Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance
Calder Bridge
Seascale
CA20 1PG
Contact
Kenneth Webster
kenneth.webster@sellafieldsites.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
01002607
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/3510
one.1) Name and addresses
CTM Portal for the NDA Shared Services Alliance
Calder Bridge
Seascale
CA20 1PG
Contact
Charlie Loveday
charles.loveday@sellafieldsites.com
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UK - United Kingdom
National registration number
01002607
Internet address(es)
Main address
Buyer's address
https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/ctm/Company/CompanyInformation/Index/3510
one.2) Information about joint procurement
The contract involves joint procurement
one.3) Communication
The procurement documents are available for unrestricted and full direct access, free of charge, at
https://sharedsystems.eu-supply.com/login.asp?B=SELLAFIELD
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
PIN - Provision of Inspection and Quality Assurance Services
Reference number
7474
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
This prior Information notice without call for competition is to advise interested parties about a forthcoming 'open procedure' procurement to establish a single supplier agreement for the provision of multi-disciplined Inspection and Quality Assurance services, including but not exclusive to welding; mechanical; industrial coating; CE&I inspection and Non Destructive Testing (NDT) supported by welding and metallurgy Subject Matter Experts (SME’s).
Sellafield Ltd will lead the collaborative procurement on behalf of the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) group which incudes; Sellafield Ltd; Magnox Ltd; Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL); Nuclear Waste Services (joint trading name of both LLW Repository Ltd (LLWR) and Radioactive Waste Management Ltd (RWM) Nuclear Transport Solutions. (operating Direct Rail Services and Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (PNTL)
The services are to be provided at client and supplier sites throughout the UK and, on occasion, sites overseas.
two.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT: £33,000,000
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 71630000 - Technical inspection and testing services
- 71000000 - Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services
- 71600000 - Technical testing, analysis and consultancy services
- 71631000 - Technical inspection services
- 71632000 - Technical testing services
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UK - United Kingdom
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
In relation to the delivery of products and services from both local and multinational suppliers, provision of independent third party inspection services are required to:
• comply with regulatory and legal obligations;
• assure compliance with specifications and requirements; and
• ensure that standards are met,
In the provision of the service the supplier will be required to promote the client’s objectives of:
• Delivering a world class programme of safe, cost-effective, accelerated and environmentally responsible decommissioning of the UK’s civil nuclear legacy in an open and transparent manner, with due regard to the socio-economic impacts on our communities;
• Working within a project team based on mutual trust, co-operation and good industry practice;
• Instilling a ‘right first time’ attitude throughout the project team;
• Commitment to incorporating good environmental practices of resource and energy efficiency, healthy buildings, plant and materials, whilst maintaining an ecologically, socially and aesthetically sensitive approach without compromising functionality, quality or cost performance;
• Delivering the Social Impact Strategy to create; resilient economies; thriving communities; social value chains; sustainable incomes; and collective impact; and
• Maintaining a “safety first” approach.
In respect of this “safety first” approach, as part of the forthcoming procurement tenderers will need to:
• possess appropriate accreditation as an Inspection Body to ISO/IEC 17020 Type A,
or equivalent;
• be able to demonstrate a high safety performance level; and
• complete a Tender Safety Assessment (TSA) questionnaire, to demonstrate that
they will have the appropriate processes and procedures that the supplier will use
going forward to ensure safe working, especially whilst working at client nuclear
sites.
To facilitate market engagement the CTM portal will be used to share with, and receive from, interested parties information, which may include:
• background supporting information, such as; TSA; policy documents, strategy
documents etc, to allow potential new suppliers to familiarise themselves with the
wider aspects of working in the nuclear industry;
• the proposed procurement specifications, terms and conditions, timescales, social
value requirements etc with an opportunity for suppliers to provide feedback using
the CTM portal on whether the proposals are attractive and/or feasible;
• details, including dates, of potential market engagement events, which
may include Webinars, in person suppliers days, structured discussions pre-
arranged via CTM portal, etc as deemed appropriate given the feedback received.
The messaging facility within CTM will be used to correspond with parties interested in participating in market engagement activity. Parties who are interested in participating further should therefore access the CTM portal referred to in section I.3) Communication above, click on ‘current tender opportunities’, find in the list the title of this notice and then login or complete the online CTM portal registration. Accessing the opportunity in this way will allow the messages, which will contain the further information, to be sent and received across the CTM portal.
In addition to the potential market engagement activity outlined above the NDA have engaged the services of RocSearch to conduct a market research exercise to better understand current and future trends within the marketplace. This independent research will require RocSearch to make contact with the supply chain to request information. The output from this independent research will be used to ensure that the identified market trends and our requirements are aligned.
two.2.14) Additional information
The requirements are not being further sub divided as the service provider will be required to identify and allocate resource across multiple-disciplines; manage performance of the resource; provide management information. Further dividing the requirements into lots would lead to multi-discipline assignments having split responsibilities and general contract management inefficiencies.
two.3) Estimated date of publication of contract notice
12 September 2022
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
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
In respect of the requirements not being further sub divided into lots this is justified as the service provider will be required to:
- identify and allocate resource across multiple-discipline assignments at any one time;
- manage the performance of the resource; and
- provide management information to report on assignment progress.
Further dividing the requirements into lots would lead to multi-discipline assignments having split responsibilities and general contract management inefficiencies.