Business & Technical Services Marketplace

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Nuclear Waste Services Ltd (NWS) has created the Business & Technical Services (BATS) Marketplace Dynamic Purchasing System (DPS) which is open for use by the following Contracting Authorities: NWS, Nuclear Transport Solutions Ltd, Dounreay Site Restoration Ltd, National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd, Nuclear Decommissioning Authority, Nuclear Restoration Services Ltd, and Sellafield Ltd.<br/><br/>An OJEU contract notice (2019/S 228-559692) was published on 22/11/2019 to open pre-qualification for BATS.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-002230) was published on 25/01/2023 to communicate an increase in the estimated total value from £75m to £125m.<br/>A further notice (2023/S 000-034966) was published on 27/11/2023 to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 21/11/2023 to 30/11/2025, and an increase in the estimated total value from £125m to £175m.<br/>This notice has been published to communicate a change in the period of validity of the BATS DPS, from an end date of 30/11/2025 to 28/02/2029. Lot 1: The purpose of the BATS Marketplace DPS is to access a greater breadth of capable supply chain organisations to utilise commonly used business and technical service solutions. The BATS DPS covers professional labour services associated with work packages in support of business delivery. The BATS Marketplace DPS has 13 categories:<br/>1. Business (Change Management / Business Cases / Technical Authors);<br/>2. Commercial (Sourcing / Claims / Quantity Surveying);<br/>3. Full Lifecycle Design & Engineering Services;<br/>4. Environment (Advice / Consultancy / Ecology);<br/>5. Finance (Advice / Taxation / Auditing);<br/>6. Health & Safety (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists);<br/>7. Human Resources (Recruitment / Training / Facilitation);<br/>8. Legal (Advice / Corporate / Contract / Employment / Planning);<br/>9. Portfolio, Programme & Project Management;<br/>10. Programme Controls (Planning / Estimating / Cost / Risk Management);<br/>11. Public Affairs Support (Photos / Reprographics / Marketing / Comms / Events);<br/>12. Quality and Assurance (Assurance / Process Improvements / Management System);<br/>13. Security (Advice / Consultancy / Specialists)<br/><br/>Candidates can apply for pre-qualification against one or more categories to gain access to award stage work packages. Please note that pre-qualification remains open and live for the duration of the DPS, therefore a pre-qualification response can be submitted at any time.<br/><br/>BATS can be accessed via the 'View Live Opportunities' (https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome) option on the Atamis homepage. The record reference is C5590.<br/><br/>Note that the value provided in Section II.1.5.1 is only an estimate and no guarantee of value or volume of work through the DPS can be offered.