Provision of Technical Support in the Assessment of Radiation Fields at the Perimeter of Selected Nuclear Licensed Sites
A Contract Award Notice
by OFFICE FOR NUCLEAR REGULATION
- Source
- Find a Tender
- Type
- Contract (Services)
- Duration
- not specified
- Value
- £117K
- Sector
- PROFESSIONAL
- Published
- 31 Mar 2023
- Delivery
- not specified
- Deadline
- n/a
Concepts
Location
United Kingdom:
1 buyer
1 supplier
- Ukhsa Oxford
Description
There is an obligation on ONR to provide regulatory assurance on the management by licensees of radiation fields at their site fences. This requires ONR to establish independent confirmation of these radiation fields. The contractor must be able to apply suitable and sufficient expertise in the following areas: i) Categorisation of gamma and neutron background; ii) Instrumentation and the making of environmental measurements of ambient gamma and neutron radiation levels; iii) Analysis of these measurements to provide estimates of exposures to the representative persons, in terms of direct exposure only; iv) Analysis of data (mostly TLD measurements) made by licensee and estimation of direct exposures to the representative persons on the basis of these.
Total Quantity or Scope
Proposed award of contract via single tender negotiation with a service provider without a call for competition.
Award Detail
1 | Ukhsa (Oxford)
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Renewal Options
Proposed 1 year contract with an option to extend for a further 2 years in annual increments, subject to the agreement of both parties i.e 1+1+1
CPV Codes
- 71356300 - Technical support services
Indicators
- Options are available.
Legal Justification
Using Regulation 32 (2) (b) (ii) of the Public Contracts Regulations 2015, ONR propose to offer a contract in the belief that no reasonable alternative or substitutive exists. The proposed Service Provider has the unique expertise and independence required to fulfill the complete scope of service requirements in the absence of any credible competition in the marketplace.
Other Information
** PREVIEW NOTICE, please check Find a Tender for full details. **
Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-03b79b
- FTS 009407-2023