Provision of Nuclear Diving Capability

Tender description

This Notice is to inform the Supply Chain it is currently anticipated Sellafield Limited will issue an Invitation to Tender for the provision of a Nuclear Diving Capability within Legacy Ponds at Sellafield Ltd Lot 1: The Provision of a Nuclear Diving Capability for Legacy Ponds at Sellafield. The proof of concept to use divers in supporting High Hazard and Risk Reduction HHRR has been demonstrated and proven at Sellafield, a Nuclear Diving Capability will include but may not be limited to: providing technical support in developing the safety case and diving scope, manufacturing specific tooling, undertaking trial dives in simulated ponds, and mobilising dive teams on-plant where diving activities will include managing sludge and trialling a range of clean-up activities please note there is no commitment as to actual volume of work. <br/><br/>It is envisaged the Diving Capabilities will have the ability to deliver the following capabilities:<br/>1. Safety Case development and permissions <br/>2. Trialling and Tooling<br/>3. Radiological Surveys (Underwater)<br/>4. Mobilisation and Demobilisation activities to support diving operations<br/>5 Diving Resource Capability and Capacity<br/><br/>Activities will be aligned to 4 workstreams and will include but may not be limited to the following, <br/> :-<br/>Technical advisory, Project Campaign, Programme Core Team, Ops Divers. Additional information: The Open Tender will be issued via the ATAMIS which is a procurement and tendering platform. Please ensure you have registered on the ATAMIS portal if you wish to participate. <br/>Please visit the NDA Atamis website to register.<br/>Indicative date for ITT issue is October 2024