Volume 9 issue 1 Nuclear Future
Preferred delivery partners eye £280 million work scope
Allspeeds ahead
Sellafi eld Ltd has selected Amec, Hertel (UK) Ltd and Shepley Engineers Ltd as its preferred partners to deliver work packages worth a potential £280 million at the nuclear complex in West Cumbria. The Multi Discipline Site Works (MDSW) framework updates an existing arrangement governing how a range of maintenance jobs and tasks, asset care projects and asset restoration projects are delivered across the Sellafi eld site. The three companies identifi ed as preferred partners have a
long history of working on the Sellafi eld site. The MDSW framework is a transitional arrangement designed
as a stepping stone to further develop the collaborative approach to contract delivery introduced under a new Overarching Acquisition Strategy (OAS) by Sellafi eld Ltd’s parent body Nuclear Management Partners. The framework covers a number of activities that support
operations and project activities across the Sellafi eld site under the three main disciplines of civil, electrical and mechanical with associated task delivery services. The framework could run for a maximum four-year timeline
with a total estimated range of £200 million to £280 million. It will further develop benefi ts already delivered by the current contracting approach such as standardisation of contracts, reduction in contract numbers, rationalisation of the supply chain and encouragement of innovation. Mark Steele, NDA Head of Programme for Sellafi eld,
commented: “The NDA’s mission is to deliver the safe, secure and cost-effective clean-up of the Sellafi eld site. “Longer term, collaborative alliances represent a proven route
to delivering work more effi ciently and cost-effectively and the MDSW framework will help the site move closer to that model. “Matching the skills present within the Sellafi eld Ltd workforce
with the best that the private sector has to offer can only help accelerate the decommissioning of Sellafi eld, which is a key part of the NDA’s strategy.”
Allspeeds have recently diversifi ed into the UK nuclear decommissioning market with their Webtool range. For over 25 years Allspeeds’ Webtool range have continuously supplied to the subsea and oil and gas industries. Designed and manufactured on site in Lancashire, the Webtool subsea range can cut or grip various diameters of wire rope, cables, umbilicals and steel piping. Allspeeds have been supplying the American nuclear
market for a small number of years. Initially Allspeeds were approached by Westinghouse Electrical Company to supply them with a special purpose steel tube cutter suitable for use in nuclear conditions. The tool supplied to Westinghouse was adapted from the WCOS54D cutter that is part of the standard Webtool subsea range. It made approximately 100 cuts during test procedures. In actual fi eld use, the tool made 25 cuts on the tubing assemblies which were highly irradiated. Due to the nature of the environment the tool became highly contaminated and was disposed of after use. As with most industries, the nuclear market is a diffi cult
sector for new entrants and Allspeeds put in a lot of work to enter the nuclear industry. Due to the increasing demand for reliable decommissioning tools, diversifi cation of related sectors and a pipeline of opportunities stretching out for a number years, Allspeeds are confi dent that the Webtool nuclear range will grow and develop within the nuclear decommissioning market, both in the UK and overseas.
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