Road Transport Services for Radioactive Waste

Concepts

• low level nuclear waste
• warrington
• calder bridge
• carlisle
• road transport services
• disposal services
• road transport
• transportation
• nuclear waste services’ mission
• road transport dps

Location

United Kingdom:

Description

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).

Total Quantity or Scope

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 TenderEach 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 ValueWhere 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 CriteriaFor 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.

CPV Codes

• 90521410 - Transportation of low level nuclear waste
• 60100000 - Road transport services
• 90521400 - Transport of radioactive waste
• 90521100 - Collection of radioactive waste

Indicators

• This is a one-off contract (no recurrence)
• Renewals are not available.

Other Information

** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. ** Customer organisations include private sector bodies plus public sector bodies that fall into one or more of the following categories. Such organisations may utilise the DPS via a Waste Services Contract (or successor arrangement) with the Contracting Authority.1) Any of the following and their future successors:(a) ministerial government departments;(b) Non-ministerial government departments;(c) executive agencies of government;(d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;(e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs);(f) police forces;(g) fire and rescue services;(h) ambulance services;(i) maritime and coastguard agency services;(j) NHS bodies;(k) educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;(l) hospices;(m) national parks;(n) housing associations, including registered social landlords;(o) third sector and charities;(p) citizens advice bodies;(q) councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;(r) public corporations;(s) public financial bodies or institutions;(t) public pension funds;(u) central banks; and(v) civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations.2) Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link.3) Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/public... or any replacement or updated web-link.4) Those bodies in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which are within the scope of the definition of ‘Contracting Authority’ in regulation 2(1) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015 (PCR) and/or Schedule 1 PCR.