Provision of Services for Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Archive Ltd
Provision of Services for Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Archive Ltd.
The incumbent contract has contractual extension provisions which may be utilized and therefore may impact on the Contract and Tender Dates below.
NDA Group Graduate Scheme covering a period of 5 years starting from cohort Sep 2027. The graduates are recruited, selected, employed and managed by an NDA Group subsidiary (Energus), then deployed within the NDA Group for a period of 2 years and 3 years for FAR Graduates (Finance, Audit and Risk). They rotate within the NDA Group until the end of their scheme.
Off-the-shelf Training Courses for the NDA Group (Cluster Contract) procured as a direct award to the winning suppliers of the CCS Learning Framework 2.0. on 3 separate Lots. The suppliers have not yet been announced and the LF 2.0 has been delayed several times. The contract start date will depend on the LF 2.0 start date and can vary accordingly.
Bespoke training and development and coaching sessions under the new CCS Learning Framework 2.0. There will be 3 suppliers under each Lot of the LF 2.0 and only a direct award will be possible to each of them. The contract start date will depend on the framework start date, which has been delayed several times already.
The NDA is requesting applications to its bursary call, to support the NDA mission to deliver safe, sustainable and publicly acceptable solutions to the challenge of decommissioning and clean-up of the UK’s civil nuclear legacy.
The NDA’s goals from the call are as follows:
•Maintain and develop the key skills that will be required to help us carry out the mission over the coming decades
•Provide fundamental understanding of technologies and processes across the NDA estate
•Develop early-stage technologies (TRL 1 – 3)
•Encourage two-way knowledge transfer between the academic and industrial communities working on nuclear decommissioning
What is not covered under the call is R&D focused on site-specific challenges such as improving the efficiency of an existing plant or process or on training resource in a specific capability. Those research areas are the responsibility of the individual subsidiaries and SLCs.
Applicants are advised to seek advice on the structure and content of their proposal prior to submission. Contact details can be found at the end of this document.
The call is open to UK academic institutions for projects that will lead to the award of a PhD.
This year, up to £750,000 is available from the NDA PhD bursary to support projects that will lead to the award of a PhD. Universities and Research Institutes are invited to make proposals up to a value of £155,000 per project under the thematic areas outlined below.
NDA recognise that increases in the cost of living have impacted postgraduate researchers. In line with the recent UKRI announcement, NDA expect students funded through the NDA PhD bursary call to receive a stipend that is at least equivalent to those paid by UKRI as of 1/10/26, i.e. £21,805 FTE. NDA will not object to a stipend increase for the purposes of ensuring the stipend is competitive with your departmental guidance.
Further detail will be available on how to apply from https://ndaphdbursary.co.uk/ via the NDA’s University Interactions partner, The UK National Nuclear Laboratory.
APPRENTICESHIP MANAGEMENT SERVICES, including recruitment and training of apprentices for the NDA via NDA Group subsidiary and not for profit organisation, Energus.
Services to support the National Rollout for establishing a waste management route for existing High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) in the UK
Framework for the Provision of services to support the National Rollout for establishing a waste management route for existing High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) in the UK
