Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2016-04-15
Buyer: Säteilyturvakeskus
Country: FI
Region: MANNER-SUOMI
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 71317000: Hazard protection consultancy services

Technical requirements: Prior information notice: Procurement of technical expert services for the sensitivity study of seismic hazard prediction (SENSEI) project in Finland.
SÄTEILYTURVAKESKUS (The Radiation and Nuclear Safety Authority, hereinafter also referred to as ‘STUK’ and ‘authority’) is a public authority operating under the Ministry of Health and Social Affairs of Finland.
This prior information notice is an announcement of an intended call for tenders regarding technical expert services.
The object of the procurement is related to the authority's responsibility to review seismic hazards in Finnish nuclear power plants and, in particular to a current project by the authority, ‘SENSEI’ concerning sensitivity of seismic hazard predictions. As regards the services to be procured in detail, please see the lot specific service descriptions (provisional drafts) included in this prior information notice.
The information available at the time of this prior information notice about the procurement procedure is as follows:
A contract notice and the Invitation to tender document is envisaged to be issued in the course of the second quarter 2016; The contract notice will be published on the national e-notice board (referred to as ‘HILMA’) and on Tenders Electronic Daily; Following the publication of the contract notice, the Invitation to tender document will be made available for download at the authority's procurement dedicated internet page in the address http://www.stuk.fi/web/en/about-us/procurement.
The procurement is intended to be divided into (4) four lots (contracts); The procurement procedure to be chosen will be the open procedure, resulting in the establishment of a framework agreement.
two and a half years. The estimated amount that might be procured is 18:00 — 20:00 hours, calculated for the envisaged four lots in total and over a 2,5 year contractual term.
The information of this prior information notice is provisional and thus not binding; STUK may amend the schedule, scope of services to be provided, type of contract, and all further provisions indicated when it issues the Invitation to tender.
The authority might utilise this prior information notice to shorten the minimum time limit for the receipt of tenders.
The service provision of the lot no. 1 (Lot 1) shall concentrate on modelling of sensitivity parameters in different phases in PSHA, such as logic trees and ground motion prediction equations (GMPE), etc. Furthermore, the scope of the service provision is to establish calculation system for sensitivity analyses and execute corresponding analyses. Possibilities to use Monte-Carlo procedure will be studied at least for assessing probability distribution in different phases in PSHA.
The technical experts must have hands-on experience of conducting large scale PSHA studies. Special focus is on efficient handling of numerical models based on parametrised input including — logic tree data, zoning data, seismic activity data, maximum magnitude limits and attenuation models. Synthesising/interpreting of direct PSHA outputs as well as de-aggregation outputs is required. Experience in using at least one PSHA software is a must, while experience with PSHA studies in regions with diffuse seismicity and Monte-Carlo procedures is an advantage.
The service provision of the lot no. 2 (Lot 2) shall concentrate on synthesizing the information from PSHA studies on studying parameters used in PSHAs, such as activity rates, seismic zoning, maximum magnitude, attenuation parameters, etc. These input parameters shall be scrutinized in light of the previous PSHA studies in Finland and the seismicity of the re-gion. Once the sensitivity of the PSHA parametric modelling is available, Lot 2 experts will re-evaluate the credibility of the input parameter ranges in light of these results, making suggestions for future refinement/extension of the parameter ranges. Furthermore, STUK will decide at a later stage which comparative calculations to Lot 1 work (delivered services) the Lot 2 Service provider would execute.
The technical experts must have pre-existing knowledge of the sensitivity of the PSHA method to different parameter inputs. Detailed understanding of the seismicity of Fennoscandia is required, in order to contribute with credible input parameters to the PSHA sensitivity study of SENSEI.
The service provision, lot no. 3 (lot 3) shall concentrate on reviewing the contribution of Lot 1 and corresponding reflections to final results to be reported in WP5.