Contract notice
Section I: Contracting
authority
I.1) Name and addresses
Office for Nuclear Regulation
UK
Redgrave Court Merton Road Bootle Merseyside
Bootle
L20 7HS
UK
Contact person: Gary Owens
Telephone: +44 2030280795
E-mail: onr.procurement@onr.gov.uk
NUTS: UK
Internet address(es)
Main address: www.onr.org.uk
I.3) Communication
Access to the procurement documents is restricted. Further information can be obtained at:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hse/aspx/Home
Additional information can be obtained from the abovementioned address
Tenders or requests to participate must be sent to the abovementioned address
I.4) Type of the contracting authority
Body governed by public law
I.5) Main activity
Other: Nuclear Regulation
Section II: Object
II.1) Scope of the procurement
II.1.1) Title
The Provision of Regulatory Support in Analysis of Irradiated Graphite Brick Cracking Weight Loss in AGR Cores
Reference number: ONR/T517
II.1.2) Main CPV code
71000000
II.1.3) Type of contract
Services
II.1.4) Short description
The provision of regulatory support in analysis of irradiated graphite brick cracking weight loss in AGR Cores.
II.1.5) Estimated total value
Value excluding VAT:
3 000 000.00
GBP
II.1.6) Information about lots
This contract is divided into lots:
No
II.2) Description
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UK
Main site or place of performance:
UK.
II.2.4) Description of the procurement
The work will provide front line regulatory support to ONR on the subject of nuclear graphite core brick cracking in AGRs. The scope of the contract addresses ONR’s need to access independent experts who can consider the basis of the licensee’s safety case claims and test them by applying independent scientific and mathematical reasoning.
II.2.5) Award criteria
Price is not the only award criterion and all criteria are stated only in the procurement documents
II.2.7) Duration of the contract, framework agreement or dynamic purchasing system
Duration in months: 48
This contract is subject to renewal: No
II.2.9) Information about the limits on the number of candidates to be invited
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
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
Open procedure
IV.1.8) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
The procurement is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement:
No
IV.2) Administrative information
IV.2.2) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
Date:
11/09/2019
Local time: 13:00
IV.2.4) Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted
EN
IV.2.6) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the tender
Duration in months: 6 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)
IV.2.7) Conditions for opening of tenders
Date:
11/09/2019
Local time: 14:00
Section VI: Complementary information
VI.1) Information about recurrence
This is a recurrent procurement:
No
VI.3) Additional information
Interested suppliers will be required to register their details on HSE’s e-procurement portal in order to gain access to the documentation and to respond to the opportunity. Registration is free of charge, and can be accessed at the following link:
https://in-tendhost.co.uk/hse/aspx/Home
Opportunities are listed alphabetically by title within the portal and the tender reference for this opportunity is ONR/T517
VI.4) Procedures for review
VI.4.1) Review body
Christine Alcock — Office for Nuclear Regulation
Redgrave Court, Merton Road Bootle, Merseyside
Bootle
L20 7HS
UK
Telephone: +44 2030280061
E-mail: christine.alcock@onr.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.onr.org.uk
VI.4.4) Service from which information about the review procedure may be obtained
Office for Nuclear Regulation
Bootle
L20 7HS
UK
Telephone: +44 2030280061
E-mail: onr.procurement@onr.gov.uk
Internet address(es)
URL: www.onr.org.uk
VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice
05/08/2019