Notice Information
Notice Title
Business & Technical Services Marketplace
Notice Description
Nuclear Waste Services Ltd (NWS) has created the Business & Technical Services (BATS) Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is open for use by the following Contracting Authorities: NWS, Nuclear Transport Solutions Ltd, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd, National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd, and Sellafield Ltd.<br/><br/>An OJEU contract notice (2019/S 228-559692) was published on 22/11/2019 to open pre-qualification for BATS.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-002230) was published on 25/01/2023 to communicate an increase in the estimated total value from PS75m to PS125m.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-034966) was published on 27/11/2023 to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 21/11/2023 to 30/11/2025, and an increase in the estimated total value from PS125m to PS175m.<br/>This notice has been published to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 30/11/2025 to 28/02/2029.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The purpose of the BATS Marketplace DPS is to access a greater breadth of capable supply chain organisations to utilise commonly used business and technical service solutions. The BATS DPS covers professional labour services associated with work packages in support of business delivery. The BATS Marketplace DPS has 13 categories:
1. Business (Change Management / Business Cases / Technical Authors);
2. Commercial (Sourcing / Claims / Quantity Surveying);
3. Full Lifecycle Design & Engineering Services;
4. Environment (Advice / Consultancy / Ecology);
5. Finance (Advice / Taxation / Auditing);
6. Health & Safety (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists);
7. Human Resources (Recruitment / Training / Facilitation);
8. Legal (Advice / Corporate / Contract / Employment / Planning);
9. Portfolio, Programme & Project Management;
10. Programme Controls (Planning / Estimating / Cost / Risk Management);
11. Public Affairs Support (Photos / Reprographics / Marketing / Comms / Events);
12. Quality and Assurance (Assurance / Process Improvements / Management System);
13. Security (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists)
Candidates can apply for pre-qualification against one or more categories to gain access to award stage work packages. Please note that pre-qualification remains open and live for the duration of the DPS, therefore a pre-qualification response can be submitted at any time.
BATS can be accessed via the 'View Live Opportunities' (https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome) option on the Atamis homepage. The record reference is C5590.
Note that the value provided in Section II.1.5.1 is only an estimate and no guarantee of value or volume of work through the DPS can be offered.
Renewal: The Contracting Authorities named in this notice may enter into a contract with a supplier for a period of their determining which may exceed the duration of the DPS.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-039a5c
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/006565-2025
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Dynamic
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Selective
- Procurement Method Details
- Restricted 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
-
- CPV Codes
79000000 - Business services: law, marketing, consulting, recruitment, printing and security
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £175,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Lots Value
- £175,000,000 £100M-£1B
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 21 Feb 20251 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- 28 Feb 20294 years to go
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 22 Nov 2019 - 28 Feb 2029 Over 5 years
- 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
- NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
- Additional Buyers
DOUNREAY SITE RESTORATION LIMITED
INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SERVICES LTD
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CALDER BRIDGE
- Postcode
- CA20 1DB
- Post Town
- Carlisle
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD1 Cumbria
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD13 Cumberland
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Gosforth
- Westminster Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
Further Information
Notice URLs
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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