Official UK procurement notice
Characterisation Services Framework · UK public procurement notice
Authority: Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (Public body)
What is being bought4 lots · detail below
Published requirement descriptionThe Contracting authority seeks to inform the market of its intention to commence a procurement process by early 2025, to establish a Framework for a range of characterisation services. <br/><br/>Access to characterisation services is required to support the provision of relevant information about the physical, chemical and radiochemical properties of wastes and other materials. <br/><br/>It is anticipated that the Framework services include but are not limited to; laboratory analysis, fingerprint services and additional characterisation services, such as technical consulting, across up to 4 lots; <br/><br/>Lot 1 - Analytical Laboratory Services (excluding ILW samples requiring specialist facilities due to higher radioactivity levels) - (single provider lot) <br/>Lot 2- Fingerprint Services - (single provider lot)<br/>Lot 3- Laboratory Services – (multi provider lot)<br/>Lot 4 -Additional Characterisation Services - (multi provider lot)<br/><br/>Anticipated Framework is to support Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) requirements. Access to some NDA OpCos is also possible via multi provider lots, (whilst it is envisaged that usage outside of NRS will be limited)
CPV: Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services · Waste analysis services
Lots and requirements (4)Procurement structure
4 lots · no lot values publishedLot #1Analytical Laboratory ServicesPlanned
Analytical Laboratory Services (excluding ILW samples requiring specialist facilities due to higher radioactivity levels)<br/>Included at II.1.4.1
Lot #2Fingerprint ServicesPlanned
Included at II.1.4.1
Lot #3Laboratory ServicesPlanned
Included at II.1.4.1
Lot #4Additional Characterisation ServicesPlanned
Included at II.1.4.1
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The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
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How this buyer will score bids.
The evaluation criteria and weights exactly as published on the notice, grouped by family (price, quality, social value and so on).
- “Characterisation Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, not a single contract.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Past planning notice
- Procurement threshold
- Unspecified in notice
- Regulatory regime
- Standard
- Commercial structure
- Framework agreement
- Who may use this agreement
- Not stated in the notice; call-off rights may be limited to the establishing authority
- Competition type
- Competitive procedure
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 2 Dec 2024, 10:16 GMT
- Last source update
- 2 Dec 2024, 10:16 GMT
- FTS notice number
2024/S 000-038706- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-04c15fFind a Tender
Publisher note: Interested parties can find further information about the anticpated Framework via https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome upon registration, when searching under the procurement title or reference C22866 within the ‘Find Opportunities’ page.<br/><br/>Please note:<br/><br/>All of the details provided here and associated to this prior information notice (PIN) are subject to change/finalisation and will be confirmed at the start of any subsequent procurement process.<br/><br/>This PIN is not a call for competition or commitment that a procurement process will take place. It is to provide the market with advance notice that a procurement is intended to commence by early 2025. Any subsequent procurement process will be advertised via a Contracts Notice. Organisations wanting to participate will need to respond to the Contract Notice when it is published.<br/><br/>Additional CPV Codes:<br/>Analysis services - 71620000<br/>Technical analysis or consultancy services - 71621000<br/>Laboratory services - 71900000<br/>Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services - 71600000
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
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Timeline
2 Dec 2024 → 31 Jan 2025 · 2 dates- Notice published2 Dec 2024, 10:16 GMT
- Tender notice expected31 Jan 2025
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Pipeline notice- Awards (0)
- No award published
- Contracts (0)
- No contract published
- Bid statistics
- No aggregate bid statistics published
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.