Section one: Contracting authority
one.1) Name and addresses
Sellafield Ltd
Sellafield Ltd
Calder Bride, Seascale
CA201 PG
Contact
Hamish Fraser
Hamish.x.fraser@sellafieldsites.com
Telephone
+44 7866894808
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
UKD1 - Cumbria
National registration number
01002607
Internet address(es)
Main 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
Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Mangement Support Services
Reference number
7027
two.1.2) Main CPV code
- 65410000 - Operation of a power plant
two.1.3) Type of contract
Services
two.1.4) Short description
The services required by this new contract are:
• Operation & maintenance of Fellside Steam Generating Units (Fellside Boiler Park and New Steam Generation Plant)
• Operation & maintenance of existing CHP (Gas Turbine 1(GT1) & Auxiliary Boiler, Steam Turbine and ancillary equipment) and transition to a care and surveillance programme currently.
• Continuation and ongoing care and surveillance programme for Fellside retired CHP assets
• Decommissioning, dismantling and removal of retired CHP assets
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: £39,600,000
two.2) Description
two.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
- 31124000 - Steam-turbine generator and related apparatus
- 42112100 - Steam turbines
- 42113300 - Parts of gas turbines
- 42162000 - Steam-generating boilers
- 42164000 - Auxiliary plant for use with boilers
- 44621200 - Boilers
two.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS codes
- UKD1 - Cumbria
Main site or place of performance
Fellside Site, adjacent to the Sellafield Site, Cumbria CA20 IPG
two.2.4) Description of the procurement
The services required by this new contract are:
• Operation & maintenance of Fellside Steam Generating Units (Fellside Boiler Park and New Steam Generation Plant)
• Operation & maintenance of existing CHP (Gas Turbine 1(GT1) & Auxiliary Boiler, Steam Turbine and ancillary equipment) and transition to a care and surveillance programme currently.
• Continuation and ongoing care and surveillance programme for Fellside retired CHP assets
• Decommissioning, dismantling and removal of retired CHP assets
two.2.5) Award criteria
Quality criterion - Name: Technical / Weighting: 100
Price - Weighting: 0
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
Award of a contract without prior publication of a call for competition in the cases listed below
- The services can be provided only by a particular economic operator for the following reason:
- absence of competition for technical reasons
Explanation:
See Additional information VI.3
four.1.8) Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement: No
Section five. Award of contract
Contract No
1
Title
Provision of Operating, Maintenance and Mangement Support Services
A contract/lot is awarded: Yes
five.2) Award of contract
five.2.1) Date of conclusion of the contract
1 June 2021
five.2.2) Information about tenders
Number of tenders received: 1
Number of tenders received from SMEs: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from other EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received from tenderers from non-EU Member States: 0
Number of tenders received by electronic means: 0
The contract has been awarded to a group of economic operators: No
five.2.3) Name and address of the contractor
PX LIMITED
Px House, Westpoint Road
Stockton On Tees
TS17 6BF
Country
United Kingdom
NUTS code
- UKG - West Midlands (England)
National registration number
04373756
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: £39,600,000
Total value of the contract/lot: £39,600,000
Section six. Complementary information
six.3) Additional information
The Combined Heat and Power Plant (CHP) situated at Fellside focusses on the safety critical function of providing steam to Sellafield site. CHP is an ageing fragile facility near the end of its design life. In or around August 2015 Sellafield undertook a review of current and future site steam requirements, concluding that future steam delivery for site operations would be via two Steam Generation Plants (SGP). Work on the construction of the SGP commenced in July 2015 and were due to be operational by 2021. SGP Project suffered delays resulting in the Operational Date for the SGP being revised to March 2023. CHP operations are required by SL until replacement or renewal of these facilities following which CHP will be wound down in preparation for decommissioning and demolition. The strategy from CHP to boiler only operations necessitated an extension of the contractual arrangements with the current CHP ops and maintenance provider until the SGP became operational. Given the delays a new contract with the existing operations and maintenance provider PX Limited has been entered into to safely ensure continued operations of CHP which, given the age of the facility requires ongoing significant care, repair and maintenance. This will include undertaking key activities for plant upgrades to comply with Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU), and provision of care and maintenance of aged and obsolete equipment. It was intended that PX heavily involved in key transitional activities leading to full operations. It was determined that in the circumstances competition to deliver the services was absent for technical reasons and that, pursuant Regulation 32(2)(b)(II) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, Sellafield may award a contract to PX using the negotiated procedure without prior publication of a contract notice in the Find a Tender Service . In particular, based upon assessment of the market ,Sellafield considered that there was no practical alternative to continuing to engage PX to deliver steam and provide care, repair and maintenance services whilst migrating to a new system. Given, in particular, that PX is the only organisation with detailed understanding of CHP and Sellafield’s specific technical and operational requirements necessary to ensure safe and effective provision of services. Engaging a substitute provider during a transitional period would have carried very significant operational risks for Sellafield. Since awarding this contract Sellafield Ltd has had a further change in it steam strategy and has terminated the SGP Project. Sellafield intends to bring to the market the opportunity to operate and maintain the CHP.
six.4) Procedures for review
six.4.1) Review body
Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
Country
United Kingdom
Internet address
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
Sellafiedl Ltd
West Cumbria House
Workington
CA14 4AH
hamish.x.fraser@sellafieldsites.com
Telephone
+44 7886894808
Country
United Kingdom