Official UK procurement notice
Treatment & Conditioning Services Framework
Authority: Nuclear Waste Services Limited (Public body)·Consortium: 3 public authorities
What is being bought
Published requirement descriptionThis contract relates to the Treatment & Conditioning Services Framework. The estimated value is £41m over 4 years, although the agreement is formally zero-value with no spend guaranteed.
The Framework can only be accessed via LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) and will be for use by organisations that either currently hold, or may in future enter into, a Waste Services Contract with NWS. These organisations include private sector bodies, plus public sector bodies that fall into one or more of the categories stated in Section VI Complementary Information.
CPV: Collection of radioactive waste · Disposal of radioactive waste · Packaging of radioactive waste · Radioactive waste storage services · Radioactive waste treatment services · Transport of radioactive waste
How this framework works
From the published notice- Places
- up to 4 suppliers · 3 bids received (0.8 per place) · 3 appointed
The lotProcurement structure
single lot · no lot value publishedLot #1This Framework will support the delivery of the National Waste Programme by providing…Awarded
This Framework will support the delivery of the National Waste Programme by providing the Contracting Authority and its Customers access to a supply chain for treatment and conditioning of radioactive waste. This includes but is not limited to soft/solid combustible/compactable wastes through to oils, liquids, resins etc. and covering activity levels ranging from lower activity low level waste up to boundary waste and beyond including radioactively contaminated chemical and hazardous wastes.
What it takes to wini
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).
Evaluation split and conditions of participation as published; the tender pack may add morei
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).
Published sub-criteria (8)
- Waste Lifecycle: 30%
- Critical Success Factors: 10%
- Management of Service: 10%
- Risk and Opportunity: 10%
- Continual Improvement: 5%
- price: 20%
- Social Value: 10%
- Environmental: 5%
Published award criteria (8)
- Waste Lifecycle: 30
- Critical Success Factors: 10
- Management of Service: 10
- Risk and Opportunity: 10
- Continual Improvement: 5
- Environmental: 5
- Social Value: 10
- Price: 20
- Price carries 20 of 100 points: a 10% discount moves about 2 points. The method statement decides this lot, not the discount.
- “Treatment & Conditioning Services Framework” is a framework: the contest is a place on its panel, up to 4 suppliers, not a single contract.
Price arithmetic assumes straight proportional scoring; the tender pack may use another formula.
Procedure terms & legal framework
From the official record · publisher note attached- Procedure method
- Open procedure
- Legal basis
- CELEX · 32014L0024 Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (Directive 2014/24/EU)
- Procurement category
- Services
- Notice status
- Awarded
- 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
- No (one-off requirement)
- First published
- 24 Mar 2021, 12:44 GMT
- Last source update
- 13 Jul 2022, 17:01 BST
- Award evaluation window
- 18 Nov 2021 – …
- Authority reference
LLWRP2021-ja11128- FTS notice number
2022/S 000-019216- Classification (CPV)
- Delivery area
- Official registry OCID
ocds-h6vhtk-029eb7Find a Tender
- Review procedure
Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures:
Any appeals should be promptly brought to the attention of the contact specified in Section I above, and will be dealt with in accordance with the requirements of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. Any appeals must be brought within the timescales specified by the applicable law, including without limitation, the Public Contracts Regulations 2015. In accordance with the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, the Contracting Authority will also incorporate a minimum 10 calendar day standstill period from the date information on award of contract is communicated to tenderers.
Publisher note: Public sector bodies that fall into one or more of the following categories may utilise the Framework via a Waste Services Contract with Nuclear Waste Services: 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 regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and/or Schedule 1 PCR.
How it was run
Official notice- Appointment period ends
- 9 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Submission channel
- {"electronicSubmission","written"}
- Accepted languages
- en
- Bid validity
- 360 days from the deadline
- Bids opened
- 18 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
Timeline
16 Sept 2021 → 13 Jul 2022 · 4 dates- Next notice expected16 Sept 2021, 00:00 BST
- Bids opened18 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Admission / appointment period endsperiod end, not a bid countdown9 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT
- Notice published13 Jul 2022, 17:01 BST
Notice history
8 events · 4 releases on Find a Tender · since 26 Oct 2021- Published value published: £41,000,00026 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST
- Status changed to active26 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST
- Procurement method changed26 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST
- Deadline moved to 9 Dec 2021, 12:00 GMT26 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST+21 days · was 18 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT
- Deadline published: 18 Nov 2021, 16:00 GMT26 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST
- Buyer details updated26 Oct 2021, 16:12 BST
- Status changed to complete13 Jul 2022, 17:01 BST
- Buyer details updated13 Jul 2022, 17:01 BST
Published amendments (1 · 1 deadline change)
| When | What | Before | After | Shift |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | DeadlineIV.2.2 | 18 Nov 2021 | 9 Dec 2021 | +21 d |
| — | Bid openingIV.2.7 | 18 Nov 2021 | 9 Dec 2021 | +21 d |
1 amendment published without a description.
Routine re-releases (4)
- 2021-03: 1 release · 24 Mar 2021
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
Treatment & Conditioning Services Framework
- Signed
- 13 Jul 2022
- Value
- £41,000,000
- Status
- active
Bid statistics published by the authority
| Bids | SME | VCSE | Valid bid range |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3bids · 3 electronic · 3 from abroad | 0 | — | — |
Contracting authority & participating public bodies
2 public bodies on the noticeConsortium members and other public bodies
- LLW Repository LtdContracting authorityBody governed by public lawNuclear Decommissioning
Dispute resolution & review bodies
- Royal Courts of JusticeMediation bodyReview body
Framework contractors & participating bidders
3 commercial parties on the notice- INUTEC LIMITEDFramework contractor
- Perma-Fix Environmental Services Incorporated (subject to contract)Framework contractor
- VEOLIA ES (UK) LIMITEDFramework contractor
Official documents & specifications (2)
Official links; attachments are not copiedTender pack and attachments
- Economic and financial selection criteria
- Technical selection criteria