NDA LAUNCHES MAGNOX TRANSITION, NO CHALLENGES SO FAR

After no legal challenges to the award were filed during the standstill period, the Nuclear Decommissioning Authority yesterday began a five-month  transition to the Cavendish Fluor Partnership for management of 10 Magnox and two research reactor sites. The NDA and the winning team inked the transition agreement after a required two-week standstill period following the March 31 award. “We have run a rigorous competition process, which has been the subject of considerable scrutiny by the Major Projects Authority, and we remain on track to award a contract that will deliver over £1 billion of savings to the taxpayer,” NDA CEO John Clarke said in a statement. “We look forward to continuing to work with the incumbent Parent Body Organisations, Energy Solutions for Magnox and Cavendish Nuclear for RSRL, over the next five months to deliver a smooth handover.”

 

While so far none of the three unsuccessful bidders have filed challenges to the Magnox award, they could still be filed in the early weeks of transition. The Bechtel-EnergySolutions team as well as the Amec-led team are both still evaluating options, though those teams declined to comment. The standstill period gave the unsuccessful teams a chance to request additional information from the NDA. Clarke said yesterday: “We are grateful to all the companies involved in the four consortia for their contribution to the competitive process and for the quality of their bids, and we look forward to their future participation in the UK’s £3 billion a year nuclear clean-up programme.”