Notice Information
Notice Title
GLOBAL BUNKER PROCUREMENT SERVICE & ASSOCIATED SUPPLY CHAIN MANAGEMENT
Notice Description
Nuclear Transport Solutions (NTS) is part of the UK's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), a public body responsible for ensuring the safe and efficient clean-up of the UK's nuclear legacy. We are experts at providing solutions to complex nuclear transport and logistics challenges. International Nuclear Solutions Limited (INS) are one of the legal entities within NTS who's primary focus is providing world-leading nuclear shipping capabilities. For further information relating to NTS please visit https://nucleartransportsolutions.com/ INS have an ongoing requirement for bunker fuel to support the PNTL fleet of vessels on a global basis. International Nuclear Services Limited (INS) are seeking to appoint a suitable qualified and experienced economic operator to deliver a Global Bunker Procurement Service & Associated Supply Chain Management on behalf of INS, to support the delivery of operations to our customers. The services are required to operate on a global basis to enable operational flexibility, resilience and competitivity of the INS shipping function. The anticipated value of this service contract (excluding bunker supply) is between PS21,500- PS107,600 for the initial 3-year term and between PS35,700 and PS179,000.00 over a full 5-year period, excluding credit costs, should the optional extension of 2 years be invoked. This value is based upon current anticipated demand, which is subject to change. The duration of the contract is anticipated to be circa 3 years with a 24-month optional extension, representing a maximum term of 5 years.
Planning Information
INS are seeking to engage with market operators within the Bunkering supply marketplace including but not limited to bunker brokers, bunker suppliers and bunker traders. This market engagement exercise consists of a briefing meeting, questionnaire and potentially further engagement with participants upon invitation. Interested parties should register their interest to this PME via the OneNda portal. This can be found at the following address: https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome Initial registration of your company is achieved by using the above website link and then clicking on "Register Here". Following registration of Interest to the PME, invitations will be issued for the briefing webinar, which is anticipated to be delivered on 13th November 2025, however this is subject to change. The intention of the webinar is to allow cascade of information to those parties interested in the potential opportunity and to allow for questions within the session. Following the session, interested parties are asked to complete a feedback form and may be invited to meet to discuss and/or clarify further with regards to the opportunity. Feedback collated from market engagement will be utilised in the development of the procurement strategy for the next iteration of the current agreement.
Notice Details
Publication & Lifecycle
- Open Contracting ID
- ocds-h6vhtk-05d2ce
- Publication Source
- Find A Tender Service
- Latest Notice
- https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063837-2026
- Current Stage
- Tender
- All Stages
- Planning, Tender
Procurement Classification
- Notice Type
- UK4 - Tender Notice
- Procurement Type
- Standard
- Procurement Category
- Services
- Procurement Method
- Open
- Procurement Method Details
- Competitive flexible procedure
- Tender Suitability
- SME
- Awardee Scale
- Not specified
Common Procurement Vocabulary (CPV)
- CPV Divisions
09 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
63 - Supporting and auxiliary transport services; travel agencies services
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- CPV Codes
09000000 - Petroleum products, fuel, electricity and other sources of energy
09100000 - Fuels
09135000 - Fuel oils
63721400 - Ship refuelling services
66132000 - Commodity brokerage services
Notice Value(s)
- Tender Value
- £179,000 £100K-£500K
- Lots Value
- £179,000 £100K-£500K
- Awards Value
- Not specified
- Contracts Value
- Not specified
Notice Dates
- Publication Date
- 7 Jul 20261 weeks ago
- Submission Deadline
- 7 Aug 20263 weeks to go
- Future Notice Date
- 23 Jan 2026Expired
- Award Date
- Not specified
- Contract Period
- 14 Nov 2026 - 13 Nov 2029 3-4 years
- Recurrence
- 2028-10-01
Notice Status
- Tender Status
- Active
- Lots Status
- Active
- Awards Status
- Not Specified
- Contracts Status
- Not Specified
Buyer & Supplier
Contracting Authority (Buyer)
- Main Buyer
- INTERNATIONAL NUCLEAR SERVICES LIMITED
- Contact Name
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Email
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
- Contact Phone
- Available with D3 Tenders Premium →
Buyer Location
- Locality
- WARRINGTON
- Postcode
- WA3 6GR
- Post Town
- Warrington
- Country
- England
-
- Major Region (ITL 1)
- TLD North West (England)
- Basic Region (ITL 2)
- TLD6 Cheshire
- Small Region (ITL 3)
- TLD61 Warrington
- Delivery Location
- Not specified
-
- Local Authority
- Warrington
- Electoral Ward
- Birchwood
- Westminster Constituency
- Warrington North
Further Information
Notice Documents
-
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/063837-2026
7th July 2026 - Tender notice on Find a Tender -
https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/067955-2025
23rd October 2025 - Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS)
The Open Contracting Data Standard (OCDS) is a framework designed to increase transparency and access to public procurement data in the public sector. It is widely used by governments and organisations worldwide to report on procurement processes and contracts.
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