II.2.2) Additional CPV code(s)
71313000
71320000
71356300
II.2.3) Place of performance
NUTS code:
UKM61
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: Technical
/ Weighting: 60
Quality criterion: Social Value
/ Weighting: 10
Cost criterion: Commercial
/ Weighting: 30
II.2.6) Estimated value
Value excluding VAT:
15 000 000.00
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.