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  • FI-00881 Helsinki
  • 28.09.2012
  • Tender
  • (ID 112702)

Invitation to tender: External expert support for Finnish radiation and nuclear safety authority’s review and assessment of construction license application for Finnish KBS-3 repository for spent nuclear fuel

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    Application deadline 28.09.2012, 12:00 Application deadline
    Procedure Open procedure
    Occupational groups Civil engineers, Structural engineers, Other specialist planners
    Desired number of participants: 7
    Type of building Technical Infrastructure
    Type of service Sonstige Dienstleistung / Tragwerksplanung / allgemeine Beratungsleistungen / Studie, Gutachten, Konzeptentwicklung
    Language English
    Assignment
    STUK, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland, is the national organisation regulating nuclear safety. One of STUK’s sections, Nuclear Waste and Material Regulation, is responsible for the regulatory control of the safety of nuclear waste management. The Finnish nuclear power plant licensees whose operations have generated nuclear waste are responsible for waste management and disposal. Posiva Oy, owned by Finnish power companies Fortum Power and Heat Oyj (‘FPH’) and Teollisuuden Voima Oyj (‘TVO’), is responsible for disposal of spent nuclear fuel from its owners. STUK’s activities include regulatory review and assessment of Posiva's construction license application as well as the assessment of the quality, comprehensiveness and results of the research and development programme of Posiva. The review and assessment relates to the material, which aims to show safety of the disposal of spent nuclear fuel by Posiva.
    With this Call for tenders STUK is seeking external experts to support the Section’s existing team of experts. The external expert services will mainly be carried out as remote work (jobs received by e-mail), and if needed in-house at the premises of STUK in Helsinki or at the Onkalo site in Olkiluoto Main deliverables will be written reviews, reports and documentation related to Posiva’s construction license application and R&D programme. Service documentation may consist of assessments, reports, literature surveys and other documentation. The experts are expected to be sound professionals in their field of expertise. Furthermore, external experts contracted by STUK shall be independent of Finnish power companies that are obliged to perform nuclear waste management, and of Posiva and Posiva’s partners in cooperation. The external support for nuclear waste management expertise is required in handling of Posiva’s construction license application for the final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel.
    Expertise needed concentrates in particular, for the years 2013 2015. The review and assessment work is emphasized mainly during first 2 years of the period mentioned.
    Scope of services
    Upon conclusion of the framework contract, STUK will procure the service at intervals and in quantities as it deems necessary, through placing of purchase orders with the subject single contractor.
    The framework contract does not include a minimum procurement obligation and does not grant the Service Provider with the exclusive right to sell the Service to STUK.
    Project address FI-00881 Helsinki
    TED document number 212575-2012

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    • Auftragsbekanntmachung
      Dienstleistungen
      Richtlinie 2004/18/EG

      Abschnitt I: Öffentlicher Auftraggeber

      I.1) Name, Adressen und Kontaktstelle(n)
      Säteilyturvakeskus
      PL 14
      Kontaktstelle(n): Säteilyturvakeskus
      FI-00881 Helsinki
      FINNLAND
      Telefon: +358 9759881
      E-Mail: stuk@stuk.fi
      Fax: +358 975988500
      Internet-Adresse(n):
      Hauptadresse des öffentlichen Auftraggebers: http://www.stuk.fi

      Abschnitt II: Auftragsgegenstand

      II.1) Beschreibung

      II.1.6) Gemeinsames Vokabular für öffentliche Aufträge (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      Beschreibung
      Beratung im Bereich Forschung und Entwicklung.
      Technische Unterstützung.
      Gutachterische Tätigkeit.

      Abschnitt IV: Verfahren

      IV.3) Verwaltungsangaben

      IV.3.3) Bedingungen für den Erhalt von Ausschreibungs- und ergänzenden
      Unterlagen bzw. der Beschreibung

      IV.3.4) Schlusstermin für den Eingang der Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge
      28.9.2012 - 12:00

      IV.3.6) Sprache(n), in der (denen) Angebote oder Teilnahmeanträge
      verfasst werden können
      Englisch.
      Sonstige: The tender shall be drawn up in the English language. As regards
      supporting documentation that are certificates issued by external bodies,
      copies of original language versions, except for documentation in the
      Finnish and Swedish languages, shall be enclosed accompanied by
      translations into English.


      Contract notice
      Services
      Directive 2004/18/EC

      Section I: Contracting authority

      I.1) Name, addresses and contact point(s)
      Säteilyturvakeskus
      PL 14
      Contact point(s): Säteilyturvakeskus
      FI-00881 Helsinki
      FINLAND
      Telephone: +358 9759881
      E-mail: stuk@stuk.fi
      Fax: +358 975988500
      Internet address(es):
      General address of the contracting authority: http://www.stuk.fi

      I.2) Type of the contracting authority
      National or federal agency/office

      I.3) Main activity
      Public order and safety
      Environment

      I.4) Contract award on behalf of other contracting authorities
      The contracting authority is purchasing on behalf of other contracting
      authorities: no

      Section II: Object of the contract

      II.1) Description

      II.1.1) Title attributed to the contract by the contracting authority:
      Invitation to tender: External expert support for Finnish radiation and
      nuclear safety authority’s review and assessment of construction license
      application for Finnish KBS-3 repository for spent nuclear fuel.

      II.1.2) Type of contract and location of works, place of delivery or of
      performance
      Services
      Service category No 11: Management consulting services [6] and related
      services
      NUTS code FI1

      II.1.3) Information about a public contract, a framework agreement or a
      dynamic purchasing system (DPS)
      The notice involves the establishment of a framework agreement

      II.1.4) Information on framework agreement
      Framework agreement with several operators
      maximum number of participants to the framework agreement envisaged: 7
      Duration of the framework agreement
      Duration in years: 3

      II.1.5) Short description of the contract or purchase(s)
      STUK, the Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority of Finland, is the
      national organisation regulating nuclear safety. One of STUK’s sections,
      Nuclear Waste and Material Regulation, is responsible for the regulatory
      control of the safety of nuclear waste management. The Finnish nuclear
      power plant licensees whose operations have generated nuclear waste are
      responsible for waste management and disposal. Posiva Oy, owned by Finnish
      power companies Fortum Power and Heat Oyj (‘FPH’) and Teollisuuden Voima
      Oyj (‘TVO’), is responsible for disposal of spent nuclear fuel from its
      owners. STUK’s activities include regulatory review and assessment of
      Posiva's construction license application as well as the assessment of the
      quality, comprehensiveness and results of the research and development
      programme of Posiva. The review and assessment relates to the material,
      which aims to show safety of the disposal of spent nuclear fuel by Posiva.
      With this Call for tenders STUK is seeking external experts to support the
      Section’s existing team of experts. The external expert services will
      mainly be carried out as remote work (jobs received by e-mail), and if
      needed in-house at the premises of STUK in Helsinki or at the Onkalo site
      in Olkiluoto Main deliverables will be written reviews, reports and
      documentation related to Posiva’s construction license application and R&D
      programme. Service documentation may consist of assessments, reports,
      literature surveys and other documentation. The experts are expected to be
      sound professionals in their field of expertise. Furthermore, external
      experts contracted by STUK shall be independent of Finnish power companies
      that are obliged to perform nuclear waste management, and of Posiva and
      Posiva’s partners in cooperation. The external support for nuclear waste
      management expertise is required in handling of Posiva’s construction
      license application for the final disposal of the spent nuclear fuel.
      Expertise needed concentrates in particular, for the years 2013 2015. The
      review and assessment work is emphasized mainly during first 2 years of
      the period mentioned.

      II.1.6) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000

      II.1.7) Information about Government Procurement Agreement (GPA)
      The contract is covered by the Government Procurement Agreement (GPA): yes

      II.1.8) Lots
      This contract is divided into lots: yes
      Tenders may be submitted for one or more lots

      II.1.9) Information about variants
      Variants will be accepted: no

      II.2) Quantity or scope of the contract

      II.2.1) Total quantity or scope:
      Upon conclusion of the framework contract, STUK will procure the service
      at intervals and in quantities as it deems necessary, through placing of
      purchase orders with the subject single contractor.
      The framework contract does not include a minimum procurement obligation
      and does not grant the Service Provider with the exclusive right to sell
      the Service to STUK.

      II.2.2) Information about options
      Options: yes
      Description of these options: The duration of each framework contract is
      three years with an option to extend by 1 year.
      After the basic contractual period of three years, STUK has the right to
      continue the period for one (1) optional year. STUK shall notify the
      Service Provider no later than three (3) months prior to the beginning of
      the optional year as to whether it intends to use the option.

      II.2.3) Information about renewals
      This contract is subject to renewal: no

      II.3) Duration of the contract or time limit for completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Information about lots
      Lot No: 1
      Lot title: Safety Assessment, Key consultant
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73000000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment.
      Safety Assessment.
      Lot 1, Safety Assessment, Key consultant (600-1200 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 2
      Lot title: Post-closure safety analysis, disposal facility
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment.
      Lot 2, Post-closure safety analysis, disposal facility (450-750 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 3
      Lot title: Chemical and biological features and processes in buffer and
      backfill
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment:
      Lot 3, Chemical and biological features and processes in buffer and
      backfill (550-850 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 4
      Lot title: Physical and geomechanical features and processes in buffer and
      backfill
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment.
      Lot 4, Physical and geomechanical features and processes in buffer and
      backfill (550-850 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 5
      Lot title: Structural design and mechanical integrity of the disposal
      canister
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment:
      Lot 5, Structural design and mechanical integrity of the disposal canister
      (210-300 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 6
      Lot title: Properties of spent nuclear fuel as a source term
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment:
      Lot 6, Properties of spent nuclear fuel as a source term (70-200 h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)
      Lot No: 7
      Lot title: Modelling of long-term THMC evolution of the near field
      2) Common procurement vocabulary (CPV)
      73200000, 71356300, 71319000
      3) Quantity or scope
      Estimate of the quantities envisaged (hours indicated within the brackets)
      for a 3-year duration of the framework contract: The hours are to be
      considered merely as estimates of the quantity of the external expert work
      that might be procured, and they shall not constitute any procurement
      commitment:
      Lot 7, Modelling of long-term THMC evolution of the near field (500-800
      h).
      4) Indication about different date for duration of contract or
      starting/completion
      Duration in months: 36 (from the award of the contract)

      Section III: Legal, economic, financial and technical information

      III.1) Conditions relating to the contract

      III.1.3) Legal form to be taken by the group of economic operators to
      whom the contract is to be awarded:
      The eligible status (legal form) of the tenderer as the economic operator:
      all eligible; You can be a natural person or a legal person. Please note
      that the framework contracts to be awarded are public procurement
      contracts and not employment contracts; this Call for tenders may not
      establish statutes of employer and employees between the STUK and the
      participants.

      III.1.4) Other particular conditions
      The performance of the contract is subject to particular conditions: no

      III.2) Conditions for participation

      III.2.1) Personal situation of economic operators, including requirements
      relating to enrolment on professional or trade registers
      Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
      are met: Register data.
      The tenderer shall be enrolled on the registers relevant for the activity
      as an economic operator and for the practice of the profession, if so
      required by the applicable law of the country of establishment:
      Possible registers include: a professional or a trade register, a register
      as an employer, for payment of Value-Added Tax, for the license, member of
      the relevant professional organisation.
      If you are not enrolled on a register for the purpose of the Call for
      tenders, please provide clarification why registration is not applicable
      to you.
      Required: You must provide supporting documentation evidencing the
      requirement above (the country of domicile, status, and the register
      data).
      If you intend to submit the tender as a consortium or intend to include
      subcontractors, you must provide the same information and supporting
      documentation for each member of the consortium and for each
      subcontractor.
      Exclusion criteria:
      The tenderer shall have not committed an act of grave misconduct relating
      to his/her practice of the business or profession.
      The STUK shall exclude a tenderer from competition if it will gain
      knowledge that the tenderer has been the subject of a conviction by final
      judgment for any of the reasons listed in the Finnish public procurement
      law (Act no. 348/2007, Section 53) relating to participation in a criminal
      organisation, bribery, tax fraud, money laundering, work discrimination,
      or corporate fine.

      III.2.2) Economic and financial ability
      Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
      are met: Taxes and statutory payment obligations:
      Tenderer has fulfilled obligations relating to the payment of taxes and
      other statutory payments (e.g. social security contributions, insurance),
      as required by the applicable law of the country of establishment.
      Required: Please provide supporting documentation evidencing the
      requirement above.
      Tenderer’s economic and financial capacity shall be adequate in relation
      to size and quality of the service provision.
      There is no minimum turnover requirement. The capacity is evaluated based
      on the clarifications and supporting documentation submitted by the
      tenderer.

      III.2.3) Technical capacity
      Information and formalities necessary for evaluating if the requirements
      are met:
      — Human and technical resources:
      The tenderer shall have sufficiently human resources (amount of personnel)
      and technical resources (the services will mainly be carried out as remote
      work) in order that the services can be produced without interruptions.
      — Evidence of professional ability.
      The tenderer must provide evidence of employing directly an expert or
      being readily capable of constituting or a team of experts capable of
      carrying out in a professional and timely manner the tasks that may be
      requested under the framework contract;
      For Lot 1, Safety Assessment, Key consultant, the STUK expects that one
      individual will be able to provide the overall expert services of the lot.
      In the case of other lots, a team of experts can be considered.
      The tenderer shall name in the tender the expert or team of experts that
      would carry out the expert tasks under the framework contract.
      The named expert(s) shall commit to deliver the ordered tasks within the
      deadlines.
      Experience, professional skills, quality of work and reliability shall be
      proven in relevant references and curricula vitae. The references and
      curricula vitae shall relate to the named expert(s).
      — Independence and impartiality.
      The expert(s) named in the tender shall be independent and impartial
      related to activities reviewed. A person who has participated in the
      planning or execution, or was otherwise involved in the activities related
      to Finnish nuclear waste disposal business during the last three (3) years
      before the deadline of the receipt of the tender, can not be accepted for
      providing services for STUK. That person shall not have been in
      assignments from Posiva, from Finnish power companies or the Swedish SKB,
      or from any direction with them or any other people acting in close
      co-operation / business with them, that they could compromise the
      independence and impartiality of the external expertise for STUK.
      The tender shall include documentation regarding the independence and
      impartiality of the named expert(s) performing the tasks.
      Independence and impartiality shall be documented and argued in the tender
      for each expert named in the tender.
      — Language skills:
      The service must be provided in the English language, that is:
      The language used in meetings, tasks and in communication and reporting
      shall be English. The service provider must be able to produce all written
      material of the service provision in English. Translation costs will not
      be accepted in any form. The person(s) listed in the tender, who will
      participate in the provision of the service, shall be able to communicate
      and be able to write and draft reports in English.
      — Availability:
      It shall be possible that the named expert(s) participates in meetings as
      requested by STUK.
      The key consultant (lot 1) shall be reachable in time frame of two days
      for tele conferences with STUK.
      — Quality Assurance:
      The tenderer is committed to quality assurance regarding the expert
      services to be provided to STUK:
      Please clarify the existing measures of quality assurance or the measures
      that will be implemented for the scope of this service provision;
      The measures should concern, for example, control mechanisms to guarantee
      the impartiality requirement, systems of customer satisfaction, processes
      of expert work, management of the service provision in general; how do you
      ensure the quality and continuous improvement of your service provision to
      STUK.
      You can provide a description and/or attach a quality assurance
      certificate drawn up by an independent body.
      Minimum level(s) of standards possibly required:
      The named expert(s) must have a sound professional experience and prior
      expertise in all areas specified in the description of the lot. Documented
      references must provide proof of sound professional experience. At least
      one (1) reference must be documented so that the eligibility can be
      evaluated.
      Educational background: Each expert shall have a degree of Master of
      Science or PhD or corresponding level.

      III.3) Conditions specific to services contracts

      III.3.1) Information about a particular profession
      Execution of the service is reserved to a particular profession: no

      III.3.2) Staff responsible for the execution of the service
      Legal persons should indicate the names and professional qualifications of
      the staff responsible for the execution of the service: yes

      Section IV: Procedure

      IV.1) Type of procedure

      IV.1.1) Type of procedure
      Open

      IV.2) Award criteria

      IV.2.1) Award criteria
      The most economically advantageous tender in terms of the criteria stated
      in the specifications, in the invitation to tender or to negotiate or in
      the descriptive document

      IV.2.2) Information about electronic auction
      An electronic auction will be used: no

      IV.3) Administrative information

      IV.3.1) File reference number attributed by the contracting authority:
      STUK reference number: 2/Y40019/2012
      Invitation to tender including attachments available for download at the
      official electronic notice board for public procurement in Finland in the
      address http://www.hilma.fi, contract notice number: 2012-051003.

      IV.3.2) Previous publication(s) concerning the same contract
      no

      IV.3.3) Conditions for obtaining specifications and additional documents
      or descriptive document
      Payable documents: no

      IV.3.4) Time limit for receipt of tenders or requests to participate
      28.9.2012 - 12:00

      IV.3.6) Language(s) in which tenders or requests to participate may be
      drawn up
      English.
      Other: The tender shall be drawn up in the English language. As regards
      supporting documentation that are certificates issued by external bodies,
      copies of original language versions, except for documentation in the
      Finnish and Swedish languages, shall be enclosed accompanied by
      translations into English.

      IV.3.7) Minimum time frame during which the tenderer must maintain the
      tender
      Duration in months: 5 (from the date stated for receipt of tender)

      IV.3.8) Conditions for opening tenders
      Persons authorised to be present at the opening of tenders: no

      Section VI: Complementary information

      VI.1) Information about recurrence
      This is a recurrent procurement: no

      VI.2) Information about European Union funds
      The contract is related to a project and/or programme financed by European
      Union funds: no

      VI.4) Procedures for appeal

      VI.4.1) Body responsible for appeal procedures
      Markkinaoikeus
      Radanrakentajantie 5
      FI-00520 Helsinki
      FINLAND
      E-mail: markkinaoikeus@oikeus.fi
      Telephone: +358 295643300
      Internet address: http://www.oikeus.fi/markkinaoikeus
      Fax: +358 295643314

      VI.5) Date of dispatch of this notice:
      3.7.2012
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