Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), the Client, through its Waste Services line of business, is procuring an open framework (with no limit on the number of suppliers) for 'Waste Disposal Services to Permitted Landfill' on behalf of its Customers.
The open Framework comprises Framework 1 and 2. Framework 1 duration is 3 years. the subsequent Framework 2 will be open to new and incumbent contractors to tender for a place.
NWS intends that Framework 2 will be established for an initial period of two years, with NWS having options to extend it by up to three one-year periods (i.e. 2+1+1+1), up to a maximum term of five years in total and
be awarded on the date that falls three years after the date on which the Framework 1 is established.
The proposed framework scope comprises lifecycle management and disposal of non-rad and radioactive wastes below UK LLW threshold at permitted facilities within the UK. Lifecycle management may include on-site 'blue collar' work to support generation via excavation or demolition, sampling and analysis to support characterisation and routing of wastes at both the Customer site, supplier site and via a third party where a subcontractor is being used, packaging and transport of wastes from the Customer site in support of decommissioning operations, sort and segregation of wastes, management of out sorted wastes to alternative treatment and disposal facilities and final disposal of non-hazardous, hazardous and asbestos contaminated wastes at permitted facilities within the UK.
A Customer is defined as an organisation that either currently holds, or may in future enter into, a Waste Services Contract with NWS. Such organisations include private sector bodies plus public sector bodies that fall into one or more of the following categories:
1) Any of the following and their future successors:
(a) ministerial government departments;
(b) non-ministerial government departments;
(c) executive agencies of government;
(d) Non-Departmental Public Bodies (NDPBs), including advisory NDPBs, executive NDPBs, and tribunal NDPBs;
(e) Assembly Sponsored Public Bodies (ASPBs);
(f) police forces;
(g) fire and rescue services;
(h) ambulance services;
(i) maritime and coastguard agency services;
(j) NHS bodies;
(k) educational bodies or establishments including state schools (nursery schools, primary schools, middle or high schools, secondary schools, special schools), academies, colleges, Pupil Referral Unit (PRU), further education colleges and universities;
(l) hospices;
(m) national parks;
(n) housing associations, including registered social landlords;
(o) third sector and charities;
(p) citizens advice bodies;
(q) Councils, including county councils, district councils, county borough councils, community councils, London borough councils, unitary councils, metropolitan councils, parish councils;
(r) public corporations;
(s) public financial bodies or institutions;
(t) public pension funds;
(u) central banks; and
(v) civil service bodies, including public sector buying organisations.
2) Those listed and maintained by the Government on their website at https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations or any replacement or updated web-link.
3) Those listed and maintained by the Office of National Statistics (ONS) at https://www.ons.gov.uk/economy/nationalaccounts/uksectoraccounts/datasets/publicsectorclassificationguide or any replacement or updated web-link.
4) Those bodies in England, Wales or Northern Ireland which are within the scope of the definition of ‘Contracting Authority’ in Section 2 of the Procurement Act.
Nuclear Waste Services LimitedNorth West18 Jun 2026WAC-590764
The Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP) supports NWS in its design and delivery management of the Deep Investigation Boreholes, including supporting NWS in procurement and management of contracted services required to deliver the drilling of the boreholes.
Nuclear Waste Services LimitedNorth West30 Jun 2026WAC-559794
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Private SectorTender 3 notices
Business & Technical Services Marketplace
Nuclear Waste Services Ltd (NWS) has created the Business & Technical Services (BATS) Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is open for use by the following Contracting Authorities: NWS, Nuclear Transport Solutions Ltd, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd, National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd, and Sellafield Ltd.<br/><br/>An OJEU contract notice (2019/S 228-559692) was published on 22/11/2019 to open pre-qualification for BATS.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-002230) was published on 25/01/2023 to communicate an increase in the estimated total value from £75m to £125m.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-034966) was published on 27/11/2023 to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 21/11/2023 to 30/11/2025, and an increase in the estimated total value from £125m to £175m.<br/>This notice has been published to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 30/11/2025 to 28/02/2029.
Nuclear Waste Services LimitedNorth West28 Feb 2029WAC-25320
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Private SectorPlanning 6 notices
Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals
There is a requirement for the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority Group (NDA) to put in place a single supplier Contract for Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals to support operational activities across the NDA nuclear sites.
This is a collaborative procurement with Sellafield Limited acting on behalf of the following named Operating Companies:
• Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS)
• Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) Dounreay
• Nuclear Waste Services (NWS)
This collaborative procurement will result in the award of separate contracts to each Operating Company.
The Laboratory Consumables and Chemicals Contract opportunity will include, but is not limited to, the following scope:
• Glassware
• Filter papers
• Filter cards
• Containers
• Vials
• Bungs
• Pipettes
• Beakers
• Test strips
• Pipettes
• HDPE (High-Density Polyethylene) bottles
• Alpha counting planchet
• Laboratory equipment (small ovens & incubators, stirrers, hotplates, blenders, heaters, furnaces, heating mantles, mixers, shakers and washers)
• Supply of high grade, specialised chemicals such as Sodium Hydroxide (5 Litres), Nitric Acid (2.5 Litres), Hydrofluoric Acid and buffer solutions (5 Litres)
Please note that delivery is required across the NDA sites, further information on the delivery locations was provided within the previous UK 1 pipeline notice. The link to this is available via the following URL: https://www.find-tender.service.gov.uk/Notice/081417-2025