Published date: 1 November 2024

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: 12 December 2024, 12pm

Contract summary

Industry

  • Diving services - 98363000

Location of contract

CA20 1PG

Value of contract

£18,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0193500D4L000000iAvzUAE

Published date

1 November 2024

Closing date

12 December 2024

Closing time

12pm

Contract start date

1 April 2025

Contract end date

31 March 2031

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

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

This procedure can be used for procurements above the relevant contract value threshold.

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

Yes

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

Description

Provision of a Nuclear Diving Capability to support High Hazard and Risk Reduction (HHRR) within Legacy Ponds Operating Unit (LPOU), which consists of the Pile Fuel Storage Pond (PFSP) with the potential of subsequent works within First Generation Storage Pond (FGMSP). It is also noted that this service has the potential to secure further diving support across the Sellafield Site. To provide the capability, as part of an integrated team, to deploy divers into a nuclear environment where they will support the retrieval of waste and the subsequent remediation of the facility, A Nuclear Diving Capability will support: As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) methodology, help de-risk key milestones, and have the potential to significantly accelerate clearance and de-sludging activities within the facilities.

Nuclear Diving Capability will include but may not be limited to: providing technical support in developing the safety case and diving scope, manufacturing specific tooling, undertaking trial dives in simulated ponds, and mobilising dive teams on-plant where diving activities will include managing sludge and trialling a range of clean-up activities.

It is envisaged the Diving Capabilities will have the ability to deliver the following capabilities:
1. Safety Case development and permissions
2. Trialling and Tooling
3. Radiological Surveys (Underwater)
4. Mobilisation and Demobilisation activities to support diving operations
5 Diving Resource Capability and Capacity

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About the buyer

Contact name

Allison Booth

Address

Sir Christopher Harding House
Whitehaven
CA28 7XY
GB

Email

allison.j.booth@sellafieldsites.com