Exclusive: Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall battle for contract to deliver series of major infrastructure works
Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall are vying for a 拢1.1bn contract to deliver a series of major infrastructure works at the Sellafield nuclear site.
The Infrastructure Strategic Alliance contract, worth up to 拢1.1bn over a maximum of 15 years, is part of Sellafield鈥檚 long-term programme of strategic investment, with the winning contractor charged with managing and delivering a series of infrastructure projects and emergent work, ranging from 拢1m to 拢50m.
星空传媒 understands that Sellafield has now shortlisted two bidders for the hotly contested job - Balfour Beatty and Morgan Sindall - with an announcement on the successful bidder expected in early December.
It is understood that Sellafield invited between five and seven firms to tender for the job and that Babcock, Jacobs, URS and Amec were among those interested. Capita Symonds dropped out at an earlier stage.
The contract has been described as a 鈥済ame changer鈥� by firms bidding for the work.
Morgan Sindall opened an office in Cumbria last December as part of its drive to secure work with Sellafield.
According to the OJEU notice for the contract, the winning bidder will be asked to deliver cost savings of 25% over the first five years of the contract, with 鈥渆quivalent saving