Published date: 11 June 2019

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: 1 July 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

OX11 0RH

Value of contract

£125,000 to £175,000

Procurement reference

20190611170020-3510

Published date

11 June 2019

Closing date

1 July 2019

Contract start date

8 July 2019

Contract end date

31 March 2020

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure

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

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

The purpose of this CTS is to provide support and technical advice to RWM as the groundwater flow and contaminant transport activities described in Section 1 are carried out using PFLOTRAN. This advice is expected to include:
• The theory of groundwater flow and contaminant transport modelling (including chemistry, heat and salt transport, fracture modelling etc.);
• Use of the PFLOTRAN code, including the provision of advice on how to model specific situations relating to the generic geologies or SDM (including potential updates to the PFLOTRAN source code and re-compilation of the code, should the need arise);
• The processing and manipulation of site characterisation data for use in PFLOTRAN models (including support in the production or checking of such data for the generic geologies);
• Methods for the visualisation of input and output data;
• The abstraction of data for use in performance assessment models; and
• Expert review of the models produced by RWM.

A large component of this will be the provision of on-call support, as well as requests for expert advice in particular areas. Given the difficulty in predicting the complexity and frequency of requests for support, it is anticipated that this contract would take the form of a call-off contract following the timescales specified in Section 9, with a specified maximum purchase order value, to be billed on an 'as used' time and materials basis with RWM only paying for those hours actually used under the Contract.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Williams

Address

Calder Bridge
Seascale
CA20 1PG
ENG

Telephone

+44 1925802820

Email

rwm.tenders@nda.gov.uk

Website

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