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11/07/2008
Preferred Bidder Announced For Sellafield Contract
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority has announced Nuclear Management Partners Ltd is the preferred bidder for the contract to run Sellafield.
The consortium consists of three firms from the US, UK and France. They are Washington International Holdings Ltd., AMEC and AREVA NC.
The NDA will not enter into a period of contract finalisation with Nuclear Management Partners Ltd prior to a decision on the award of the contract in October 2008.
When awarded the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) will offer business to the value of initially around £1.3 billion per annum with an associated fee of approximately £50 million per annum.
It is thought that the contract is on a similar financial scale to the London Olympics in 2012.
The NDA says that the contract will be awarded initially for a period of five years "with the potential of extension periods, subject to performance, to a total of 17 years".
Dr Ian Roxburgh, Chief Executive of the NDA said: "The selection of Nuclear Management Partners Ltd as the preferred PBO bidder is a significant step forward in the NDA's drive to attract world class management and innovation to the UK's nuclear decommissioning industry.
"We have successfully completed an intensive evaluation process aimed at securing the best possible parent body for the Sellafield SLC, where the most complex challenges we face exist."
Stephen Henwood, Chairman of the NDA, added: "This competition involves one of, if not the, most significant public sector procurements for UK PLC. The importance of achieving world class performance throughout the Sellafield sites cannot be underestimated.
"Nuclear Management Partners Ltd have emerged from a very strong field and I would like to thank all four bidders for the time and resources they have put in to this process. I have been extremely impressed with the extent and robustness of the evaluation of the four bids and I look forward with confidence to the successful conclusion of this competition."
Sellafield, close to the village and railway station of Seascale, was opened by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) before the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority acquired it in April, 2005.
(DS/KMcA)
The consortium consists of three firms from the US, UK and France. They are Washington International Holdings Ltd., AMEC and AREVA NC.
The NDA will not enter into a period of contract finalisation with Nuclear Management Partners Ltd prior to a decision on the award of the contract in October 2008.
When awarded the Parent Body Organisation (PBO) will offer business to the value of initially around £1.3 billion per annum with an associated fee of approximately £50 million per annum.
It is thought that the contract is on a similar financial scale to the London Olympics in 2012.
The NDA says that the contract will be awarded initially for a period of five years "with the potential of extension periods, subject to performance, to a total of 17 years".
Dr Ian Roxburgh, Chief Executive of the NDA said: "The selection of Nuclear Management Partners Ltd as the preferred PBO bidder is a significant step forward in the NDA's drive to attract world class management and innovation to the UK's nuclear decommissioning industry.
"We have successfully completed an intensive evaluation process aimed at securing the best possible parent body for the Sellafield SLC, where the most complex challenges we face exist."
Stephen Henwood, Chairman of the NDA, added: "This competition involves one of, if not the, most significant public sector procurements for UK PLC. The importance of achieving world class performance throughout the Sellafield sites cannot be underestimated.
"Nuclear Management Partners Ltd have emerged from a very strong field and I would like to thank all four bidders for the time and resources they have put in to this process. I have been extremely impressed with the extent and robustness of the evaluation of the four bids and I look forward with confidence to the successful conclusion of this competition."
Sellafield, close to the village and railway station of Seascale, was opened by British Nuclear Fuels (BNFL) before the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority acquired it in April, 2005.
(DS/KMcA)
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