Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
Contact
Sarah McCaughey
Telephone
+44 1847803597
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKM61 - Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
National registration number
SC307493
Internet address(es)
Main address
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
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