September 2019 NEWS from Supply Chain Development Team Introduction Engagement Day Welcome to our quarterly Supply Chain Bulletin which is written for our current suppliers and businesses The NDA is inviting suppliers to an information day interested in working with us. regarding a new 4-year R&D framework contracts at Energus, Workington, Cumbria, on 18 September.

Procurement Update The contracts are part of the NDA’s Direct Research Portfolio (DRP), which is focused on projects to: Upcoming Tenders: Ltd proposes to issue a tender in September •find innovative solutions to technical challenges 2019 to source a multi-supplier framework associated with cleaning up the NDA’s 17 ageing nuclear arrangement for Machine & Fabricated Products. The sites tender will be divided into Lots as follows: •develop high-level technical skills Lot 1 – Machined Products •influence or underpin overall strategy Lot 2 – Fabricated Products The 2019 procurement will lead to a series of framework Overall Scope: contracts, each lasting 4 years, for research covering the - Provide general machining of products/fabrication of following themes: products (dependent on Lot) manufactured from •University interactions (single supplier) carbon steel, stainless steel and exotic materials (not •Integrated waste management and site restoration and exclusive materials to be used) from engineering decommissioning (multi-supplier) drawings up to Quality Grade 02 (as defined in •Spent fuel and nuclear materials (multi-supplier) Sellafield Ltd Practice 4.06.02 Issue 4 Sept 17). - Provide a minor design capability, i.e. drawing Suppliers wishing to attend must register in advance via: amendment, basic calculation review. [email protected] - Provide an emergency supply service, should there be a breakdown on plant; this could include “24/7” level of support and expediting of delivery in the case Engineering & Technology Solutions Marketplace DPS of urgent Sellafield Ltd demands, e.g. major breakdowns. We are delighted to launch our new dynamic purchasing - Provide CE Marking on behalf of Sellafield Ltd. system which will enable Sellafield Ltd, Ltd, LLWR, Site Restoration Ltd, Radioactive Waste The tender estimated value for both Lots is £19.5M Management Ltd & National Nuclear Laboratory Ltd to over a duration of 2 + 1 +1 years following the OJEU procure the following from registered companies. To Restricted Procedure. register on the DPS you need to log into CTM, or create an account if you don’t have one, and search the numbers Please register you interest via the following link below to find the category you are interested in: https://sharedsystems.eu- supply.com/app/rfq/publicpurchase_frameset.asp?PID • Engineering Services - 11630 =11808&B=SELLAFIELD&PS=1&PP=ctm/Supplier/pu • Asset Care and Maintenance - 11629 blictenders • Manufacture - 11628

• Digital - 11627

Enabling Innovation Framework The forecasted annual spend through this procurement

platform is estimated to be between £5 - £11million per Please be advised that due to the volume of proposals annum. being evaluated and the thoroughness of the

procedure and process, the award date has been A company can register at any time through the 4-year life deferred and rescheduled to 31st October 2019. cycle of the DPS. If you fail to meet the qualification criteria However, we are aiming to achieve award in advance you will be given details as to why and given an of this date. opportunity to resubmit. We thank you for your patience and will keep you

updated. If you have any questions regarding the DPS please

contact: [email protected]

September 2019 NEWS from Supply Chain Development

Team Celebrating Success Safety Pause Webinar

• Thomas Graham have been awarded a 4-year What are your plans for the safety pause?

Framework to supply Engineering Consumables and Janitorial to Sellafield and the wider NDA We are continuing to plan for our safety pause on 1 Estate as part of a Collaborative tender; the October, where we will all ‘Make Safety Personal’ by potential value is £46M for 4 years (SL spend having conversations with our teams. £20M/4 years). Thomas Graham are an SME with Monday 16 September is your chance to hear directly from several branches in Cumbria; the Egremont branch will largely manage the contract and Martin Chown, Supply Chain Director, about the Safety several new jobs will be created to deliver this. Pause on 1 October by joining a webinar (a live, web- based video conference).

• B6 Diffuser Demolition. Key Decommissioning Milestone of 6.7m removed has been met. 101 Martin will talk about why we're having the safety pause, blocks removed equals circa 560 tonnes of what it could look like and to answer any questions you concrete and rebar. may have and how you, the supply chain can get involved. The session will start at 11:00am and will last less than 45 minutes – the precise length will be determined by what • On the 20th August 2019 the First Generation Reprocessing Plant Stack Demolition Project you have to say. completed the Self Climbing Platform’s (SCP) Journey. Having completed 52 cycles up and 52 If you'd like to take part, then all you'll need is a set of cycles down this innovative machine has proven headphones to plug into your computer or laptop.

its worth and validated the trust Sellafield Ltd management, NDA and ONR placed in the Just send an email titled 'Safety Pause Webinar’ to prototype platform. Through hard work and [email protected] with your diligence, the onsite teams have delivered this expression of interest and we will email you an invite with joining instructions. significant milestone, however it wouldn’t have

been possible without the support and assistance of a myriad of people across many different functions throughout Sellafield Ltd and our supply chain partners. Together we have delivered a step change in the skyline of West Cumbria and moved a little closer to completing the Sellafield mission of ‘the safe and secure operation and clean-up of the Sellafield nuclear site’.

Meeting Us

We currently hold monthly “Business Open Sessions” in Cumbria and Warrington where you can come and chat to us about doing business with Sellafield Ltd. If you are interested in attending any of these sessions, please email: [email protected]

Monthly BECBC meetings in Workington: https://www.becbusinesscluster.co.uk/

The Robotics and Artificial Intelligence for Nuclear (RAIN) Hub, in collaboration with Game Changers, will host a demonstration event on Thursday 19th September 2019, at Twitter the Energus venue, Workington, Cumbria. We tweet daily information that you don’t want to https://www.gamechangers.technology/challenges/delivering- miss, from events to procurement opportunities so change-through-robotics/ make sure you follow us at: @SELLtdBusiness