Nuclear safety services

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BEIS are looking to procure management services for the Nuclear Safeguards Programme (NSP). BEIS requires these services to meets its obligations both to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). The Nuclear Safeguards Programme (NSP) is a key part of UK’s efforts to prevent the proliferation of nuclear weapons. The International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) is charged with establishing and administering an international safeguards system to provide assurances that civil nuclear material is used for peaceful purposes. Effective management of the NSP is vital to ensure that tasks within the programme are conducted in a cost-effective manner and use technical and scientific expertise. Scope of work Examples of supplier activities may include, but are not limited to: • providing expertise/advice for the development of safeguards strategies in new and existing activities and plant in the nuclear fuel cycle; • providing services to support the IAEA in analysing nuclear material arising from samples taken in safeguards inspections; • agreeing an annual programme of work with BEIS for the NSP; and • awarding contracts to sub-contractors and managing these contracts.