Published date: 27 May 2022

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: 8 July 2022, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Environmental engineering consultancy services - 71313000

  • Engineering design services - 71320000

  • Technical support services - 71356300

    • Decommissioning services - 98391000

Location of contract

KW14 7TZ

Value of contract

£0 to £15,000,000

Procurement reference

20220527103034-3510

Published date

27 May 2022

Closing date

8 July 2022

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 November 2022

Contract end date

31 October 2024

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Restricted procedure

A two-stage procedure, where the first stage is used to select suppliers, who are then invited to bid in the second stage.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No


Description

DSRL is seeking to establish a maximum of 7 Framework Agreements for the Provision of Technical & Professional Support Services required to support decommissioning activities on the Dounreay Site. The duration of the Framework Agreement will be a maximum of 4 years (2+1+1) and should commence in November 2022. The estimated value of the Contract over its lifetime is £15M however, DSRL does not commit to any guarantee of any volume of work or any specific projects being awarded by call-off contracts (estimated to be between £20K and £500K) via this Framework Agreement.

The Scope of Services is as follows:

Design Support Services:
• Concept, Scheme and Detail Designs
• Engineering Substantiation
• Design Validation
• Commissioning Support Services
o Preparation and planning - (commissioning strategy, schedule and plan)
o Setting to work
o Inactive Commissioning
o Active Commissioning
o Factory and site acceptance tests
o Handover and Acceptance
o Commissioning Manager
o Design support for implementation activities
• Software Modelling Services
o 3D visualisation models
o Stratigraphical models
o Hydrogeological modelling
o Land quality modelling
o Climate & erosion models
o Data management
o Statistical models
o Geotechnical models
o Air Quality modelling
o H1 assessments
Waste Support Services:
• Waste Strategy Development
• Waste Optimisation Tasks:
o Review of national and international best practice for waste treatment and minimisation
o Development of Waste Culture
o Development of Waste Communication
o Waste Career Pathways
o Waste Training
• Waste Compliance Test Plans
• Radioactive Waste Management Cases
• Waste Characterisation Support
Environmental Support Services:
• Environmental Cases
o Environmental Safety Cases (ES)
o Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)
o Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) Assessment
o Best Practicable Mean (BPM) document
o Best Available Technique (BAT) justification documents for non-radiological aspects
o Environmental Risk Assessments
o Environmental Restoration Surveys
Technical Support Services:
• Specialist Engineering and Surveys
o Seismic
o Constructability
o Geophysics
o Geotechnical (topography, lidar etc.)
o Ecological surveys (includes habitat surveys)
o Noise surveys
o Dust surveys
o Air quality assessments
o Water quality assessments
• Construction Management
o Verification of Contractor's environmental management during construction
o Provision of Environmental Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person during construction
o Production of relevant environmental management documentation
• Provision of specialist technical staff for:
o Secondment within DSRL
o Specialist training
o In-field supervision
o Review of DSRL/Contractor produced technical documents, for example Environmental Safety Cases


About the buyer

Contact name

Sarah McCaughey

Address

D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
SCT

Telephone

+44 1847803597

Email

sarah.mccaughey@dounreay.com

Website

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