Published date: 6 September 2020

Last edited date: 9 September 2020

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: 5 October 2020, 1pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Administration services - 75100000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£10,000,000 to £18,300,000

Procurement reference

20200906220104-3510

Published date

6 September 2020

Closing date

5 October 2020

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

22 February 2021

Contract end date

21 February 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Competitive dialogue (above threshold)

Tenders are invited from pre-qualified suppliers after discussion of requirements and potential solutions.

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

Radioactive Waste Management (RWM) is a subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) and has been established as the delivery body responsible for a safe, sustainable and publicly acceptable programme for the geological disposal of the UK's higher activity radioactive waste. In December 2018 the UK Government published a policy which laid out the commitment to a community consent-based process to find a suitable location for a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) for higher activity radioactive waste. In January 2019 the Welsh Government published an equivalent policy. Communities will be at the heart of the siting process for a GDF and a facility can only be built where both a suitable site and a willing community can be found. Consequently, the process to site a GDF will be the first community consent based siting process for a major infrastructure project. The process of finding a site will take between 15 to 20 years. Construction can only start following a positive Test of Public Support and after the relevant permissions from the regulators and planning authorities have been obtained. This process is consent-based and communities will be able to work in partnership with RWM from the beginning, so that people will have the opportunity to create a future that works for them. The siting process is depicted in the figure below. Through RWM, the Government will make available Community Investment Funding of up to £1 million annually for each community that forms a Community Partnership. This procurement is to source a community investment funding administrator for the RWM scheme.
This procurement is will be by Competitive Dialogue in accordance with regulation (30) of the Public Contract Regulations.
This notice is an invitation to request to participate in dialogue.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Tom Deacon

Address

Building 329, Thomson Avenue
Didcot
OX11 0GD
ENG

Telephone

01925 803049

Email

Tom.deacon@nda.gov.uk

Website

https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate