VT Group Secures Sellafield Ltd’s Monitoring Work

Monday, Mar 15, 2010

Support services company VT Group has won a multi-million pound bid to support the Sellafield Site statutory monitoring requirements through its Environmental Laboratory, based at the Westlakes Science and Technology Park, near Whitehaven, in Cumbria.

The new contract extends the work carried out by VT’s Environmental Laboratory and will span a total of three years, with an option for a further one year. It is valued at up to £10 million over three years.

VT was successful in securing all the Lots for which it submitted bids, covering work to ensure that Sellafield Ltd complies with Regulatory requirements stipulated by the Environment Agency and the Nuclear Installations Inspectorate (HSE). 

The scope includes analytical services to Sellafield Ltd for approved dosimetry; analysis of terrestrial and marine samples; analysis in support of the Sellafield Site groundwater monitoring programmes; analysis of plant aerial and liquid effluent samples and analysis of samples in support of Sellafield Site Services.

John Chubb, Managing Director of VT Group’s Environmental business, commented: “This is a major success for our Environmental Laboratory and reflects the skills, knowledge and experience of the laboratory team in delivering an excellent performance and customer satisfaction.

”Since acquiring the business we have worked to bring a culture of long-term partnering and Continuous Improvement to the business. This was the first opportunity we had to build these principles into a response for a major bid and I’m delighted that our customer has responded positively to this new approach. “

The laboratory was acquired by VT Group in January 2008 and more than 50 people are employed at the facility, carrying out some 50,000 measurements a year.

VT Group is an engineering-based support services company providing services to Central and Local Government. The Group employs over 12,000 people and has its Headquarters in Southampton, UK, with operations from various locations, primarily in the UK and USA.

2. For the year ended 31 March 2009 VT Group reported turnover for its continuing operations of £1,096 million (2008: £845 million) and Group Underlying Profit Before Tax of £86.6 million (2008: £61.6 million). The order book for continuing operations was around £4.5 billion as of the end of March 2009.

3. VT operates in a wide range of markets including defence, education, secure communications, waste and nuclear services, providing services focused on:

·         Critical asset management

·         Facilities management

·         Logistics of people and equipment

·         Education and training

·         Design, procure and build

4.    VT’s nuclear services business employs around 500 people and was created through the acquisition of nuclear services specialists British Nuclear Group Project Services Limited from British Nuclear Group Limited, a subsidiary of British Nuclear Fuels plc. in January 2008.

The business has over 40 years of nuclear experience with a strong base of highly skilled and experienced engineering staff. It is a major provider of technical, engineering and environmental services to the nuclear industry in the UK and internationally – including Western and Eastern Europe and Japan.   

Further information about VT Group, its services and products can be found at www.vtplc.com.

Source: VT Group