Road Transport Services for Radioactive Waste

The tender seeks to provide comprehensive Road Transport Services for radioactive waste, including associated ocean freight management, to support disposal and logistics activities within the UK nuclear industry. These services are required by LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste Services and its joint partners in the contract, and they will be delivered through a designated Driver and Provider System (DPS) that allows the contracting authorities to award work to qualified transport providers.

The arrangement is a 10‑year contract that will be exercised through repeated calls for competition. Each call will evaluate proposals on a blend of technical and commercial criteria, the balance of which will vary according to the complexity of the work. Technical assessment will consider service proposals, personnel capability, risk management and scheduling, while commercial assessment will examine price, commercial terms and social value. Providers must meet all regulatory safety and operational standards for the transport of nuclear materials.

At the heart of LLW Repository Ltd trading as Nuclear Waste Services’ mission is the provision of treatment and disposal services that provide alternative options to waste producers to preserve capacity at the LLWR site. The Road Transport DPS is an enabling service that supports our customers in carrying out these services.

The Contracting Authorities who may directly procure via the DPS are: LLWR t/a Nuclear Waste Services and Nuclear Transport Solutions (joint trading name of International Nuclear Services (company number 01144352), Direct Rail Services Ltd (company number 03020822) and Pacific Nuclear Transport Ltd (company number 01228109)). Other entities that either currently hold, or may in future enter into, a waste services contract (or successor arrangement) with the Contracting Authority may utilise services provided via the DPS as customers of the Contracting Authority (see Section VI Complementary Information).

Ocid: ocds-h6vhtk-03374f
Contract location: UK
Communication: https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome
Languages in which tenders or requests to participate may be submitted: En
This is a recurrent procurement: No
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Lot number: 1
Description: The purpose of the scope is for the contractors to provide the Contracting Authority with a Radioactive Waste Road Transport Service inclusive of ocean freight management to support logistics services associated with the UK Nuclear Industry.

The total estimated value of the 10-year DPS is £25m, although no guarantee is given as to the value or volume of work that may be placed through the arrangement.

The Contracting Authority will procure Road Transport Service Providers through a DPS and will conduct a Call for Competition to all Suppliers within the DPS. The Contracting Authority will accept the most economically advantageous tender submission, in accordance with the applicable weightings set out below or which will be formulated more precisely within the Call for Competition documents.

1)Non Standard Services – Evaluation of Tender submission and Acceptance of Tender

Each time the Contracting Authority runs a Call for Competition for Non Standard Services the acceptance of any tender submission, and award of contract, will be based on both Technical and Commercial considerations as identified below.
• Technical – (Weighting range 70%-30%). Potential Evaluation Sub Criteria: Service proposals, People & capability to perform the proposed Task, Risk management, Schedule
• Commercial – (Weighting range 30% - 70%). Potential Evaluation Sub Criteria: Price, Commercial considerations, Social Value

Where a proposed Contract involves a high degree of Technical complexity, a greater relative weighting for Technical criteria will be applied. These will be formulated more precisely within the Call for Competition for non-standard work packages issued through the relevant electronic system. Where proposed scope is more routine and has a low degree of complexity, a greater relative weighting for Commercial criteria will be applied.

2) Standard Services – Award Criteria
For Calls for Competition that relate only to standard services, the Technical evaluation for Calls for Competition issued through the relevant electronic system will be in the form of pass/fail questions.
Suppliers that achieve a pass on the technical questions will then be assessed commercially. The Supplier offering the lowest technically compliant price will be awarded the contract. Additional information: Please refer to the information pack provided to qualify for the DPS.
Lot value (estimated)
25.000.000,00 GBP excluding VAT

This contract is subject to renewal: No
Information about options. Options: No
Variants will be accepted: not allowed