Note to Bidders
The NDA recognises that there is a broad range of information contained on this website, which bidders involved in any of the competitions being run by the NDA may wish to refer to.
Some of this is legacy information which addresses generic matters and bidders should note that the NDA’s approach may have been altered or developed specifically in the context of any given competition.
Whenever considering whether or not to utilise such information in developing an approach or proposal for the purposes of a competition, bidders should check its validity with the appropriate Competition Team prior to such use.
06 October 2008
Agreement with NMP Ltd concludes Competition
NDA agreement with NMP Ltd signals conclusion of the Sellafield Parent Body competition.
11 July 2008
Sellafield Preferred Bidder Announcement
NDA announces that Nuclear Management Partners Ltd, consisting of Washington International Holdings Ltd., AMEC and AREVA NC is the Preferred Bidder in the competition to secure a Parent Body Organisation (PBO) for Sellafield Site Licence Company (SLC).
08 July 2008
NDA Response to Times Article
Contrary to inaccurate reports in the Times yesterday, ministers have not “whittled down the contenders” for the Sellafield competition.
11 June 2008
Sellafield Ltd PBO Competition
The NDA expects to announce the preferred bidder for the Sellafield Parent Body Organisation (PBO) Competition in July 2008.
31 March 2008
LLW Repository Contract Award
The contract award for the management and operation of the Low Level Waste Repository represents an historic milestone in the UK’s civil nuclear industry.
This is our overview of the tasks and timescales for industry restructuring and competition. It is based on the current understanding (by NDA, Regulators, UKAEA, Sellafield Ltd, Reactor Site Management Company Ltd and Springfields Fuels Ltd ) of the major activities and dependencies required to deliver the overall programme in the timescale set out in our Strategy.
The full programme, including further guidance on the steps necessary to form an Site Licence Company, is contained within NDA document NSG 30.
We have developed a standard timeline for setting up a Site Licence Company (SLC) and the process for competing a Parent Body Organisation (PBO) for an SLC.
These standard timelines are for planning purposes. Each individual project may be shorter or longer, but each conforms to the overall structure. It is recognised that the programme is complex and in places is dependent on external factors outside of our control.
Steps to create a Site Licence Company (SLC)
A project to create a Site Licence Company (SLC) has a 22.5 month timeline.
This period is deemed sufficient to facilitate early engagement with all relevant regulators, allowing them to consider the development and review of a Safety Management Prospectus and Management and Change Documentation.
It also includes time for the Environment Agency and Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA) to determine the quality of the application for the transfer of Radioactive Substances Act (RSA) authorisations, assuming that there are no regulatory issues that cannot be resolved during consultation.
Steps to compete a Parent Body Organisation (PBO)
A project to compete a Parent Body Organisation for an SLC has a 34.5 month timeline.
This covers
- Project Authorisation;
- Issue of Contract Notice;
- Competitive Dialogue;
- Invitation to Submit Final Tenders;
- Contract Award;
- and Transition Completed.
The period between Contract Award and Transition Completed is likely to involve consideration of change management issues by the Regulators.
Specifically, these issues include replacing existing PBO secondees within the existing SLC with secondees from the new PBO. Only when all relevant regulatory permissions have been obtained, will the period of transition be completed.