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Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP)

Nuclear Waste Services Limited · Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender

Tender information last checkedLast checked 4 Oct 2026, 18:56.

Opportunity overview

The Site Characterisation Delivery Partner (SCDP) supports NWS in its design and delivery management of the Deep Investigation Boreholes, including supporting NWS in procurement and management of contracted services required to deliver the drilling of the boreholes.

Classification

  • CPV71313000 — Environmental engineering consultancy services
  • CPV71332000 — Geotechnical engineering services
  • CPV71351000 — Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services
  • CPV76300000 — Drilling services

Lots

  • Lot 1Value not stated

Documents and notices

Published notice details

Additional information from the published procurement release. Fields appear only when supplied by the source; check the original notice and tender documents before acting.

Scope, procedure and submissions

Id
C23206
Main Procurement Category
services
Above Threshold
Yes
Status
planned

Legal basis

Id
2023/54
Scheme
UKPGA

Communication

Future Notice Date
30 Jun 2026, 23:59

Amendments

Entry 1
Description
24/02/2026 - Updated Link for Site Characterisation Webpage
Id
016372-2026

Lots and requirements

Entry 1
Id
1
Has Renewal
Yes
Status
planned

Contract period

Starts
31 Oct 2028, 00:00
Ends
30 Oct 2038, 23:59
Max Extent Date
31 Oct 2053, 23:59

Items and delivery

Item 1
Id
1
Related Lot
1

Additional Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
CPV
Id
71313000
Description
Environmental engineering consultancy services
Entry 2
Scheme
CPV
Id
76300000
Description
Drilling services
Entry 3
Scheme
CPV
Id
71351000
Description
Geological, geophysical and other scientific prospecting services
Entry 4
Scheme
CPV
Id
71332000
Description
Geotechnical engineering services

Planning and budget

Milestones

Entry 1
Id
engagement
Type
engagement
Description
Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) has conducted a number of pre-market engagements with the market on this intended procurement prior to the Procurement Act 2023 coming into effect in February 2025. The details of these engagements and the output of them have been captured in the document referenced SCDP PA23 Pre-Market Engagement Summary GDF-NWS-SCDP-AXX-CC-CS-000032 Which has been uploaded to the webpage detailed below, NWS plans to continue its engagement with the market via its dedicated Site Characterisation Delivery Partner webpage on the website which can be accessed via this link Site Characterisation Delivery Partner - Nuclear Waste Services or typing https://www.nuclearwasteservices.uk/2025/09/site-characterisation-delivery-partner/ into your web browser. On the above webpage NWS shall upload draft documentation relating to the procurement as they become available The intent is to allow the market to review the documentation, provide feedback and comments and where required request direct engagement with NWS either via Teams calls or face to face meetings. As a result of engagement with the market, NWS may decide to publish on the above webpage new or amended versions of previously published documents prior to the Tender Notice being issued.
Due
30 Jun 2026, 23:59
Status
scheduled

Documents

Entry 1
Id
016372-2026
Document Type
marketEngagementNotice
Notice Type
UK2
Description
Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender
Published
24 Feb 2026, 10:43
Format
text/html

Buyer, suppliers and contacts

Organisation 1
Name
Nuclear Waste Services Limited
Id
GB-PPON-PNWB-5846-DYCH

Identifier

Scheme
GB-PPON
Id
PNWB-5846-DYCH

Address

Street Address
Pelham House, Pelham Drive,
Locality
Calderbridge, Seascale
Postal Code
CA20 1DB
Country
GB
Country Name
United Kingdom
Region
UKD11

Contact

Name
Andrew Batstone

Roles

buyer

Details

Classifications

Entry 1
Scheme
UK_CA_TYPE
Id
publicAuthoritySubCentralGovernment
Description
Public authority - sub-central government

Recorded locations

  • Buyer location · Calderbridge, Seascale · UKD11 · CA20 1DB · United Kingdom

Notice and amendment history

2 published notice versions reviewed by ProcuraAxis.

2 VERSIONS
  1. 016062-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·
  2. 016372-2026Preliminary market engagement notice on Find a Tender ·