Ready-mixed concrete

Tender description

The supply of concrete to the Sellafield site plays a significant role in ensuring nuclear safety, providing key functions including structural, seismic, radiological shielding, containment and security. It is also important that the supply of concrete is adequate to meet demand requirements in order to prevent potential project construction delays. As such Sellafield require a 10-year contractual arrangement for the surety of concrete supply to the Sellafield site to be implemented which will ensure the continued provision of quality concrete to demanders as and when required, whilst also offering value for money. The forecast concrete requirement for the 10-year period is anticipated to be in the region of 330 000 cubic metres. A 10-year contractual arrangement for the surety of concrete supply to the Sellafield site is required to be implemented which will ensure the continued provision of quality concrete to Sellafield's suppliers working on the site, pursuant to separate supply contracts to be entered into between the service provider and the relevant supplier, as and when required, whilst also offering value for money. The scope of work for this procurement comprises the following: — specification of compound preparation/enabling works to be completed to enable construction/installation of a concrete batching plant capable of fulfilling the requirements of the concrete supply specification, — construction of a concrete batching plant capable of fulfilling the requirements of the concrete supply on the specified compound within the Sellafield site, — commissioning of the concrete batching plant and testing of concrete mixes, — operation of the constructed concrete batching plant for the remainder of 10-year contract, and — moving the concrete batching plant during the 10-year contract to an alternative location on the Sellafield site (if required).