Administration, defence and social security services

Tender description

This contract is for the delivery of a programme of work to build and maintain effective nuclear security culture globally, in support of BEIS’ Global Threat Reduction Programme (GTRP). The GTRP delivers international projects to secure civil nuclear and radiological materials and expertise, and prevent their unauthorised acquisition or use. The programme aims to promote a strong international nuclear security culture regime, focusing on certain countries/regions defined by BEIS. The supplier will take a strategic approach to increasing awareness of security culture and how to protect sensitive nuclear information and facilities, and methods to enhance the culture of relevant organisations, through delivery of training workshops and other international capacity-building activities. See below for further information or access the Invitation to Tender. This contract is for the delivery of a programme of work to build and maintain effective nuclear security culture globally, in support of BEIS’ Global Threat Reduction Programme (GTRP). The GTRP delivers international projects to secure civil nuclear and radiological materials and expertise, and prevent their unauthorised acquisition or use. The programme aims to promote a strong international nuclear security culture regime, focusing on certain countries / regions defined by BEIS. The supplier will take a strategic approach to increasing awareness of security culture and how to protect sensitive nuclear information and facilities, and methods to enhance the culture of relevant organisations, through delivery of training workshops and other international capacity-building activities. Much of the work will be aimed at overseas civil nuclear installations, but will extend to cover a range of organisations including those holding radioactive material (e.g. hospitals), and sensitive knowledge or information (e.g. academic/scientific institutions), regulators and government departments. The contract is expected to start in July 2018 and conclude in March 2022, with reviews at the end of each UK financial year. The maximum budget is 6 000 000 GBP over the four-year period, or 1 500 000 GBP per financial year.