Dounreay News
23 November 2011
Dounreay competition preferred bidder
Babcock Dounreay Partnership is the preferred bidder in the competition to take ownership of Dounreay Site Restoration Limited.
08 November 2010
Bidders invited to ‘Participate in Dialogue'
NDA issued Invitation to Participate in Dialogue to the consortia successfully prequalifying to compete for Parent Body Organisation for DSRL.
18 March 2010
Dounreay industry event concluded
The two part industry event for Dounreay concluded last week, with the second part taking place in Glasgow.
09 March 2010
NDA publishes Dounreay Contract Notice
NDA has published the Contract Notice in the Official Journal of the European Union (OJEU).
10 February 2010
Caithness welcomes Dounreay bidders
Nuclear industry representatives visited Caithness last week for the first part of the Dounreay Industry Event.
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd PBO Competition

Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd (DSRL) is the Site Licence Company (SLC) that manages and operates, on behalf of the NDA, Dounreay site.
The appointed Parent Body Organisation (PBO) will provide the vision for the optimal accomplishment of Dounreay site's mission. It will second key personnel to form the SLC's senior leadership team to deliver that vision, driving to attain best value for money while maintaining mandatory standards of safety, security and environmental performance.
Current Position
Babcock Dounreay Partnership is the preferred bidder.
A transition period of three months will follow, starting in December 2011, while the contracts are finalised and due diligence takes place.
Subject to a successful transition period, the competition will conclude when the shares in DSRL are transferred to the new PBO in April 2012.
The two consortia in the competition were:
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Babcock Dounreay Partnership, comprising Babcock Nuclear Services Ltd, CH2M Hill International Nuclear Services Ltd and URS International Holdings (UK) Ltd.
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Caithness Solutions comprising Energy Solutions EU Ltd and Amec Nuclear Holdings Ltd.
The NDA remains committed to contract award in the first quarter of 2012 as previously indicated.
Any queries or comments should be submitted to dounreaypbo.competition@nda.gov.uk