Provision of a Technical Services Framework for the Office for Nuclear Regulation

This is a two stage procurement which will select a maximum of the five highest ranking bids received, following evaluation of a Selection Questionnaire, to be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage of the procurement process.

The scope of technical services required in Lot 1 covers the safety analysis of existing and future nuclear facilities on matters such as reactor core physics, thermal hydraulics, heat transfer and a wide range of other physical phenomena under steady state, transient and fault conditions including severe accident conditions. The work will include but not be limited to reviewing the fault analysis sections of nuclear facilities safety case documents against the expectations of the ONR guidance such as the Safety Assessment Principles (SAPs), Technical Assessment Guides (TAGs) and other international guidance such as the IAEA safety standards

This is a two stage procurement which will select a maximum of the five highest ranking bids received, following evaluation of a Selection Questionnaire, to be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage of the procurement process.

The scope of technical services required in Lot 2 will include service provision performed through a number of specialist contractors across the technical disciplines of Civil Engineering and External Hazards.

This is a two stage procurement which will select a maximum of the six highest ranking bids received, following evaluation of a Selection Questionnaire, to be invited to the Invitation to Tender stage of the procurement process.

The scope of technical services required in Lot 3 will cover Specialist Engineering and Technical Services and will include service provision performed through a number of specialist contractors across a range of technical disciplines as follows:

1. Chemistry
2. Control and Instrumentation
3. Criticality
4. Electrical Engineering
5. Fuel Design
6. Mechanical Engineering
7. Human Factors
8. Internal Hazards
9. Leadership and Management for Safety, Supply Chain and Quality
10. Probabilistic Safety Analysis
11. Radiological Protection and Emergency Planning and Response
12. Radioactive Waste Management and Decommissioning
13. Structural Integrity
14. Protective Security
15. Cyber Security
16. Safeguards
17. Other Engineering and Technical Services as may be required to assist in delivery of ONR regulatory duties.