeline.jones@nda.gov.uk