A ground-breaking new way of awarding long-term work packages at the Sellafield site has reached another major milestone. The Programme and Project Partners has appointed its first Goods/Services Agreement Framework suppliers. The Programme and Project Partners has appointed the following suppliers: NIS Ltd, Hyde Group, Ansaldo Nuclear, James Fisher Nuclear, Carr’s Group, West Cumberland Engineering and NWEC Alliance.
These suppliers will deliver fabricated and manufactured equipment packages for the projects, a framework agreement for an initial 3 years, worth up to £20 million.
The fabrication and manufactured equipment package is the first Good/Services Agreement (GSA) to be awarded by the partners as part of a major framework spanning the next 18 years. Items and equipment to be provided include process cabinets, encast items, bogies and rail systems.
It has been procured under a new multi project procurement (MPP) model which encourages long-term collaboration throughout the supply chain, enhanced project delivery, and paves the way for greater economic and social impact in the West Cumbria region.
The MPP model will see the appointment of key delivery partners and GSA Framework suppliers to deliver work packages covering everything from electrical and instrumentation and fabrication and manufacturing to groundworks and general civils.
Tom Wiseman, GSA framework manager, said: “Programme and Project Partners has undertaken a rigorous selection process over the last 12 months in order to reach this position. I’m delighted to work alongside all of the successful suppliers for the next 3 years and am confident that they will all deliver the benefits for the projects that this framework has been established to do.”
Will Pearson, business development director at Hyde Group Nuclear, said: “Hyde Group Nuclear Limited is pleased to have been selected as a supplier to the Programme and Project Partners Manufacturing and Fabrication Framework.
This framework provides a commercial route through which we can provide the capability and capacity of the Hyde group of companies in support of the partnerships mission.
The Hyde Group provide a broad range of engineering and manufacturing services from our 20 facilities in Manchester, and we look forward to working with the partners to deliver the major programmes of work at Sellafield, whilst also bringing benefits to our wider community.”
Reproduced with the kind permission of Sellafield Ltd.
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