Analysis of Very Low Active and Environmental Samples

Published date: 11 February 2025

Contract summary

Industry

Analysis services - 71620000

Laboratory services - 71900000

Location of contract

North West

Value of contract

£96,000,000

Procurement reference

CF-0208000D4L000000iAvzUAE

Published date

11 February 2025

Closing date

9 April 2025

Closing time

1pm

Contract start date

1 August 2026

Contract end date

31 July 2034

Contract type

Service contract

Procedure type

Open procedure (above threshold)

Contract is suitable for SMEs?

No

Contract is suitable for VCSEs?

No

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Description

Analytical Services provides an essential service in support of Sellafield Operations which in accordance with its Site Licence Conditions requires Sellafield to report to the regulatory bodies eg Environmental Agency (EA) and demonstrate the use of Best Available Technology (BAT) and As Low as Reasonably Practicable (ALARP) for the management of effluent and other waste activities which are key to delivery of the Sellafield Ltd mission. The site is envisaged to have a demand for analytical services until 2110.

Sellafield Ltd has therefore a requirement for suitably experienced and qualified service providers(s) to undertake Very Low Active (VLA) Analytical services in support of Sellafield site Operations. The service is to consist of sample receipt and transportation to labs, storage, analyses, reporting and waste disposal.

The estimated value of the contract scope of work is £56m -£96m, contract duration is to be 8 years.

The current supply chain contractual arrangements for Very Low Active Analytical Services include:
- Environmental, Low Active Radiological, Dosimetry and Chemical analyses

Current contractual arrangements are due to expire and Sellafield Ltd will be undertaking a procurement exercise for the continued provision of these services.

Parties who are interested in potentially submitting a tender for this opportunity are requested to register on the shared service Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) OneNDA eCommercial Systems powered by Atamis (Atamis), which can be accessed via the URL https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome . Parties who register on this system should then register against Atamis Project C22624 in order to access the Analysis of Very Low Active and Environmental Samples opportunity in order to:

- view the procurement and tender documents,
- ask questions or request further information using the inbuilt messaging facility; and
- submit your tender response

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How to apply

Follow the instructions given in the description or the more information section.

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About the buyer

Contact name

Christopher Hart

Address

Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue
Warrington
WA3 6GR
GB

Email

christopher.z.hart@sellafieldsites.com

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