Published date: 8 August 2019

Closed early engagement


Closing date: 22 August 2019

Contract summary

Industry

  • Education and training services - 80000000

Location of contract

OX11 0GD

Procurement reference

RWM216

Published date

8 August 2019

Closing date

22 August 2019

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

Yes

Description

RWM require provision of specialist training to develop Intelligent Client status for junior staff supporting development of the Operational Safety Case for the UK Geological Disposal Facility, a nationally significant infrastructure project. This project will be delivered under UK nuclear regulatory requirements and require working within a structured systems engineering approach. Specific aspects of the training programme need to be tailored to be compatible with other business demands. The general training requirements that need to be fulfilled are as detailed below.

• Training program leading to award of PGCert, with option to transfer to MSc program on completion
• Accredited by a professional institution to provide a route to Chartered Engineer status
• Has been delivered to previous cohorts of students from industrial/system safety professions
• Delivered in compact one-week blocks of contact time (to minimise travel and disruption to normal work)
• Learning objective: systems engineering and its application to safety
• Learning objective: management of safety case development and safety management systems
• Learning objective: hazard identification and assessment
• Learning objective: safety system specification and assessment
• Learning objective: software requirements management

About the buyer

Contact name

Michael Williams

Address

Radioactive Waste Management Limited
Building 329 Thomson Avenue
Harwell Campus, Didcot
OX11 0GD
England

Telephone

01925 802875

Email

michael.williams@nda.gov.uk