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See also
Competition News
22 December 2011
Strategic approach to competition
NDA anticipates targeting both the Magnox SLC and the Research Sites Restoration Limited (RSRL) SLC in its next competition in January 2012.
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).
What are we competing?
We will compete the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) contracts for share ownership and the provision of leadership and management personnel for the Site Licence Company (SLC) for NDA site(s).
Parent Body Organisations
The PBO provides:
- the vision for the SLC in line with the NDA Strategy;
- key personnel to be seconded into the SLC to provide the leadership, innovation and management support to the SLC to deliver best value for money whilst maintaining high safety, security and environmental standards;
- knowledge and expertise in culture change and performance management; and
- a reservoir of talent in the parent organisation(s), wide experience and a skill base to be deployed as appropriate.
The PBO will achieve earnings from SLC performance against agreed outputs.
Site Licence Companies
Site Licence Companies will:
- be the enduring entity;
- hold Management and Operation (M&O) contracts with the NDA;
- be responsible for the day-to-day operation of NDA site(s);
- be regulated by UK's independent regulators:
- Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (NII) on behalf of Health and Safety Executive (HSE);
- Environment Agency;
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA); and
- Office of Civil Nuclear Security (OCNS);
- hold the Nuclear Site Licence plus all other operational instruments/licences;
- be substantially staffed from the existing work force; and
- be the transferable entity for which the successful Parent Body Organisation will own the shares for the duration of their contract.
Site Licence Company Formation
We have formed the following SLCs:
Sellafield Ltd
This SLC comprises Sellafield, including Calder Hall; Windscale & Capenhurst
Magnox Ltd
This SLC comprises Chapelcross; Hunterston A; Trawsfynydd; Wylfa; Oldbury; Berkeley; Bradwell; Dungeness A; Hinkley Point A & Sizewell A.
Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd
This SLC comprises the Dounreay site only
Research Sites Restoration Ltd
This SLC comprises the Harwell & Winfrith facilities
LLW Repository Limited
This SLC comprises the low level waste repository near Drigg in Cumbria
Springfields Fuels Ltd
This SLC comprises the Springfields plant near Preston, Lancashire
Structural Model for NDA Contracts
Figure 1 NDA Contracting Structure
1 Ownership of SLC shares
2 NDA Contract
3 Parent Company Agreement
4 Payment of dividends generated by SLC
5 Statutory Consultation
6 Regulatory Oversight of SLC / Licensing / Authorisation
Notes:
- Nuclear Site Licensee is the enduring entity SLC.
- Owner of SLC is the Parent Body Organisation(s).
- NDA Primary Contract is with the SLC.
- NDA Agreement is with the Parent Body Organisation.
