Stale Pre-tender

Procurement of X-Ray Equipment

Details

Value
£400,000
Topic
X-ray devices
Published
1 August 2024

Tender description

NRS has a time-sensitive requirement to seek a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake the design, manufacture, installation and commission of new equipment to produce X-Rays to enhance their capability to calibrate Gamma Radiation Instruments at high dose rates. Lot 1: To ensure on-going compliance with the Ionisation Radiation Regulations (IRR 2017), Nuclear Restoration Services Limited (NRS) has a time-sensitive requirement for new equipment to produce X-Rays to enhance their capability to calibrate Gamma Radiation Protection Instruments (RPI) at high dose rates.<br/>Consequently, NRS is seeking a suitably qualified and experienced contractor to undertake the design, manufacture, installation and commission of such equipment and invites contractors to state their interest in this requirement, accompanied by any relevant information.<br/>Further Information<br/>• The X-Ray equipment must interface and be controlled with an existing radioactive source based RPI calibration exposure unit.<br/>• The X-Ray equipment must interface with the existing operating system and interlocks of the existing source based RPI calibration exposure unit.<br/>• All works must be completed by 31 March 2025.<br/>• The new X-Ray system must have an ongoing support contract that guarantees an annual service visit<br/>• The new X-Ray system must have an ongoing support contract that guarantees a breakdown response with site attendance by the contractor within 3 days of a fault.<br/>• The contractor will require SC security clearance to carry out the installation and servicing of the equipment.

Timeline

  1. Completed: Pre-tender published1 August 2024
    Current notice

About the buyer

Nuclear Restoration Services Limited decommissions 14 former nuclear sites, from Sizewell A to Trawsfynydd. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority owns the company and sets its group-wide commercial strategy. New tenders above the routine threshold are advertised on the Find a Tender service. Suppliers register and bid through the wider NDA group's shared eProcurement system. The company also runs its own framework agreements, covering scaffolding, lifting and characterisation services at its sites. Bidders for classified decommissioning work must also pass security clearance checks. A dedicated supply chain team handles questions and comments from prospective suppliers.

£434bn was the total UK public sector procurement spend in FY 2025/26.

Over the past 5 years, most of Nuclear Restoration Services Limited's contract awards have been in architectural and engineering services, construction work and business services.

Relevant CPV codes

  • 33111000 · X-ray devices
  • 50433000 · Calibration services

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