Public procurement notice: Contract Notice
Published: 2017-02-24
Buyer: State Enterprise Radioactive Waste, Decommissioning-Repository Project Management Unit (D-R PMU)
Country: BG
Contract type: Services
Procedure: Restricted procedure
CPV classification: 71310000 | 71318000: Lighting engineering services | 71320000
Submission deadline: 2017-03-21

Technical requirements: EBGU - Teknisk projektering og opdatering af SAR til modernisering af den specialierede afdeling »radioaktivt affald i Kozloduy« til modtagelse og dekommissionering af radioaktivt affald (D-projekt 48-1) (BG-Kozloduy)
This Invitation for Expressions of Interest follows the updated General Procurement Notice for this project published in Procurement Opportunities, on the EBRD website dated 20
The modernisation of radioactive waste management capacities to receive, process and store waste from decommissioning is one of the most important conditions for the success of the decommissioning programme of Kozloduy KNPP Units 1 to 4, which requires the upgrade of the Radioactive Waste Processing Plant (RAWPP) and Radioactive Waste (RAW) storage, handling and transport facilities (hereinafter called “the Facility”) at “Specialised Division RAW Kozloduy”.
State Enterprise Radioactive Waste (SERAW) intends to use proceeds from the KIDSF grant towards the Consultancy Services to support the upgrade of the Facility. It is envisaged that the assignment will include the following tasks:
2. Development of the Technical Design for the upgrade of the RAW Storage, handling and transport facilities;
4. Support to the Client in establishing licensing requirements for the Facility through the Client's interfaces with regulatory authorities and other public institutions.
The upgrade shall conform to the functionality and interfaces required for the successful decommissioning and dismantling of a Nuclear Power Plant.
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 August 2017 and is expected to last for approximately 10 (ten) months.
Maximum budget available for the assignment: EUR 2,200,000 (Two Million, two hundred thousand Euros) (Exclusive of VAT) available for the assignment and shall be free from any and all taxes, customs duties or other fees or mandatory payments arising in, or as a result of, performance of services in the country of the Assignment (Bulgaria).
Funding source: The contract will be financed by a Grant from the Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF).
Eligibility: Consultant selection will be carried out in accordance with EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules and will be open to firms from any country. The proceeds of the KIDSF Grant will not be used for the purpose of any payment to persons or entities, or for any import of goods, if such payment or import is prohibited by a decision of the United Nations Security Council taken under Chapter VII of the Charter of the United Nations or under a law or official regulation of the Purchaser's country.
The Consultant should be a company, or consortium of companies, able to demonstrate relevant experience in all areas needed for performance of the assignment described above, and which can specifically demonstrate experience and expertise in:
• Preparation of Technical Design documentation related to processing and/or treatment and/or conditioning and/or handling and/or transportation and/or storage, and/or management and/or other tasks for Radioactive Waste (RAW) and/or Radioactive Materials (RAM);
• Development of detailed layout models for installations, structures and equipment to be deployed within Nuclear Power Plants;