Notice Information
Notice Title
PIN Peer Review of Initial Site Evaluations
Notice Description
The Consultant's team should consist of a minimum of two peer reviewers. The peer reviewers should be independent of the Employer's work to develop the ISE and the associated permit applications. Give the novel nature of the ISE and associated permit application, direct experience of the staged regulation guidance and ISE development is therefore not possible.<br/><br/>The peer reviewers should have significant (10 years +) international experience of the development of Environmental Safety Cases for geological disposal facilities and the associated regulatory requirements. The Consultant should describe in their tender how the skills and experience of their team will benefit the peer review process and overall quality of the ISE submissions.<br/><br/>We are looking for Suppliers to provide views on:<br/><br/>* Firm bidding intention<br/><br/>* The Contract Technical Specification (CTS)<br/><br/>* Availability and feasibility of the procurement timescale
Lot Information
Lot 1
Nuclear Waste Services is responsible for implementing geological disposal of the UK's most hazardous radioactive waste and is currently working towards identifying potential sites for a geological disposal facility (GDF). Non-intrusive investigations and site evaluations have found that Search Areas under consideration have the potential to host a GDF. Further site investigations, including intrusive (deep borehole) investigations, are now needed to underpin GDF feasibility and environmental safety arguments. These assessments will then support decision-making on the preferred locations for the surface and sub-surface elements of a GDF associated with each Search Area.
The Environment Agency has set out a process of 'staged regulation' of the GDF implementation process [3]. Staged regulation begins with an application for an environmental permit to undertake surface-based intrusive investigations to obtain information about sub-surface conditions. Preparation of an Initial Site Evaluation (ISE) to support such an environmental permit application is consistent with the environmental regulators' guidance on implementing geological disposal (the GRA) [3] and preliminary guidance on the scope and content of an ISE (the 2014 ISE Guidance) [7]. The development of an ISE for a GDF has no precedent and EA has never determined a Schedule 23 application for intrusive investigation works. Consequently, there is a degree of uncertainty surrounding the approaches and expectations from both an applicant and regulatory perspective.
This PIN should be read in conjunction with the following documents, all of which can be viewed on Atamis: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome
* Contract Technical Specification
* Request for Information
* Atamis Supplier User Guide
* Overview of the BATs Marketplace
You will be required to register on Atamis, and once registration is complete you can search for this PIN using the Atamis search box and using the title as a reference - PIN BATs - PEER REVIEW OF INITIAL SITE EVALUATIONS (ISE) - C25208
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-050d04
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/019054-2025
- Current Stage
- Planning
- All Stages
- Planning
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- Planning Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Not Specified
- Procurement Method Details
- Not specified
- Tender Suitability
- Not specified
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
44 - Construction structures and materials; auxiliary products to construction (except electric apparatus)
73 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services
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- CPV Codes
44421722 - Safety cases
73000000 - Research and development services and related consultancy services
73110000 - Research services
73200000 - Research and development consultancy services
73210000 - Research consultancy services
90711200 - Environmental standards other than for construction
90712000 - Environmental planning
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £500,000 £500K-£1M
- Lots Value
- Not specified
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 6 May 20259 months ago
- Submission Deadline
- Not specified
- Future Notice Date
- 1 May 2025Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- Not specified - Not specified
- Recurrence
- Not specified
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Planned
- Lots Status
- Planned
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Patrick Butler
- Contact Email
- patrick.butler@nuclearwasteservices.uk
- Contact Phone
- Not specified
Buyer Location
- Locality
- CALDERBRIDGE, 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
- Not specified
-
- 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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