Forthcoming Events

Press Enquiries

For urgent enquiries out of office hours, please use the mobile phone numbers below:

National

Bill Hamilton
Head of Stakeholder
Relations
Office: 01925 802193
Mobile: 07816 315132

Deborah Ward
Corporate Communications
Manager
Office: 01925 802343
Mobile: 07980 930838 

Cumbria

Brian Hough
Stakeholder Relations
Manager - Cumbria

Office: 01925 802177
Mobile: 07812 554009

Dounreay

Anna MacConnell
Stakeholder Relations
Manager - Caithness
Office: 01925 802497
Mobile: 07889 117204 

Other Sites

Jonathan Jenkin
Stakeholder Relations
Manager - Magnox
Office: 01925 802345
Mobile: 07970 746313 

Web Updates

Keep informed with the latest news and developments from the NDA

Web Updates

Keep informed with the latest news and developments from the NDA

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).

Find more News Items

.


.
Home > News and Events > NDA Response to Media Speculation concerning the Sellafield Competition  

NDA Response to Media Speculation concerning the Sellafield Competition

12 March 2008

It is inevitable as we get closer to the conclusion of this important competition that media will speculate and some stakeholders will offer personal comment.

Recent speculation as to certain bidders being ahead or behind others is clearly without any foundation given that we have not yet received final bids. We have been scrupulous in following the process so far and we will continue that way.

Following the conclusion of dialogue in November 2007, the Invitation To Submit Final Tenders (ITSFT) was issued to all four bidders on 21 December 2007. The competitive dialogue process does not allow NDA to make material changes to its expression of requirements following the conclusion of dialogue and the release of the ITSFT. Therefore suggestions that recent departures from the NDA have added confusion to the competition cannot be valid. None of those named in the media were part of the competition team, nor were they part of the tender evaluation team.

The Sellafield competition has been scrutinised by Government via three separate processes:

  • a Partnerships UK Review (on behalf of DBERR);
  • the Office of Government Commerce (OGC) Gateway Review process; and
  • the Treasury’s Major Projects Review Group (MPRG).

All have commended the NDA for the thoroughness of its work to date and the strength in depth of its team.

Final tenders are expected from bidders by 7 April 2008. These bids will then be evaluated using objective and relevant criteria. Following that process, and subject to Government approval, we will enter into final clarifications with the preferred bidder before moving to award of contract later this year.

In summary, the Sellafield competition remains on track and the NDA has the team in place to bring it to a successful conclusion.