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United Kingdom : NDA offers GBP12m contracts following procurement process
Publish Date : 16-May-2016
Established to ensures the safe and effective clean-up of the UKs nuclear legacy, the British government's Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA), has announced that it has offered three new framework contracts worth up to GBP12m to ten groups.
The contracts were offered after a five-month procurement process.
Last offered in 2012, the new contracts will cover the next 4 years and will involve over 70 organisations which includes British universities, global corporations and three groups led by about 20 Small and Medium-sized Enterprises (SMEs).
Creative solutions to technical issues are being sought by the NDA and its Direct Research Portfolio (DRP) is a major part of the authority's strategic research programme. This programme is focused on direct financing for research delivering innovation across multiple sites, developing technical expertise and informing NDA's strategy.
Cross-industry R&D needs identified by the Nuclear Waste and Decommissioning Research Forum will also be addressed by the DRP projects, which are often said to result in more large-scale R&D programs conducted by Site Licence Companies (SLCs) and the supply chain.
Combined annual R&D spending by NDA and SLCs usually exceeds GBP85m.
NDA Research Manager at NDA, Yvonne Morris, said, "It was very pleasing to see so many SMEs being engaged in the process and being part of successful consortia. Overall we were delighted with the high quality of the submissions and look forward to working with the organisations on our strategic R&D programme. We now have new multi-supplier contracts aligned with our key strategic themes. With many new organisations involved for the first time we will have broad input into addressing our R&D requirements."
