Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2016-02-23
Buyer: State Enterprise Radioactive Waste, Decommissioning-Repository Project Management Unit (D-R PMU)
Country: BG
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71520000: Construction supervision services
Submission deadline: 2016-03-10

Technical requirements: EBGU - Uafhængigt tilsyn med bygge- og anlægsarbejder i forbindelse med fase 1 af opførelsen af det nationale deponeringsanlæg (R-projekt 9) (BG-Kozloduy)
The Invitation for Expressions of Interest follows the General Procurement Notice for this project published in Procurement Opportunities, on the EBRD website dated 9th August 2014.
Background: The Bulgarian State Enterprise “Radioactive Waste” (SERAW) intends to award contract through open tender procedures for construction of a National Disposal Facility (NDF) for short-lived low and intermediate level radioactive wastes, category 2a according to Bulgarian Regulation for Safe Management of Radioactive Waste promulgated in SG 76 of 30.08.2013. The facility shall be constructed on the Radiana site, located close to Kozloduy NPP, north-west Bulgaria. SERAW has already developed a Detailed Spatial Plan, Technical Design, and initiated the Radiana site infrastructure preparation to enable and facilitate the construction of the repository. The scope of construction of Phase 1 of the NDF will involve the detailed design and construction of fully functional disposal facility, including disposal cells, their associated railed enclosures and drainage systems, waste package receipt facility, ancillary management facilities, access roads and services infrastructure and will include large soil excavation volumes of approximately 1 000 000 m
SERAW wants to engage Consultant to provide Services of Independent Construction Supervisor for the NDF construction works on Radiana site as required by the Bulgarian Territory Arrangement Act for first category of construction. The Consultant’s scope of services will include as a minimum the following tasks:
• Supervision of NDF construction works in full compliance with legal requirements valid in Bulgaria which include the following:
- Day-to-day monitoring to ensure compliance with relevant legislative and technical requirements and compliance with the approved design;
- Collection and storage of appropriate construction documentation – acts, protocols, testing and measurement results, conformity declarations, materials certificates etc.;
- Supervision of the quantities, quality and compliance of construction and installation works and materials used in the construction with approved design and technical specifications;
- Preparation of technical passport of the construction and final report for establishment the suitability of the construction for subsequent usage, organisation and participation in the State Acceptance Commission.
• Monitoring, coordination and supervision of implementation of necessary measures required by Bulgarian Ordinance No. 2 dated 22 March 2004 on the Minimum Requirements for Healthy and Safe Work Conditions during the Execution of Construction and Installation Works;
• Review the Contractor’s detail design and as-built documentation in order to assess and verify the compliance with Detailed Spatial Plan, Technical Design and with relevant Bulgarian and European Union requirements; countersign (stamp) detailed design and as-built documentation.
• Assist SERAW in coordination of permits, approvals, acceptance and certificates obtaining procedures, including but not limited to organising the approval of the detailed design and as-built documentation by the relevant authorities, utilities and other stakeholders, preparation of the applications, conformity assessment reports, agreements with the relevant utilities and authorities and in coordination of NDF construction with relevant authorities and stakeholders.
The Consultant shall cover all aspects of the anticipated construction works including but not limited to: Excavation works, Stability of slopes, Temporary storage for humic substance (“top-soil”) and stockpile for excess soil, Vertical planning and geodetic issues, Massive loess-cement foundation, Engineering (Technology), Lifting and handling equipment, Architecture, Building structures, Power supply and electric systems, Monitoring and Control systems, Radiation protection and radiation monitoring, Water supply and sewerage, Heating, ventilation and air-conditioning, Energy efficiency, Fire Protection, Physical Protection, Transportation roads/internal plant access roads, sites and parking areas, Health and safety and scheduling.
Status of the Selection Process: Interested Consultants are hereby invited to submit expressions of interest.
Assignment Start Date and Duration: The assignment is anticipated to start in May 2016 and is expected to last about 60 (sixty) months to cover the period of NDF construction.