Planning

Waste Disposal Services to Permitted Landfill

NUCLEAR WASTE SERVICES LIMITED

This public procurement record has 2 releases in its history.

Planning

04 Jul 2025 at 10:29

UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Planning

11 Jun 2025 at 11:50

UK1 - Pipeline Notice
Summary of the contracting process

Nuclear Waste Services Limited is in the planning stage of a procurement process for waste disposal services, specifically for permitted landfill sites. This tender falls within the category of radioactive, toxic, medical, and hazardous waste services, and is focused on both non-rad and radioactive wastes below UK Low-Level Waste thresholds. The organisation is located in Calderbridge, Seascale in the United Kingdom, specifically in the UKD11 region. The procurement involves a significant contract valued at £17,760,000 gross (£14,800,000 net). An important milestone is a virtual Supplier Engagement Event scheduled for 31st July 2025, from 10:00 to 12:00, meant to provide information on the scope and requirements. Prospective suppliers have until 29th July 2025 to express interest and register for this event.

This tender offers extensive opportunities for business growth in waste management services, particularly for firms specialising in hazardous waste treatment and disposal. Businesses capable of providing lifecycle management, including on-site support, waste characterisation, and routing through excavation or demolition services, are well-suited to compete. Given the broad customer base for these services—encompassing both private and public sectors, including government departments, emergency services, educational establishments, and more—this framework agreement can be a gateway to substantial and diverse market opportunities. Suppliers with expertise in waste segregation, alternative treatment, and disposal, coupled with robust transportation services, can significantly benefit from this procurement initiative.

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Notice Information

Notice Title

Waste Disposal Services to Permitted Landfill

Notice Description

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), (the Client) through its Waste Services line of business, is procuring this Framework for 'Waste Disposal Services to Permitted Landfill' on behalf of its Customers. A Customer is defined as organisations that either currently hold, or may in future enter into, a Waste Services Contract with NWS. The provision of a Framework for the lifecycle management and disposal of non-rad and radioactive wastes below UK LLW threshold at permitted facilities within the UK. Lifecycle management may include on-site 'blue collar' work to support generation via excavation or demolition, sampling and analysis to support characterisation and routing of wastes at both the customer site, supplier site and via a third party where a subcontractor is being used, packaging and transport of wastes from the customer site in support of decommissioning operations, sort and segregation of wastes, management of out sorted wastes to alternative treatment and disposal facilities and final disposal of non-hazardous, hazardous and asbestos contaminated wastes at permitted facilities within the UK. Organisations that either currently hold, or may in future enter into, a Waste Services Contract with NWS, include private sector bodies, plus public sector bodies that fall into one or more of the following categories: 1) Any of the following and their future successors: (a) ministerial government departments; (b) non-ministerial government departments; (c) executive agencies of government; (d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs; (e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs); (f) police forces; (g) fire and rescue services; (h) ambulance services; (i) maritime and coastguard agency services; (j) NHS bodies; (k) educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities; (l) hospices; (m) national parks; (n) housing associations, including registered social landlords; (o) third sector and charities; (p) citizens advice bodies; (q) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils; (r) public corporations; (s) public financial bodies or institutions; (t) public pension funds; (u) central banks; and (v) civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations. 2) Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link. 3) Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement or updated web-link. 4) Those bodies in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which are within the scope of the definition of 'Contracting Authority' in Section 2 of the Procurement Act.

Planning Information

This supplier engagement event is to share details of the requirements of the procurement and engage with our supply chain to ensure that suppliers can fulfil the capability and capacity requirements of NWS’ broad customer base to enable the safe, compliant, smooth and cost effective delivery of the NDA mission in line with the current regulatory framework and policy for the duration of the framework. NWS intends to hold a virtual Supplier Engagement Event via MS Teams on Thursday 31st July from 10:00 till 12:00 to share the high-level scope and other details. To register interest in the opportunity and to book your place at the engagement event, please contact either: Gillian.Spence@nuclearwasteservices.uk Julie.M.Parker@nuclearwasteservices.uk Scott.Sowerby@nuclearwasteservices.uk

Notice Details

Publication & Lifecycle

Open Contracting ID
ocds-h6vhtk-0546a5
Publication Source
Find A Tender Service
Latest Notice
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/037354-2025
Current Stage
Planning
All Stages
Planning

Procurement Classification

Notice Type
UK2 - Preliminary Market Engagement Notice
Procurement Type
Framework
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

90 - Sewage, refuse, cleaning and environmental services

CPV Codes

90520000 - Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services

90521000 - Radioactive waste treatment services

Notice Value(s)

Tender Value
£14,800,000 £10M-£100M
Lots Value
Not specified
Awards Value
Not specified
Contracts Value
Not specified

Notice Dates

Publication Date
4 Jul 20257 months ago
Submission Deadline
Not specified
Future Notice Date
22 Jan 2026Expired
Award Date
Not specified
Contract Period
4 Nov 2026 - 1 Nov 2030 3-4 years
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
Not specified
Contact Email
matthew.j.smalley@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
TLD11 West Cumbria
Local Authority
Cumberland
Electoral Ward
Gosforth
Westminster Constituency
Whitehaven and Workington

Further Information

Notice Documents

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