Published date: 16 August 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: 13 September 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Research and development services and related consultancy services - 73000000

Location of contract

Any region

Value of contract

£15,000 to £20,000

Procurement reference

20190816163027-3510

Published date

16 August 2019

Closing date

13 September 2019

Contract start date

7 October 2019

Contract end date

3 January 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

One of the key aims of RWM is to ensure that when waste is packaged by waste producers, it is in a form which is suitable for safe storage, transport, handling and potential disposal. Waste packaging proposals are assessed through our Disposability Assessment process [ ]. One element of a Disposability Assessment is a Transport Safety Assessment, whereby the suitability of a packaging proposal is assessed against the requirements for transport through the public domain to a geological disposal facility [ ]. The safety of radioactive waste transport is ensured through compliance with the IAEA Transport Regulations [ ], the fundamental principal of which is that safety is ensured through the design of packages and limits imposed on their contents. Demonstration of the safety of transport packages is made in a Package Design Safety Report (PDSR). The objectives of this piece of work are to; • identify the hazards associated with the materials listed in Table 1, • determine the applicable dangerous goods regulations, limits, packaging requirements and provisions associated with the transport of these hazards as subsidiary hazards to Class 7 materials by road, rail, and sea (inland waterways to be excluded), and • where a particular material exceeds the scope of the regulations, provide guidance on how an exemption maybe achieved through the UK Competent Authority, the Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR).

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About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Williams

Address

B329 Thomson Avenue
Harwell Campus
Didcot
OX11 0RH
ENG

Telephone

+44 1925802260

Email

rwm.tenders@nda.gov.uk

Website

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