Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Sellafield Ltd
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue
Warrington
WA36GR
Contact
Rachael Ellis
Rachael.a.ellis@sellafieldsites.com
Country
United Kingdom
Region code
UKD1 - Cumbria
Internet address(es)
Main address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
Buyer's address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
one.3) Communication
Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address
one.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
one.5) Main activity
Other activity
Nuclear Decommissioning
Section two: Object
two.1) Scope of the procurement
two.1.1) Title
Independent Certification
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 79132000 - Certification services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This tender is for the provision of Independent Certification Services by a UKAS
(United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited certification body for a period of 4 Years (3+1).
It is a collaborative procurement led by Sellafield Ltd for services to be provided
to the following contracting authorities:
• International Nuclear Services (INS) and its subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport
Limited (PNTL);
• Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA);
• Nuclear Waste Services (NWS)
• National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL);
• Sellafield Ltd;
• Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £2,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 72224200 - System quality assurance planning services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
1. The Service Provider must be a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited certification body, or equivalent, by those accreditation bodies that that are members of the European or international multilateral agreements (i.e. those operated by EA, ILAC and IAF) and must be accredited to conduct vitrification of annual emissions data and if applicable, verification associated with Free Allocation of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, (UK ETS) in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020.
2. The Service Provider’s assessors must be:
a. International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) registered;
b. lead or principal auditors;
c. qualified to conduct combined Quality Management System (QMS), Environment Management System (EMS) and, if applicable, Health and Safety Management Systems (HSMS), UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) and Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) assessments; and
d. have experience in quality, environment, safety, information security, business continuity, and preferably experience of the nuclear industry.
3. The Service Provider’s assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001. Where certification is required for three or more standards it is a requirement that the Service Provider’s assessors are qualified to audit at least two of the standards (“Standards” shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.
two.2.14) Additional information
The intent of this notice is to understand if the supply chain would be interested in the Provision of Independent Assessment Services. If you interested in this opportunity please could you provide a response to Rachael.a.ellis@sellafieldsites.com on the questions below, by close of play Thursday 22nd February 2024.
1. Would your company be interested in bidding against the opportunity?
2. What are the key aspects/constraints that would influence your bid decision?
3. What do you consider to be a sufficient mobilisation period?
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
30 April 2024
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes