Project and Asset Care Execution (PACE) (PIN 5) Market Engagement

Description

This Prior Information Notice 5 (PIN 5), without call for competition, is to alert the market that Sellafield Ltd is continuing with market engagement activity for the forthcoming Project and Asset Care Execution (PACE) Contract Opportunity. <br/><br/>Previous PIN information can be viewed using the following reference numbers: <br/><br/>• PIN 1 reference 2024/S 000-000821;<br/>• PIN 2 reference 2024/S 000-010319 <br/>• PIN 3 reference 2024/S 000-020650<br/>• PIN 4 reference 2024/S 000-033194; and<br/>• PIN 4A reference 2024/S 000-034773<br/><br/>PACE will be the successor to the Integrated Asset Care (IAC) framework, which will maintain asset condition, and will provide new asset capabilities when needed, at the Sellafield Site in Cumbria. PACE will not be a like for like replacement for IAC, but will build upon the existing IAC framework by including, higher value gated projects and design capability to deliver asset care for a scope of work, which includes jobs, tasks and projects in operational nuclear facilities in radiologically controlled areas. <br/><br/>As a result of this fifth PIN and as part of the ongoing market engagement activity, Sellafield Ltd is to provide information to the market in relation to the PACE opportunity, this includes proposed timescales for the PACE procurement, lotting strategy including bidding & award rules; updates in relation to aspects of the commercial model / PACE opportunity arising from PIN 3 feedback; and summary of key commercial principles & incentivisation model. These are set out in the supporting PACE PIN Market Engagement Information document shared via Atamis, as referred to in II.2.14.1 Additional Information.<br/><br/>Interested parties can provide their feedback on PIN 5 by completing a PACE Request for Information (RfI) template which can be obtained from, and when completed submitted via Atamis, as referred to in II.2.14.1 Additional Information. Lot 1: The scope for PACE will be to deliver jobs, tasks and projects in nuclear facilities within the Spent Fuel Management (SFM) and Special Nuclear Materials (SNM) areas, but with the potential to deliver jobs and tasks across any onsite nuclear facility where needed. The majority of the work will take place in operational nuclear facilities and in radiologically controlled areas. The work involves maintaining existing asset condition and providing new asset capabilities when needed, which requires a level of Sellafield Ltd Integrated Partner engagement, subject matter expertise and assurance. Typically, the work will be in line with the following:<br/><br/>- design, procurement, installation, modifications and commissioning of plant and equipment, and their dismantlement and removal;<br/>- asset care and support activities; and<br/>- integrated project controls and project management. <br/><br/>The delivery of the scope will be via the placement of packages of work that vary in size and complexity. With the description provided as high level examples only, these work packages are categorised as follows: <br/>- Jobs, small work content and short duration such as asset repairs; <br/>- Tasks, medium work content and duration such as an asset replacement;<br/>- Minor Projects, complex work involving multi disciplines such as the replacement of a series of assets ; and <br/>- Gated Projects, high value complex work involving multi disciplines, such as the installation of new types of assets. <br/><br/>With the description provided again as high level examples only, the capabilities that will be required fit broadly into the following work disciplines and service types:<br/>- Civil works, including roofing, painting, fencing, roads and paths etc; <br/>- Mechanical works, including heating and ventilation, pipework, steelwork etc;<br/>- Electrical works, including building lighting, alarm systems, instrumentation etc; and<br/>- Project works, including Project, Contract & Cost Management etc. <br/><br/>The proposed strategy for the agreement duration is a 9+6 framework up to a maximum 15-year term. <br/><br/>The value of the work will be subject to ongoing governance and approval on an annual basis, but for planning purposes the mid-range estimate of the anticipated framework value across all the work package categories for the maximum duration of 15 years is £2,400,000,000 (£2,400m). Additional information: As referenced to in I.3) Communication, the market engagement activity will be managed via the shared service Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) OneNDA eCommercial Systems powered by Atamis (Atamis), which can be accessed via the URL https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome . <br/><br/>Along with the issue of further PIN’s going forward, Atamis will be used to facilitate and provide details of further Market Engagement activity that we intend to use going forward such as webinars, face to face and further RfI requests. It is therefore important that interested organisations monitor Contracts Finder, the Find a Tender Service and Atamis for further PIN’s and market engagement activities relating to the PACE Contract Opportunity. <br/><br/>If you are not already registered on Atamis, you can access using the record reference C17465, the PACE PIN 5 Market Engagement Information and the PACE RfI template documents referred to in II.1.4.1 Short Description above. <br/> <br/>If you are interested in providing feedback on our proposed commercial model, you should again access Atamis using record reference C17465 and upload and return your completed RfI template by attaching it to a message using the ‘New Messages’ functionality. Completed RfIs should be returned at the earliest opportunity and preferably by 12:00 on Friday 22nd November 2024.