Tender

Technical and Professional Support Services Framework

  • Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd

F02: Contract notice

Notice identifier: 2022/S 000-014838

Procurement identifier (OCID): ocds-h6vhtk-033615

Published 27 May 2022, 9:01am



Section one: Contracting authority

one.1) Name and addresses

Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd

D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness

Thurso

KW14 7TZ

Contact

Sarah McCaughey

Email

sarah.mccaughey@dounreay.com

Telephone

+44 1847803597

Country

United Kingdom

NUTS code

UKM61 - Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty

National registration number

SC307493

Internet address(es)

Main address

https://www.gov.uk/government/case-studies/shared-services-alliance-ssa-for-nuclear-decommissioning-estate

one.3) Communication

The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at

https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=15883&B=SELLAFIELD

Additional information can be obtained from the above-mentioned address

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted electronically via

https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/app/rfq/rwlentrance_s.asp?PID=15883&B=SELLAFIELD

Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted to 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

Technical and Professional Support Services Framework

two.1.2) Main CPV code

  • 98391000 - Decommissioning services

two.1.3) Type of contract

Services

two.1.4) Short description

DSRL is seeking to establish a maximum of 7 Framework Agreements for the Provision of Technical & Professional Support Services required to support decommissioning activities on the Dounreay Site. The duration of the Framework Agreement will be a maximum of 4 years (2+1+1) and should commence in November 2022. The estimated value of the Contract over its lifetime is £15M however, DSRL does not commit to any guarantee of any volume of work or any specific projects being awarded by call-off contracts (estimated to be between £20K and £500K) via this Framework Agreement.

two.1.5) Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000

two.1.6) Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: No

two.2) Description

two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)

  • 71313000 - Environmental engineering consultancy services
  • 71320000 - Engineering design services
  • 71356300 - Technical support services

two.2.3) Place of performance

NUTS codes
  • UKM61 - Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Main site or place of performance

Thurso

two.2.4) Description of the procurement

DSRL is seeking to establish a maximum of 7 Framework Agreements for the Provision of Technical & Professional Support Services required to support decommissioning activities on the Dounreay Site. The duration of the Framework Agreement will be a maximum of 4 years (2+1+1) and should commence in November 2022. The estimated value of the Contract over its lifetime is £15M however, DSRL does not commit to any guarantee of any volume of work or any specific projects being awarded by call-off contracts (estimated to be between £20K and £500K) via this Framework Agreement.

The Scope of Services is as follows:

Design Support Services:

• Concept, Scheme and Detail Designs

• Engineering Substantiation

• Design Validation

• Commissioning Support Services

o Preparation and planning – (commissioning strategy, schedule and plan)

o Setting to work

o Inactive Commissioning

o Active Commissioning

o Factory and site acceptance tests

o Handover and Acceptance

o Commissioning Manager

o Design support for implementation activities

• Software Modelling Services

o 3D visualisation models

o Stratigraphical models

o Hydrogeological modelling

o Land quality modelling

o Climate & erosion models

o Data management

o Statistical models

o Geotechnical models

o Air Quality modelling

o H1 assessments

Waste Support Services:

• Waste Strategy Development

• Waste Optimisation Tasks:

o Review of national and international best practice for waste treatment and minimisation

o Development of Waste Culture

o Development of Waste Communication

o Waste Career Pathways

o Waste Training

• Waste Compliance Test Plans

• Radioactive Waste Management Cases

• Waste Characterisation Support

Environmental Support Services:

• Environmental Cases

o Environmental Safety Cases (ES)

o Environmental Impact Assessments (EIA)

o Best Practicable Environmental Option (BPEO) Assessment

o Best Practicable Mean (BPM) document

o Best Available Technique (BAT) justification documents for non-radiological aspects

o Environmental Risk Assessments

o Environmental Restoration Surveys

Technical Support Services:

• Specialist Engineering and Surveys

o Seismic

o Constructability

o Geophysics

o Geotechnical (topography, lidar etc.)

o Ecological surveys (includes habitat surveys)

o Noise surveys

o Dust surveys

o Air quality assessments

o Water quality assessments

• Construction Management

o Verification of Contractor’s environmental management during construction

o Provision of Environmental Suitably Qualified and Experienced Person during construction

o Production of relevant environmental management documentation

• Provision of specialist technical staff for:

o Secondment within DSRL

o Specialist training

o In-field supervision

o Review of DSRL/Contractor produced technical documents, for example Environmental Safety Cases

two.2.5) Award criteria

Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 60

Quality criterion - Name: Social Value / Weighting: 10

Cost criterion - Name: Commercial / Weighting: 30

two.2.6) Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: £15,000,000

two.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start date

1 November 2022

End date

31 October 2024

This contract is subject to renewal

No

two.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 7

two.2.10) Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: No

two.2.11) Information about options

Options: No

two.2.13) Information about European Union Funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: No

two.2.14) Additional information

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited (DSRL) is the site licence company responsible for the clean-up and demolition of Britain’s former centre of fast reactor research and development.

DSRL is a wholly-owned subsidiary of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA). It is funded by the NDA to deliver the site closure programme.


Section three. Legal, economic, financial and technical information

three.1) Conditions for participation

three.1.2) Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents

three.1.3) Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents


Section four. Procedure

four.1) Description

four.1.1) Type of procedure

Restricted procedure

four.1.3) Information about a framework agreement or a dynamic purchasing system

The procurement involves the establishment of a framework agreement

Framework agreement with several operators

Envisaged maximum number of participants to the framework agreement: 7

four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: Yes

four.2) Administrative information

four.2.1) Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number: 2022/S 000-012152

four.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date

8 July 2022

Local time

12:00pm

four.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English


Section six. Complementary information

six.1) Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement: No

six.2) Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted

Electronic payment will be used

six.4) Procedures for review

six.4.1) Review body

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited

Dounreay

Thurso

KW14 7TZ

Telephone

+44 1847802121

Country

United Kingdom

six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice

Strand

London

London

Country

United Kingdom

Internet address

http://www.justice.gov.uk

six.4.3) Review procedure

Precise information on deadline(s) for review procedures

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.

six.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited

Dounreay

Thurso

KW14 7TZ

Telephone

+44 1847802121

Country

United Kingdom