Official UK procurement notice
The provisions for services for laboratory and research related technical services.
Authority: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (Central government)
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionAny scientific studies, research and development, materials archive, technology demonstrations, trials and engineering studies, establishing new capabilities (design, construction, and installation of equipment), operation of NDA Group equipment, treatment of material and/or waste, analytical services, and managing of Universities contributions to the NDA mission that requires or offers the use of existing NNL UK facilities on either the Springfields or Sellafield Sites (and Workington facility where the inactive trials supports the later active work in the NNL operated active facilities) that are facilities in respect of which NNL has exclusive occupancy rights and including work of a high security nature.
CPV: Advisory and consultative engineering services · Feasibility study, advisory service, analysis · Packaging of radioactive waste · Plutonium · Radioactive waste treatment services · Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services · Research and experimental development services · Research services · Specialty design services · Waste analysis services
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1Framework for the provision of any scientific studies, research and development,…
Framework for the provision of any scientific studies, research and development, materials archive, technology demonstrations, trials and engineering studies, establishing new capabilities (design, construction, and installation of equipment), operation of NDA Group equipment, treatment of material and/or waste, analytical services, and managing of Universities contributions to the NDA mission that requires or offers the use of existing NNL UK facilities on either the Springfields or Sellafield Sites (and Workington facility where the inactive trials supports the later active work in the NNL operated active facilities) that are facilities in respect of which NNL has exclusive occupancy rights and including work of a high security nature.<br/><br/>Where NNL has unique laboratory related skills, capabilities and equipment to provide science, engineering, techniques and technologies and additional nuclear laboratory related services.<br/><br/>Seeking opportunities with Universities, other national laboratories.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Award procedure without prior publication of a call for competition
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded without competition
- 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
- Direct award (no call for competition)
- GPA / WTO covered
- Yes (GPA)
- Recurring procurement
- Unspecified in notice
- First published
- 20 Jul 2023, 17:13 BST
- Last source update
- 20 Jul 2023, 17:13 BST
- FTS notice number
2023/S 000-021014- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-03e3ffFind a Tender
- Why no open competition
- The procurement falls outside the scope of application of the directive
- Published justification
The requirements for this Framework require a UK Laboratory facility and the specialist skills and resources of the National Nuclear Laboratory, the Framework has been developed in line with these requirements in mind. Powders samples may be required for testing and are located at Sellafield Limited, and the NNL’s Central Laboratory facility on the site is the only location where appropriate samples can be obtained. NDA will engage NNL for the Laboratory Related and Research and Experimental Services. <br/><br/>NNL are the sole operators in the Central Lab and have the expertise to complete requirements under this Framework.
Publisher note: This is a framework with a duration of 4 plus 3 years. The framework will be available to the NDA group excluding Sellafield Ltd. This includes NWS, NTS, Magnox, Dounreay.
Commercial outcome & contract awards
Published awards, contracts and bid statistics, not a forecast1 suppliers are admitted to this framework without individual award values or dates, see the supplier list below.
Contracts
Contract 021014-2023-1
- Signed
- 12 Jun 2023
- Value
- £8,800,000
- Status
- active
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
Framework contractors & participating bidders
1 commercial party on the notice- National Nuclear LaboratoryFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications
Official links; attachments are not copiedNo document links were published on the notice.