Notice Information
Notice Title
Interim GDF Programme Director
Notice Description
12-month secondment agreement for an Interim Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Programme Director.
Lot Information
Lot 1
The Interim Geological Disposal Facility (GDF) Programme Director provides day to day leadership of the GDF programme, ensuring key deliverables are met. Key deliverables are identified in the GDF programme baseline and include the delivery of the next stage of business cases and sanctioning of those via the appropriate governance routes. The secondment agreement is for 12 months, with the time commitment per week flexing to meet workload demand.
Options: The terms of the secondment agreement may only be varied by agreement in writing between the Employer and LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste Services.
Procurement Information
An Interim GDF Programme Director was required urgently, following the departure of the previous role holder. A recruitment process for a permanent replacement has commenced, but this may take up to 12 months: advertising and selection (3 months), onboarding (6 months, including resignation period) and 3-month handover. The resource was required immediately; any pause in service could have resulted in disruption to the GDF programme, leading to associated cost increases. The Programme Director role requires experience and knowledge of running governmental business cases, major projects, digital solutions, shaping and improving programmes, nuclear sector familiarity and NDA-specific governance. The seconded individual has significant expertise in these areas, bolstered by the time he has spent within NWS under the separate Business Transformation Support contract, gaining an excellent understanding of NWS and the context within which we operate. In the absence of suitable in-house capability and recognising that a new procurement process would be economically impractical and would not result in obtaining properly qualified and experienced resource of the required calibre in the timescales needed, the secondment agreement was awarded directly. This ensures stability in the management of the GDF programme while a permanent replacement for the GDF Programme Director is recruited.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-042623
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/036992-2023
- Current Stage
- Award
- All Stages
- Award
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Award Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Limited
- Procurement Method Details
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Large
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
98 - Other community, social and personal services
-
- CPV Codes
98110000 - Services furnished by business, professional and specialist organisations
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- Not specified
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 15 Dec 20232 years ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- Not specified
- Award Date
- 14 Dec 20232 years ago
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Complete
- Lots Status
- Cancelled
- Awards Status
- Active
- Contracts Status
- Active
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- LLW REPOSITORY LIMITED TRADING AS NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES
- Contact Name
- Joanne Makin
- Contact Email
- joanne.m.makin@nuclearwasteservices.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- SEASCALE
- 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
- TLD1 Cumbria
-
- Local Authority
- Cumberland
- Electoral Ward
- Gosforth
- Westminster Constituency
- Whitehaven and Workington
Further Information
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
View full OCDS Record for this contracting process
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