Manufacture & Supply of SRP Products

Description

Sellafield, through the Manufacture and Supply of SRP Products Contract Opportunity is seeking to appoint a single supplier to manufacture SRP Products (as defined below) using Sellafield’s New Product Introduction (NPI) process. Further details relating to the NPI process can be found in the published Procurement documentation contained within Atamis reference C14801.<br/><br/>SRP Products are high integrity, precision engineered stainless steel and polymer products split into two categories: <br/><br/>1. containers; and <br/>2. consumables, <br/><br/>used for the reprocessing and repackaging operations for the long-term storage of nuclear materials. Lot 1: Sellafield Ltd is responsible for the safe, secure, and appropriate storage of nuclear materials. As materials, containment layers, and stores age, periodic reprocessing and repackaging is required to ensure this responsibility can continue to be met. <br/><br/>The inventory held within Sellafield Ltd’s Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) value stream is at such a point, that the Sellafield Product and Resides Stores (SPRS) Retreatment Plan (SRP) is due to start operating in FY 2028/29 to retreat and repackage nuclear material to enable safe and secure long-term storage.<br/><br/>Sellafield Ltd requires manufacturing capability (using Sellafield Ltd’s NPI process) for the supply of quality, repeatable, volume manufactured products for the reprocessing and repackaging operations within SRP for the long-term storage of the nuclear material (the SRP Products). SRP Products are high integrity, precision engineered products and perform critical functions in the long-term storage of nuclear material. <br/><br/>There are five (5) SRP Products in early design maturity which fall into the following two product types: <br/><br/>1. Container Products (those products that will form part of the long-term storage package), including: <br/>i. SRP Outer Container (Body and Lid); <br/>ii. SRP Intermediate Container (Body and Hollow Plug Assembly); <br/>iii. SRP Inner Container (Body and Lid); <br/><br/>2. Consumable Products (single-use process enablers required to safely operate the SRP facility that do not form part of the long-term storage package), including: <br/>iv. SRP Package Carrier (SPC) (Body and Lid); <br/>v. SRP Sphincter Plug (Body and Lid). <br/><br/>Sellafield Ltd is seeking to appoint one (1) supplier who will be awarded one (1) contract to provide manufacturing capability to support design, manufacture, and supply of the SRP Products.<br/><br/>Details in relation to the estimated annual volumes can be found in the Procurement documentation published via the OneNDA e-procurement system Atamis under reference C14801. Additional information: This Contract Opportunity will be managed via the shared service Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) OneNDA e-procurement system Atamis, which can be accessed via the URL (https://one-nda.force.com/s/Welcome).<br/><br/>All Procurement documentation in relation to this Contract Opportunity can be found within Atamis under reference C14801. <br/><br/>Please note that all documentation issued at previous market engagement events / webinars can also be found in Atamis under reference C14661 should Potential Suppliers wish to review.