Owner's Engineer

Description

An early market engagement exercise was undertaken by Great British Nuclear (GBN), which is aiming to procure up to two Owner's Engineers (OE) as part of its Small Modular Reactor (SMR) programme. The OE(s) will be procured using the Competitive Flexible Procedure outlined in the Procurement Act 2023 (the Act). The purpose of this Preliminary Market Engagement (PME) Notice is to provide information to the market on the market engagement activities GBN has carried out in connection with its intention to procure up to two OEs. The Act permits contracting authorities to publish a PME Notice to notify potential suppliers that PME activities have taken place. The OE will provide essential independent assurance to the Intelligent Customer and Intelligent Client for the relevant SMR project. This will support the deployment of first-of-a-kind nuclear technology in the UK and facilitate GBN's goal of reaching a Final Investment Decision(s) for up to two SMR projects. In particular, the OE will act as a 'client friend' to the Intelligent Customer and Intelligent Client and provide competent resource to undertake specification, oversight, audit, review and advice for decisions relating to design, scope, budget, risk, delivery and contract compliance.  It will also play the role of subject matter expert to deliver independent technical and delivery Line of Defence 2 assurance on major design and build contracts.  The total contract value of £600m stated in this PME Notice assumes that GBN will award two OE contracts (one for each planned SMR project), each with a total contract value of up to £300m. The actual value will depend on a number of factors. GBN reserves the right not to proceed with two SMR projects.