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Services to support the National Rollout for establishing a waste management route for existing High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) in the UK

Details

Buyer: Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA)
Value: £23,000,000
Topic: Collection of radioactive waste
Published: 28 September 2026
Submission: 10 November 2026in 1 month
Source: uk:find_a_tender

Tender description

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. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is seeking to appoint a single supplier to support delivery of the National Rollout of Operation Fieldfare. The services comprise the safe, secure and compliant collection, dismantling, transport, interim storage, processing and return of Caesium-137 High Activity Sealed Sources contained within irradiator units located across the United Kingdom. The supplier will be required to provide an end-to-end waste management solution, including all necessary planning, site liaison, regulatory approvals, transport arrangements, source recovery, packaging, consignment documentation and delivery of sources to a UK site designated by the Authority, including Sellafield where applicable.

Timeline

Completed: Tender published28 September 2026
Current notice
Next: Submission date10 November 2026in 1 month

About the buyer

Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is a non-departmental public body that oversees the clean-up of the UK's former nuclear sites, sponsored by the Department for Energy Security and Net Zero. Suppliers register and bid through OneNDA, its eCommercial portal. Contract awards above a set value are published on Find a Tender, and framework agreements route further work through government procurement hubs. Four group companies, including Sellafield and Nuclear Restoration Services, deliver its site programmes. Meet the Buyer events connect suppliers with upcoming opportunities across the group. The authority has set a target for 9% direct spend with SMEs by 2027/28.

Procurement spend from central entities makes up 66% of overall UK public spend.

Over the past 5 years, most of NDA's contract awards have been in research and development, business services and IT services.

Relevant CPV codes

90521100 · Collection of radioactive waste
90521200 · Radioactive waste storage services
90521300 · Disposal of radioactive waste
90521400 · Transport of radioactive waste

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