Amec Foster Wheeler, Areva, Doosan Babcock and Atkins join the Decommissioning Delivery Partnership (DDP), bringing to 16 the number of companies formally involved in the framework across six alliances and joint ventures.
Amec Foster Wheeler’s inclusion is through an alliance with Hertel (UK) Ltd and Shepley Engineers, both of whom were already in the DDP framework through other partnerships. The joint venture of Areva-Doosan-Atkins brings three new names to the DDP and means that Sellafield Ltd can now confirm that 15 of its 16 DDP framework partners are either based in, or have a significant presence in, Cumbria.
All companies bidding to be involved in the partnership had to outline how they would deliver new skills, community benefits and encourage economic growth by committing to subcontracts with small-to-medium sized enterprises.
Among the pledges given by the selected companies are a ‘local first’ recruitment approach, with one consortium aiming for 95% of work to be done by Cumbrian workers. There are also commitments to give 150 jobs to ‘under-represented or disadvantaged’ people and to create up to 240 new apprenticeships over the 10 year agreement.
The full list of Sellafield’s Decommissioning Delivery Partnership framework partners is:
- Integrated Decommissioning Solutions (comprising Energy Solutions EU, Hertel (UK), North West Projects and Westlakes Engineering)
- The Nexus Decommissioning Alliance (Costain Oil, Gas and Process)
- Areva-Doosan-Atkins
- Cumbria Nuclear Solutions (Shepley Engineers, James Fisher Nuclear, React Engineering, Jacobs Stobbarts, Westinghouse Electric Company UK, WYG Engineering)
- The Decommissioning Alliance (Jacobs UK, Energy Solutions EU, Westinghouse Electric Company UK)
- Amec Foster Wheeler, Hertel (UK), Shepley Engineers
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