Nuclear Waste Transportation Tenders and Contracts

A nuclear waste transportation tender is a public sector contract to move nuclear waste, or the flasks and equipment used to carry it, by road, rail or sea. Notices come from nuclear site operators and the specialist logistics bodies that manage those movements.

Stotles brings together nuclear waste transportation tenders and contracts from 100+ portals into one search, so you do not have to check each portal separately, and you can set alerts for new opportunities across the UK and Ireland.

If you want to search the government portals directly, Find a Tender carries higher-value contracts across the UK and Contracts Finder carries lower-value contracts in England. Public Contracts Scotland, Sell2Wales and eTendersNI cover Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland, Ireland's eTenders covers Irish public bodies, and many councils, NHS bodies and housing associations publish on their own e-tendering portals such as ProContract. Nuclear waste transport is let as single large contracts by nuclear site operators, with flask components bought on separate supply contracts.

Radioactive material transport must follow the Carriage of Dangerous Goods regulations and IAEA transport rules, and staff need security clearance for nuclear sites. Tenders usually set minimum insurance cover, check financial standing and ask for evidence of similar contracts at selection stage. Under the Procurement Act 2023, suppliers can be excluded for certain criminal convictions, insolvency or failure to pay tax.

Nuclear site operators and specialist nuclear logistics providers publish these contracts. They cover both the physical transport of waste and the flasks, seals and other equipment the movement depends on.

Read Nuclear Decommissioning Authority strategies, site lifetime plans, waste transport programmes and early market engagement notices, which show nuclear waste transportation work coming due ahead of a notice. On Stotles you can track those signals and the site operators behind them, then follow a notice from pre-tender through to award.

Nuclear waste transport has no single CPV code. Transport services are filed under hazardous waste service codes such as 90520000 (Radioactive-, toxic-, medical- and hazardous waste services), and flask components under the supply code for each part.