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Sellafield Ltd

Independent Certification Assessment Services

IT ServicesCPV 72000000 72200000 72220000 72224000 79000000 79100000 79130000
Value£2.0m
Deadline22 Feb 2024
Published15 Feb 2024
RegionNorth West
Timeline
Published 15 Feb 2024ClosedCloses 22 Feb 2024
Contract value in context
£2.0mtotal contract value
median £120k
this tender£0£3.5m

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The brief

This tender is for the provision of Independent Certification Services by a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited certification body for a period of 4 years.

It is a collaborative procurement led by Sellafield Ltd for services to be provided to the following contracting authorities: • International Nuclear Services (INS) and its subsidiary Pacific Nuclear Transport Limited (PNTL); • Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA); • Nuclear Waste Services (NWS) • National Nuclear Laboratory (NNL); • Sellafield Ltd; • Nuclear Restoration Services (NRS) Scope 1.

The Service Provider must be a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited certification body, or equivalent, by those accreditation bodies that that are members of the European or international multilateral agreements (i.e. those operated by EA, ILAC and IAF) and must be accredited to conduct vitrification of annual emissions data and if applicable, verification associated with Free Allocation of the UK Emissions Trading Scheme, (UK ETS) in accordance with the Greenhouse Gas Emissions Trading Scheme Order 2020.

2.

The Service Provider's assessors must be: a.

International Register of Certificated Auditors (IRCA) registered; b. lead or principal auditors; c. qualified to conduct combined Quality Management System (QMS), Environment Management System (EMS) and, if applicable, Health and Safety Management Systems (HSMS), UK Emissions Trading Scheme (UK ETS) and Business Continuity Management Systems (BCMS) assessments; and d. have experience in quality, environment, safety, information security, business continuity, and preferably experience of the nuclear industry.

3.

The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.

Where certification is required for three or more standards it is a requirement that the Service Provider's assessors are qualified to audit at least two of the standards ("Standards" shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.

The intent of this notice is to understand if the supply chain would be interested in the Provision of Independent Assessment Services.

If you interested in this opportunity please could you provide a response to Rachael.a.ellis@sellafieldsites.com on the questions below, by close of play Thursday 22nd February 2024.

1.

Would your company be interested in bidding against the opportunity?

2.

What are the key aspects/constraints that would influence your bid decision?

3.

What do you consider to be a sufficient mobilisation period?

Requirements

What the notice asks for

01

The Service Provider's assessors must

The Service Provider's assessors must be:.

02

D. have experience in quality, environment, safety

d. have experience in quality, environment, safety, information security, business continuity, and preferably experience of the nuclear industry.

03

The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified

The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.

04

The intent of this notice is

The intent of this notice is to understand if the supply chain would be interested in the Provision of Independent Assessment Services.

05

If you interested in this opportunity please

If you interested in this opportunity please could you provide a response to Rachael.a.ellis@sellafieldsites.com on the questions below, by close of play Thursday 22nd February 2024.

Sentences from the notice that state an obligation, surfaced automatically and shown in the order they appear. Not an exhaustive list — always confirm against the tender documents.

The gates

What this notice demands of you

8 named in obligation language, 0 mentioned. Each one is quoted from the notice.

ISO 14001 (environmental management)says mustStandards you certify to
The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
ISO 14064 (greenhouse gas accounting)says mustStandards you certify to
shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.
ISO 22301 (business continuity)says mustStandards you certify to
shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.
ISO 27001 (information security)says mustStandards you certify to
shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.
ISO 45001 (occupational health & safety)says mustStandards you certify to
The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
ISO 9001 (quality management)says mustStandards you certify to
The Service Provider's assessors must be qualified to audit ISO 9001, ISO 45001 and ISO 14001.
OHSAS 18001 (withdrawn — now ISO 45001)says mustStandards you certify to
shall include, but not be limited to ISO Standards 9001/14001/22304/44001/50001/55001, ISO45001, ISO 27001, ISO 14064 and ISO 22301 OHSAS 18001, BS 25999 and legislation, such as UK ETS and the Service Provider must be able to manage multiple certifications in a cost-effective way.
UKAS accreditationsays mustCertification & assessment schemes
The Service Provider must be a UKAS (United Kingdom Accreditation Service) accredited certification body, or equivalent, by those accreditation bodies that that are members of the European or international multilateral agreements (i.e.

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