The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority

We aim to ensure the optimum use of the supply chain available to the NDA estate to enable a safe, affordable, cost effective, innovative and dynamic market for clean up and decommissioning.

NDA places certain contracts but day-to-day management and delivery of the 19 site programmes is the responsibility of seven Site Licence Companies (SLCs).  The SLCs directly contract with the supply chain for the goods and services they need to meet their programmes.

The Supply Chain Charter for nuclear decommissioning sites aims to foster good working relations across the NDA estate's supply chain, with all parties signing up to a set of principles encouraging mutually beneficial and rewarding relationships.

• Our strategy for supply chain development 
• Our Supply Chain Charter
• Working with Site Licence Companies

Measures to support SMEs

In 2011 NDA and SLCs conducted a questionnaire with their top Tier 2 suppliers in a move to help establish actions needed to support and encourage opportunities for small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs) across the NDA estate.  

Data from the information-gathering exercise, fed into a workshop with the Tier 2s which aimed to develop practical strategies in support of the supply chain, but particularly the Tier 2s and SMEs interfaces. A second workshop with SMEs moved broad agreement into specific actions.  

Development of an effective supply chain across the estate underpins the delivery of the NDA's decommissioning and clean-up mission, and the importance of support for SMEs was reflected in comments received during consultations on the new Strategy. Supply chain development is undertaken in conjunction with the SLCs, who are the primary interface with contractors at Tier 2 and below.   

The Government is also committed to providing greater access to the SME community for the numerous procurements awarded across the public sector. All Government departments and arms-length bodies, such as the NDA, have been challenged to develop appropriate policies and procedures to deliver this objective.    

 Supply chain development - Questionnaire responses on use of SMEs in the NDA estate supply chain June 2011 (1Mb)

Working Groups

In September 2010 three working groups were set up to develop initiatives.

 Output from NDA Estate SME/Tier 2 Workshop September 2011 (200Kb)

Working Group Initiatives

• A Single Portal

 Output from NDA Estate SME/Tier 2 Working Group – Single Portal November 2011 (100Kb) 

• Simplification of the NDA flowdowns

 Output from NDA Estate SME/Tier 2 Working Group - NDA Flowdowns November 2011 (100Kb)

• Standardisation of PQQs

 Output from NDA Estate SME/Tier 2 Working Group - Pre-qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) process November 2011 (100Kb)