# Provision of Guidance on the Assessment of Elastomeric Seals \(and other forms of seals\) for use in Radioactive Materials Transport Packages and other Nuclear Safety applications

> Contract award record from UK public-sector procurement sources.

## Key facts

- Public buyer: [Health & Safety Executive](/buyers/health-safety-executive/contract-awards)
- Contract winner: [Energy, Safety and Risk Consultants \(UK\) Ltd](/contract-winners/energy-safety-and-risk-consultants-uk/public-sector-contract-awards)
- Award value: £72,475
- Tender value: £72,475
- Award date: 31 July 2020
- Published: 21 August 2020
- Contract start: 10 August 2020
- Contract end: 31 March 2021
- Stage: awarded
- Procurement category: services
- Notice ID: 61e0cbea-e59d-4bb0-8cd8-c5ee5726194d-377237
- OCID: ocds-b5fd17-94434321-c73a-4bca-a578-6d14800c1d29

## Description

ONR selected one of the Technical Support Contracts from its ONR Technical Support Framework - Lot 2 to be awarded this contract via direct award\. 1\. Undertake a review of current sealing practices and guidance deployed by SLCs and also Radioactive Material Transport organisations\. 2\. Identify gaps in knowledge and propose areas for further research and/or testing\. 3\. Produce guidance for inspectors\. This guidance may best be appended to existing TAGs but, if there is sufficient new guidance, then a standalone TAG may be appropriate\. This guidance will aim to outline methods useful to ONR inspectors when assessing the suitability of containment seals for use with Radioactive Material Transport Packages, Nuclear Safety Critical Components, Nuclear Materials Storage \(short term and long term - e\.g\. GDF\) etc\.

## Related contract awards

- [HSE People Strategy](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-5f418ff8-8ff6-4a97-bf61-1b7af2cf32b4): Health & Safety Executive
- [Rubrik - Data Backup Solutions](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-c8fbb696-d360-478b-96be-b2401d1402c2): Health & Safety Executive
- [HSE Research, Evaluation & Insight \(REI\) Framework - Lot B](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-d01ab489-0330-4c15-bef4-9ca2932d6287): Health & Safety Executive
- [Nuclear Energy Regulatory Justification Services Framework](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-fe5947e7-2860-4022-9dc9-17190e53988f): Defra group Commercial
- [Provision of ANSWERS Criticality Software MONK & Visual Workshop 25/26](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-f28f5bb8-030d-4220-b5cb-094c792f6a6b): Nuclear Restoration Services Limited \(Dounreay\)
- [MONK and Visual Workshop Licences](/contracts/ocds-b5fd17-59e4f59a-2008-4f72-b6d0-5560d22c42c4): Energy, Safety & Risk Consultants \(UK\) Limited

## Source

[View the original notice on Contracts Finder](https://www.contractsfinder.service.gov.uk/Notice/61e0cbea-e59d-4bb0-8cd8-c5ee5726194d-377237)