Notice Information
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 EnvironmentalOperational 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 SafetyThe 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 - RadiologicalAt 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 AssessmentRequirement 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 FactorsHuman 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
Notice Details
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
Buyer & Supplier
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
Further Information
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