NDA group Supply Chain Awards

 

The prestigious NDA group supply chain awards are open for entry until midday 15th April and the winners will be announced the week beginning 3 June and also celebrated at the NDA group supply chain event in Telford on 27 June.

Launched in 2012, the awards are jointly sponsored by the NDA and its businesses and provide an opportunity to showcase the work of our supply chain.  

Many organisations help the NDA group in its work to decommission the UK’s earliest nuclear sites. Along with the positive impact on communities and employees, there’s a lot to celebrate!

 

Who can enter?

The awards are open to any organisation working in the UK’s nuclear decommissioning supply chain.

The categories

• Best approach to environmental sustainability
• Best approach to achieving social value
• Best example of delivering excellence through collaboration
• Best example of applying creative and innovative solutions
• Best small and medium enterprise

 

Best approach to environmental sustainability

Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. To transform our environmental sustainability legacy, the NDA group aims to:

• Protect, remediate and enhance the environment
• Be recognised by our stakeholders and peers for our environmental performance
• Achieve net zero

Examples considered:

• How has this project contributed to Government’s “Net Zero” target?
• How have you embedded the “Reduce, Reuse, Recycle” mantra across this project and into the supply chain?
• What benefits have been realised by embedding environmental sustainability practices either for your organisation (and supply chain), NDA group and/or wider society?

Click here to download the application form. 

 

Best approach to achieving social value

Sustainability focuses on meeting the needs of the present without compromising the ability of future generations to meet their needs. To transform our socio-economic legacy, we will aim to:

• Empower our people and communities to create sustainable local and regional economies
• Think internationally and act locally on nuclear skills, developing the capabilities of the UK skills base to facilitate decommissioning and the wider nuclear sector
• Be a positive contributor to the national and international trade agenda

Examples considered:

• What social investment has been made to support thriving and cohesive communities as a direct consequence of working with NDA group?
• What social investment has been made to help develop resilient economies that neighbour the NDA group sites?
• What investment has been made in building and maintaining a robust pipeline of talent to support current and future sector needs?
• By leveraging your experience of working with the NDA group, what has been delivered to support increased national and international trade, contributing to a strong UK economy?

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Best example of delivering excellence through collaboration

Supply chain collaboration is the process of two or more organisations working together to realise or achieve something successfully, and where mutual benefit is derived by all parties involved. This category gives suppliers the chance to demonstrate where through collaboration they have driven real progress in helping the NDA group deliver its mission.

Examples considered:

• How have you worked closely with the NDA group or other supply chain partners to successfully deliver a complex or challenging project or goal?
• How have you worked closely with non-nuclear sector organisations to bring new approaches, insights and expertise to the successful delivery of a complex or challenging project or goal?
• How have you invested in collaborative relationships to build long-standing, mutually beneficial partnerships which have successfully delivered within the NDA group or potentially beyond?

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Best example of applying creative and innovative solutions

Innovation, alongside research and development, is a critical enabler of the NDA’s Strategy. As well as enabling the current business, innovation can also drive wider business change too and help it improve. For us to be successful, create future options which enable us to grow or adapt to wider changes, innovation needs to be woven into the very fabric of our business. This extends beyond technology and engineering and innovation in processes, ways of working and service delivery.

Please include information on the following in your response:

• The business challenge/opportunity
• Who was involved?
• The creative/innovative approaches you deployed
• How the approach differed from “business as usual”
• Any significant barriers or additional opportunities you encountered
• The outcome and benefits realised
• Key lessons which emerged from this experience
• How you have shared any learning/lessons more widely

Click here to download the application form. 

 

Best Small and Medium Enterprise

The SME applications are selected from the 4 other categories, looking for those SMEs who have made a big impact relative to their size.

 

How to enter

1. Choose your category or categories.
    
2. Your submission should include information and responses to the detail outlined under the  category heading and be linked either to an existing contract or a contract that concluded in FY 22/23 or FY 23/24.
3. Write your submission(s). Your submission should be 1,200 words maximum, plus an executive summary to introduce the application of up to 100 words. All parts of the application form must be completed.
4. You may, if you wish, upload additional supporting material with your entry (such as photos, press cuttings, customer testimonials, etc.).  However, this must be limited to 4 single-sided sheets of A4 and should not comprise information that is central to your case – the judges will expect to see this in your main submission. Your supporting materials can include:

• testimonials
• endorsements from colleagues, clients or other suppliers
• press clippings
• performance figures

Any supporting material must be in Word (.doc), Excel (.xls), PowerPoint (.ppt) or PDF (.pdf) formats only.

Video imagery which demonstrates your application can also be submitted. Please provide a YouTube link.

5. Please also include your company logo(s) and supplier or team photo or other image(s) that supports your entry (minimum 300dpi in jpeg format) to be used for on-screen graphics during the awards ceremony, and for any subsequent promotion of the awards.
6. Gain endorsement for your submission from the relevant NDA business. Your submission material should be cleared with your clients so it can be used for publicity purposes.

Send your submission to commercialstandards@nda.gov.uk  Please make sure you leave enough time to complete the process by the deadline of 15th April.