Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/02/2019
External Reference: 4d192edf-c9d5-45e4-adab-f22cc66d258e
Date of dispatch of this notice: 02/02/2019
External Reference: 4d192edf-c9d5-45e4-adab-f22cc66d258e
Official name: Sellafield Ltd
Url: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/sellafield-ltd
Address line 1: Calder Bridge
Town: Seascale
Postal Code: CA20 1PG
Country: England
Contact person: Amanda Price
E-mail: amanda.price@sellafieldsites.com
Phone: +44 1925832510
Title attributed to the contract: NAMRC University of Sheffield - Future Container Manufacture
Description:
University of Sheffield were appointed the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre by HMG. NAMRC have been engaged to demonstrate what could be achieved from a state of the art waste container manufacturing facility, to stimulate and support supply chain companies to improve their manufacturing capabilities
Additional data
User / Company
Awarded Date: 01/01/2019
Awarded Value:
1,720,000.00
Contract start date: 01/01/2019
Contract end date: 26/02/2021
Following competition by Innovate UK, the University of Sheffield were appointed the Nuclear Advanced Manufacturing Research Centre. NAMRC is independent of the supply chain and is not empowered to carry out any commercial manufacturing. They are a not for profit body offering independent technology and innovation and connect businesses with the UK's research and academia. The aim of the Future Container Manufacture is to increase productivity, reduce cost and increase the quality of radioactive waste containers to meet broad front decommissioning demands and to up skill the commercial manufacturing supply chain. Currently the supply chain are potentially not utilising state of the art technology and by utilising the NAMRC and its High Manufacturing Catapult we can explore the use of new technology for radioactive waste containers. The contract has two phases. Phase 1 is for NAMRC to conduct an optioneering study and Phase 2 to develop the detail manufacturing planning and business case to support a Phase 3. If Phase 1 and 2 are successful a third phase will be subject to competition and will aim to deliver the implementation of the developed manufacturing system or facility. Research and Development derogation has been applied to this award as its aim is to develop an optioneering study and business case to underpin a future procurement.