1.7 The NDA formally began the competition in April 2012.2 Four consortia submitted final tenders, and bids were evaluated against more than 700 individual evaluation criteria. On 31 March 2014, the NDA announced that its preferred bidder was Cavendish Fluor Partnership (CFP), which had the highest score of 86.48%. Reactor Site Solutions (RSS), comprising Energy Solutions (the incumbent contractor for 10 of the 12 sites) and Bechtel, achieved the second-highest score of 85.42%. The NDA signed a transition agreement with CFP on 15 April 2014 and went on to award the contract on 1 September 2014.
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2 In April 2012 the NDA issued a prior information notice (PIN), which informs the market of the intention to award a contract. Planning for the competition began before the PIN was issued.