How to win: Metallic Waste Treatment Services Framework 2028

About this contract

Nuclear Waste Services (NWS), (the Client) through its Waste Services line of business, is procuring a Framework for metallic waste treatment on behalf of its Customers. A Customer is defined as any organisation that holds a Waste Services Contract (WSC) with the Client. The aim of the service is to provide access to Contractors with the capability of providing services for the lifecycle management of all wastes that are suitable for metallic waste treatment. Waste will originate from operations, decommissioning and demolition activities at NWS Customer Sites, and all material types suitable for treatment may be present. Contractors will be required to have knowledge and understanding across the full radioactive waste management lifecycle and the ability to operate and execute work and provide support at any stage of the lifecycle on the Customer’s, Contractor’s, Client’s sites or elsewhere when required. There is no obligation within the Client’s WSC for waste management and disposal to be sourced through this route. The current estimated spend including any contingency across the Eight-year service is £97M, although the service will formally be a zero-value agreement, with no

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• ✓Answer against the marking scheme, not the question text — Nuclear Waste Services Limited scores each response, so map your evidence to the published criteria and weightings.
• ✓At £97,000,000, expect quality and social value to carry a large share of the score — price alone rarely wins services work.
• ✓Show recent, comparable delivery: name similar services contracts you've delivered for public bodies, with measurable outcomes.
• ✓Start early: it closes 27 November 2026 and a strong bid takes iteration.

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