Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Sellafield Ltd
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue
Warrington
WA36GR
steven.macilwaine@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.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
Radiometrics and Associated Services - Lot 1 - Installed Radiological Protection Instrumentation
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 90721600 - Radiation protection services
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The Service Provider will be required to supply suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) for Sellafield Ltd to allocate to maintenance and asset care activities on installed radiation protection instrumentation (IRPI) to match site priorities.
two.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots: No
two.1.7) Total value of the procurement (excluding VAT)
Value excluding VAT: £33,200,000
two.2) Description
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD11 - West Cumbria
Main site or place of performance
Sellafield Site
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The Service Provider will be required to supply suitably qualified and experienced personnel (SQEP) for Sellafield Ltd to allocate to maintenance and asset care activities on installed radiation protection instrumentation (IRPI) to match site priorities. The equipment being maintained is located in over 100 facilities that are spread across the entire Sellafield site and owned by multiple independent operating units. A limited on-call service (invoked by the site shift manager) must be in place for repair of essential IRPI outside of normal working hours.
The Service Provider will ensure that all the instruments continue to be fit for purpose, appropriately calibrated and operational on demand, and it is expected that the Service Provider will use external best practice to identify latest developments and innovation with regard to this technology for consideration by Sellafield.
Other services that underpin maintenance, that the contractor will be expected to provide, include technical support, asset care, management of spares, documentation and safe use of radioactive sources associated with this scope of supply.
The typical range of equipment that the procured resource will be deployed on is listed below:
• Contamination Monitors;
• Criticality & Evacuation (CID / CIDAS / BES);
• Filter Canister Testers in Laundry;
• Gamma Monitors (Area);
• Gamma Monitors (Interlock);
• Gamma Monitors (Process);
• Hand & Foot Monitors;
• Hand Monitors;
• Installed Personnel Monitors;
• iSolos;
• Particulate in Air Monitors;
• Pressure Systems; and
• SEMPS system.
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Collaboration / Weighting: 7%
Quality criterion - Name: Security of Supply / Weighting: 22.5%
Quality criterion - Name: Innovation and Improvements / Weighting: 22.5%
Quality criterion - Name: Health and Safety / Weighting: 12%
Quality criterion - Name: Social Impact / Weighting: 10%
Quality criterion - Name: Quality / Weighting: 10%
Price - Weighting: 16%
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
Section four. Procedure
four.1) Description
four.1.1) Type of procedure
Open procedure
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: 2023/S 000-009372
Section five. Award of contract
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
29 May 2024
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 3
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
Cavendish Nuclear
20 Radar Road, Leicester
Leicester
LE3 1UF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKF21 - Leicester
The contractor is an SME
No
five.2.4) Information on value of contract/lot (excluding VAT)
Initial estimated total value of the contract/lot: £33,200,000
Lowest offer: £33,200,000 / Highest offer: £33,200,000 taken into consideration
Section six. Complementary information
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Sellafield Ltd
Hinton House, Birchwood Park Avenue
Warrington
WA36GR
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
six.4.2) Body responsible for mediation procedures
High Court
Strand
London
WC2A 2LL
Country
United Kingdom