Tender

Nuclear Safety Case

RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED TRADING AS NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

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Tender

20 Dec 2022 at 15:14

Summary of the contracting process

The Nuclear Waste Services Limited, acting on behalf of the Radioactive Waste Management Limited, has initiated a tender process for the procurement of Nuclear Safety consultancy services. The tender, titled "Nuclear Safety Case", aims to establish a multi-Lot framework agreement to access specialist support on nuclear safety cases and associated capabilities. With a total contract value of £6,000,000 GBP, the tender comprises multiple lots focusing on safety case authors, operational environmental assessments, conventional safety, radiological assessments, criticality safety evaluation, and human factor considerations. The procurement method is an open procedure, with a tender deadline of February 1, 2023, and opportunities for contract extensions.

This tender presents lucrative opportunities for businesses specializing in safety consultancy services within the nuclear industry. Companies proficient in safety case development, environmental safety assessments, radiological safety, criticality assessments, and human factor considerations are well-suited to compete. The procurement process, led by a public contracting authority with expertise in radioactive waste management, offers a chance for businesses to secure long-term contracts and contribute to the safe implementation of a Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) project. Interested suppliers must adhere to the selection criteria outlined in the tender documents and have the capacity to provide specialist capabilities in the relevant areas over an extended contract period.

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Notice Title

Nuclear Safety Case

Notice Description

The GDF design, construction and regulatory approval will be based on a number of safety cases which will be developed by NWS. The business does not have the internal capability to self deliver and the requirement is not enduring througout the GDF programme and beyond. <br/><br/>The business has identified a need to have access to specialist support on nuclear safety cases and associated capability.<br/><br/>A multi-Lot framework agreement providing the best access to a broad range of specialist capability from a range of suppliers providing both competition and resilience in the marketplace.

Lot Information

Lot 1 - Safety Case Authors

Safety case authors able to deliver top level safety reports, and effectively summarise more detailed, underlying documentation from the wider safety case. At this time, the main requirement will be for generalist safety case authors who have experience in the hazards arising from the handling of radioactive waste.

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Lot 5 - Operational Environmental

Operational Environmental Safety Assessment/ development of the preliminary BAT case, including:
* Understanding of the regulatory context, environmental permitting and land-use planning requirements
* Understanding of atmospheric dispersion modelling and key features of specific software packages
* Understanding of dispersion modelling with respect to non-radiological pollutants and environmental behaviour of non-radiological pollutants
* Understanding of principles of biosphere modelling, including human and non-human biota
* While this framework is primarily focussed on the safety case for the Operational Phase of the GDF (including construction), skills and experience relevant to the Post-Closure safety case would also be desirable, although not essential

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Lot 6 - Conventional Safety

The GDF will be a large scale construction project with significant hazards especially those associated with underground working, mining, fire etc. Early consideration of these hazards will be required outlining the key conventional safety issues and summarising the work done to date to develop appropriate Hazard Management Strategies. Although early in the process, sufficient information needs to be developed to build confidence that conventional safety risks can be adequately managed going forward.

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Lot 2 - Radiological

At this stage (pre-concept), assessment will be limited to high level identification of potentially viable Hazard Management Strategies and broad scoping studies. Skills will be required in the following areas:
* Radiological Safety (Fault) Assessment (deterministic and probabilistic)
* External Hazards
* Internal Hazards
* Radiological Consequence Assessment
* Dose and Shielding Assessment
* Hazard Identification (HAZOP)

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Lot 3 - Criticality Safety Assessment

Requirement is for criticality HAZAN authors and specialists in criticality modelling (code drivers) to undertake review of existing criticality studies with the aim of demonstrating a criticality case can be made based on the proposed nuclear waste inventory. There will also be the need to start to develop criticality hazard management strategies.

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Lot 4 - Human Factors

Human factors will be an important consideration within the design process, and it is anticipated that it will place a number of important requirements on the design. However, at this early stage in the design process human factors input is going to be at a principle level rather than anything specific, probably around initial thoughts on a HF implementation plan.

Options: Options to extend: 2x 12 Month Extensions

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0392f7
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036067-2022
Current Stage
Tender
All Stages
Tender

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
Tender Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
Procurement Category
Services
Procurement Method
Open
Procurement Method Details
Open procedure
Tender Suitability
Not specified
Awardee Scale
Not specified

Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)

CPV Divisions

79 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security

98 - Other community, social and personal services


CPV Codes

79417000 - Safety consultancy services

98113100 - Nuclear safety services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Lots Value
£6,000,000 £1M-£10M
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
20 Dec 20223 years ago
Submission Deadline
1 Feb 2023Expired
Future Notice Date
Not specified
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
Not specified - Not specified
Recurrence
Not specified

Notice Status

Tender Status
Active
Lots Status
Active
Awards Status
Not Specified
Contracts Status
Not Specified

Contracting Authority (Buyer)

Main Buyer
RADIOACTIVE WASTE MANAGEMENT LIMITED TRADING AS NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
Contact Name
Danielle Sweeney-Perry
Contact Email
danielle.sweeney-perry@nda.gov.uk
Contact Phone
Not specified

Buyer Location

Locality
DIDCOT
Postcode
OX11 0GD
Post Town
Oxford
Country
England

Major Region (ITL 1)
TLJ South East (England)
Basic Region (ITL 2)
TLJ1 Berkshire, Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire
Small Region (ITL 3)
TLJ14 Oxfordshire CC
Delivery Location
Not specified

Local Authority
Vale of White Horse
Electoral Ward
Hendreds
Westminster Constituency
Didcot and Wantage

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