Open competition
Open procedure: the contract was advertised and any supplier could submit a bid.
Key facts
- Buyer
- Nuclear Restoration Services Limited · Body governed by public law
- Supplier
- Health and Safety Executive
- Value
- £200,000
- Procedure
- Open procedure (above threshold)
- Sector
- Community & personal services · Decommissioning services (CPV 98391000)
- Region
- South West
- Official notice
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- Timeline
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- Contract date18 Feb 2025
- Published18 Feb 2025Published the same day
Description
Provision of independent verification assurance for asbestos analytical analysis and identification processes across the NRS fleet. The service provider will review and verify asbestos framework analytical results for: • Airborne asbestos fibre analysis counting carried out by phased contrast microscopy (PCM), following AM-REP-037 - NRS Specification for undertaking fibre counting assurance through enhanced microscopy (PCM and SEM/EDXA analysis); • Bulk sample identification analysis carried out by polarised light microscopy (PLM), following AM-REP-038 - NRS Specification for undertaking bulk analysis assurance through enhanced microscopy (Stereo, PLM & SEM/EDXA). Where anomalies are encountered the service provider will give detailed and candid feedback: • of air monitoring compliance, i.e., mounting of slides, quality of filter membranes, cure times of chemical enhancement process, artefacts etc • of bulk monitoring compliance, i.e., asbestos types, content quantification, difficult…
About the supplier
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