Architectural, construction, engineering and inspection services

Tender description

The Office for Nuclear Regulation (ONR) is the statutory independent regulator of nuclear safety, security, and conventional health and safety at nuclear sites in the UK. In order to support its ongoing regulatory activities, ONR is looking to renew its Technical Support Framework (TSF) towards the end of 2018. To this end, ONR is proposing to procure technical services under 2 lots: — Lot 1 will procure technical support services in the technical disciplines of Reactor Core Physics and Fault Studies; — Lot 2 will procure Specialist Engineering and Technical Services that will include service provision in the following areas: — internal and external hazards, — civil, — mechanical and electrical engineering, — control and instrumentation, — probabilistic safety analysis, — fuel design and reactor chemistry, — radiation protection and radiological consequence analysis, — structural integrity analysis, — human factors and management of safety, — radioactive waste management and decommissioning, and, — other technical services as may be required by ONR to assist in the delivery of its regulatory duties in the most efficient and effective manner possible. It is envisaged that Lot 1 will have no more than three framework suppliers and that Lot 2 will have no more than four framework suppliers.