Published date: 11 April 2023

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Early engagement (published 11 April 2023, last edited 16 May 2023)

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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

Procurement reference

CF-0046100D4L000000iAvzUAE

Published date

11 April 2023

Closing date

17 May 2023

Contract type

Service contract

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

The provisions for services to collect, transport and process existing High Activity Sealed Radioactive Sources (SRS) using a pre-determined disposal route.

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.

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). The Maximum Budget including permissible extensions is £14.22m

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.


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.

To register an interest please sign into or register with Atamis our e-sourcing portal: https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome. Please provide details of names and email addresses of attendees. Maximum of 2 staff per supplier.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Madeline Jones

Address

Herdus House
Westlakes Science Park, Moor Row, Cumbria
CA24 3HU
GB

Email

madeline.jones@nda.gov.uk