Contract notice

Information

Published

Expire date: 08/07/2022

External Reference: 2022-471086

Contract notice

Contract notice

Section I: Contracting authority

I.1)

Name and addresses

Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
SC307493
D2003, Dounreay, Thurso, Caithness
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
UK
Contact person: Sarah McCaughey
Telephone: +44 1847803597
NUTS code:  UKM61 -  Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Internet address(es):
I.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 abovementioned address:  
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
Tenders or requests to participate must be submitted
to the abovementioned address
I.4)

Type of the contracting authority

Body governed by public law
I.5)

Main activity

Other activity:  Nuclear Decommissioning

Section II: Object

II.1)

Scope of the procurement

II.1.1)

Title

Technical and Professional Support Services Framework
II.1.2)

Main CPV code

98391000  -  Decommissioning services
II.1.3)

Type of contract

Services
II.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.
II.1.5)

Estimated total value

Value excluding VAT: 15000000.00  GBP
II.1.6)

Information about lots

This contract is divided into lots: no
II.2)

Description

II.2.2)

Additional CPV code(s)

71313000  -  Environmental engineering consultancy services
71320000  -  Engineering design services
71356300  -  Technical support services
II.2.3)

Place of performance

NUTS code:  UKM61 -  Caithness & Sutherland and Ross & Cromarty
Main site or place of performance:  
Thurso
II.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
II.2.5)

Award criteria

Criteria below
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Technical  /  Weighting:  60
Quality criterion  -  Name:  Social Value  /  Weighting:  10
Cost criterion  -  Name:  Commercial  /  Weighting:  30
II.2.6)

Estimated value

Value excluding VAT: 15000000.00  GBP
II.2.7)

Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system

Start: 01/11/2022  /  End: 31/10/2024
This contract is subject to renewal: no
II.2.9)

Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited

Envisaged number of candidates: 7
II.2.10)

Information about variants

Variants will be accepted: no
II.2.11)

Information about options

Options: no
II.2.13)

Information about European Union funds

The procurement is related to a project and/or programme financed by European Union funds: no
II.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 III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

III.1)

Conditions for participation

III.1.2)

Economic and financial standing

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.1.3)

Technical and professional ability

Selection criteria as stated in the procurement documents
III.2)

Conditions related to the contract

Section IV: Procedure

IV.1)

Description

IV.1.1)

Type of procedure

Restricted procedure
IV.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
IV.1.8)

Information about the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)

The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement : yes
IV.2)

Administrative information

IV.2.1)

Previous publication concerning this procedure

Notice number in the FTS: 2022/S 000-012152
IV.2.2)

Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate

Date:  08/07/2022
Local time:  12:00
IV.2.4)

Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted

English

Section VI: Complementary information

VI.1)

Information about recurrence

This is a recurrent procurement:  no
VI.2)

Information about electronic workflows

Electronic invoicing will be accepted
Electronic payment will be used
VI.4)

Procedures for review

VI.4.1)

Review body

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Dounreay
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1847802121

VI.4.2)

Body responsible for mediation procedures

Royal Courts of Justice
Strand
London
London
UK
Internet address: http://www.justice.gov.uk

VI.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.
VI.4.4)

Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained

Dounreay Site Restoration Limited
Dounreay
Thurso
KW14 7TZ
UK
Telephone: +44 1847802121