The Programme and Project Partners (PPP) at Sellafield are undertaking a procurement exercise to engage with steelwork and cladding key delivery partners (KDPs) via a £249 million multi project procurement (MPP) process.
Sellafield is responsible for the safe and secure operation and clean-up of the Sellafield nuclear site in Cumbria.
Established by Sellafield in 2019, the PPP is a 20-year partnership created to drive collaboration and change the way major projects are delivered at Sellafield nuclear power station.
The PPP operates through contracts with Morgan Sindall Infrastructure, Kellogg Brown and Root (KBR), Jacobs, and Doosan Babcock as partners, with Sellafield being the firth. Morgan Sindall Infrastructure’s role is to deliver the civil construction management elements of the programme.
The partners are working together to support the Sellafield site’s 100-year decommissioning programme.
The highly collaborative PPP model has been established to deliver approximately 25 projects, over 20 years, consisting of new build, as well as some upgrade and refurbishment of existing buildings.
This package of work consists of Steelwork, known as KDP2, and external envelope, known as KDP6.
Peter Hogg, head of supply chain at the PPP, said: “We are keen to hear from potential KDPs to take part in an exciting long-term partnership to design and deliver steelwork and cladding of industrial buildings at the Sellafield site.
“This is the latest MPP process to be announced and we are looking forward to hearing from innovative organisations in these fields.
“KDPs will be expected to deliver 33.3% of their works using small and medium-sized enterprises (SMEs).”
Scope of work
The scope includes all the typical elements of work usually associated with the delivery of steelwork, both structural and the cladding of industrial buildings.
*These being early contractor involvement, final design, temporary works, structural steelwork, steel frames, general steelwork, structural metalwork, general metalwork, metal decking, metal walkways, edge protection, cladding and roofing.
All works are also to include supply and erect services.
Considering the scale of the work, the contracts may be divided into two lots.
This exercise forms part of the partners’ MPP programme and will result in the placement of an 18-year framework agreement(s), aligned with the partners long-term objectives.
The procurement programme will start with a period of market engagement that will inform the interested parties of the requirements of this package.
A full strategy paper outlining the procurement approach, commercial model, timeline, and other important information will be available to the interested organisations at the start of the market engagement phase, which runs until 2 February 2022.
As part of this ongoing phase, the PPP will be undertaking the following activities, in advance of issuing any PQQ documentation:
Complete Tender Management portal expression of interest – response deadline (7 January 2022)
Initial supplier briefing – Microsoft Teams briefing to present the package (week commencing 10 Jan 2022) presentation date scheduled for 13 January 2022.
Questions and answers – Sharing of questions and answers following the briefing
Online survey – To gather your organisation’s thoughts on the Programme and Project Partners proposals following the briefing (survey responses due by 19 January 2022) Pre-Qualification Questionnaire (PQQ) issued (2 February 2022)
Matchmaker process – Promoting the process for SME engagement (ongoing throughout)
Expression of Interest
To register interest in the programme you must email mppsupplychain@sl-ppp.co.uk by no later than noon on 7 January 2022.
When registering your interest, you must provide:
- company name
- key contact (email address and mobile telephone number)
- breakdown of annual turnover for the last three years
*This list is non-exhaustive and maybe subject to change.
