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Nuclear Waste Services Limited
Site Characterisation Professional Services Support (SCPSS) - C26888
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01/ The notice
Key facts
- Value
- £13,800,000Estimated value stated in the notice
- Deadline (UK time)
- No deadline statedThe source does not state a submission deadline.
- Published
- 8 Oct 2026
- Region
- Not stated
02/ The brief
What the notice says
Not fully read: this is the notice text; attached documents are not read.
The scope of the SCPSS Framework has been split into three Lots to allow NWS to appoint the right specialist.
Lot 1 - Site Characterisation Planning and Technical Advisory Services: includes a wide range of consultancy, advisory, review and support services to NWS associated with all aspects of the planning, design, specification and delivery of site characterisation programmes (including onshore and offshore, intrusive and non-intrusive, plus off-site analysis).
Lot 2 - Geological and Geophysical Interpretation and Modelling: encompasses geological and geophysical analysis, interpretation and modelling activities required to support the development of geological understanding. This will include interpretation and modelling across multiple UK sites, regions and basins, reflecting evolving data availability, uncertainty, and project maturity.
Lot 3 - Hydrogeological Interpretation and Modelling: encompasses the research and technical development required to characterise, interpret and model hydrogeological and hydrogeochemical systems. This includes the development of conceptual and numerical groundwater flow and solute transport models.
ITP and ITT documentation available on Atamis: https://atamis-2464.my.site.com/s/Welcome
03/ Classification
CPV codes
Common Procurement Vocabulary codes, exactly as the notice lists them. No descriptions are added here.
- 71300000
- 71311000
- 71312000
- 71313000
- 71318000
- 71332000
- 71336000
- 71351000
- 71351100
- 71351200
- 71351400
- 71351500
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- 71351700
- 71351710
- 71351900
- 71352100
- 71353000
- 71354100
- 71510000
- 73100000
- 90710000
- 90711000
- 90711500
- 90712000
- 90713000
- 90733700
- 98113100
04/ History
Releases of this notice
6 releases held, oldest first. Dates are UK time.
- 15 Sep 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 15 September 2025.
Release 056643-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 25 Nov 2025Planning notice
Planning notice published 25 November 2025. The source does not state what changed.
Release 077027-2025
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 25 Feb 2026Planning notice update
Planning notice update published 25 February 2026. Stated change: The next round of SCPSS Market Engagement - Webinar
Release 016818-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 24 Aug 2026Planning notice
Planning notice published 24 August 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 080352-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 29 Sep 2026Tender notice
Tender notice published 29 September 2026. The notice text changed; the source gives no change note.
Release 091954-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab) - 8 Oct 2026Tender notice update
Tender notice update published 8 October 2026. Stated change: Adding 'Justification of Term' which weren't on the original notice. NWS considers a longer term of 4 years plus an optional 1-year extension for the SCPSS framework to be necessary owing to uncertainty of the geological disposal facility (GDF) programme and funding cycle changes that may affect the site characterisation phase of the GDF being a major infrastructure project
Release 095106-2026
View this release on Find a Tender (opens in a new tab)
05/ Limits
What the source does not tell us
- The source does not state a submission deadline.
06/ Questions
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- Reference
- ocds-h6vhtk-059a7a
- Source
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- Stage
- tender · Open
- Framework
- Yes, as recorded by the source
- Last verified
- Mon 12 Oct 2026, 08:05 BST
- Read at
- Fri 30 Oct 2026, 02:01 GMT
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