Containers for waste material

Tender description

Manufacture, testing, inspection and delivery of Hybrid 2 63 Can Racks to Sellafield Ltd. Hybrid 2 63 Can Racks are a high integrity, precision engineered, stainless steel, nuclear spent fuel containment system which will store spent fuel in the Thorp Receipt and Storage (TR&S) facility at Sellafield. In order to support the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), Sellafield Ltd requires Hybrid 2 63 Can Racks (‘Racks’) to store spent fuel. As stated within II.1.4) short description the Hybrid 2 63 Can Rack contract opportunity consists of the manufacture, testing, inspection and delivery of Racks to Sellafield Ltd. The Racks are a high integrity, precision engineered, stainless steel, nuclear spent fuel containment system which need to be manufactured in accordance with the design specification set by Sellafield Ltd. The design specification for the Rack is suitable for repeat, production manufacture. To meet Sellafield Ltd’s requirement for Racks, as an output of this procurement, contracts are to be awarded to two suppliers. Each of the two contracts awarded will have an initial commitment for the supply of 80 racks to Sellafield Ltd. as well as provisions to enable an increase to the initial commitment. In the aggregate across both contracts, the overall scope of this procurement has the potential to result in the delivery of 240 racks. How the extra volume will be awarded is detailed in the procurement documents, which can be located within the Sellafield Ltd Complete Tender Management (CTM) system under reference 12613. Sellafield will require deliveries to be made at a rate of 2 racks per month per contract, with a target to provide the first 20 per racks per contract by November 2022. Contract Award is planned for August 2021 Sellafield Ltd have produced an estimate, which includes a series of assumptions (such as volume awarded, rate of manufacture, manufacturing approach, manufacturing efficiency and mobilisation durations); this has determined the total estimated value above. Sellafield Ltd estimates that the contracts for the initial commitment of 80 racks are valued between GBP 7.56 million and GBP 15.06 million. Further information detailing Sellafield Ltd.'s requirements, the contract and competition process (including selection and award criteria) can be located within the Sellafield Ltd Complete Tender Management (CTM) system under reference 12613.