Open tenders / Waste & recycling
Open tender · Notice 096573-2026
Services to support the National Rollout for establishing a waste management route for existing High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) in the UK
- Value
- £23m
- Closes
- 10 Nov 2026 (26 days)
- Where
- UK-wide
- Lots
- 1
- Suitable for SMEs
- Yes, says the buyer
- Contract
- 1 Dec 2026 – 30 Nov 2030
Framework: winning a place puts you on an approved list for future work. It's the entry ticket, not guaranteed work.
In plain English
The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority wants a single supplier to run 'Operation Fieldfare', a UK-wide programme to safely collect, dismantle, transport, store and dispose of Caesium-137 High Activity Sealed Sources from irradiator units across the country. The contract runs from 1 December 2026 to 30 November 2029, with an estimated value of £23,000,000.
Good fit for: Specialist nuclear waste management or radioactive materials handling firms with the licences and logistics capability to work UK-wide.
- Handling and transporting radioactive materials will require specific regulatory approvals and licences
- Single supplier appointment for the whole UK, favouring larger specialist operators
- Needs experience in end-to-end nuclear source recovery, packaging and consignment documentation
- High-value, highly specialised contract likely to require significant financial and technical capacity
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What the buyer says
Framework for the Provision of services to support the National Rollout for establishing a waste management route for existing High Activity Sealed Sources (HASS) in the UK. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority is seeking to appoint a single supplier to support delivery of the National Rollout of Operation Fieldfare. The services comprise the safe, secure and compliant collection, dismantling, transport, interim storage, processing and return of Caesium-137 High Activity Sealed Sources contained within irradiator units located across the United Kingdom. The supplier will be required to provide an end-to-end waste management solution, including all necessary planning, site liaison, regulatory approvals, transport arrangements, source recovery, packaging, consignment documentation and delivery of sources to a UK site designated by the Authority, including Sellafield where applicable.
Procedure: Open procedure (Open: anyone can bid, in one stage). Published 13 Oct 2026.
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