Public procurement notice: Prior Information Notice Without Call For Competition
Published: 2024-11-14
Region: PL911
Contract type: Services
CPV classification: 73000000

Technical requirements: 1. Experienced Civil Engineering, Geotechnical services, or other Companies capable of conducting offshore subsurface investigations on a project location for the Poland Nuclear Power Plant. Provide planning services, equipment, documentation, and subsurface investigations that meet scope of work, specification, and other subcontract requirements. Interested companies must register/update their Company's information in Bechtel's iSupplier portal at https://supplier.becpsn.com link. If Company has any questions or to express interest in bidding this requirement, Company shall notify Bechtel’s Contact Person. At that point, Bechtel shall provide the interested party the Poland Prequalification Questionnaire where interested party would complete with response to Bechtel for review. Bechtel notes that previous proven Geotechnical Services of similar scale and complexity will be mandatory and additional documentation / evidence may be required. 
2. The prequalification criteria shall be included in the prequalification questionnaire, examples thereof include demonstration of (i) experience in furnishing similar subsurface investigation scope in the past or current projects, (ii) availability of rig equipment in performance of scope, (iii) safety record and compliance to quality requirements and ISO 9001 certification or quality program that is comparable to ISO 9001 (to be approved by Bechtel), (v) compliance to certification of legally mandatory requirements, (vi) financial standing (solvency), and (vii) organizational capabilities. 
3. Upon Bechtel’s evaluation of your response to the Poland Prequalification Questionnaire, Bechtel will notify if your Company meets, conditionally meets, or does not meet the prequalification requirements that closely match the requirements. Your Company's submission of Prequalification Questionnaire does not automatically qualify your Company to be a prequalified Company. 
4. Each prequalified Company will be required to execute a Non-Disclosure Agreement (NDA). 
5. Companies meeting the prequalification criteria and who have executed the NDA will be invited to submit the proposals for subsurface investigation services. 
6. The Request for Quotation (RFQ) shall include the award criteria, scope of work, specifications, drawings, datasheets, terms and condition, and schedule data. The RFQ shall be issued via Bechtel’s Digital Supply Chain System automation tool. 
7. The RFQ document shall include the subsurface investigation scope, including but not limited to mobilization of adequate number of equipment and staff to the project site, movement of equipment on site, completion of investigation services and demobilization. The technical services may include, but is not limited to, permitting, geotechnical borings (to depths 50+ meters), standard penetration testing (SPT) within geotechnical borings, soil sampling and laboratory testing, in-situ geotechnical and geophysical testing, cone penetration testing (CPT) soundings and seismic CPT (SCPT) soundings (to depths 50+ m), dissipation testing during CPTs, seabed multi-channel analysis of surface waves (MASW) surveys, side-scan sonar, sub-bottom profiler, magnetometer survey, and preparation of a data report. The quantity of borings is expected to be on the order of 3,000 linear meters. The quantity of soundings is expected to be on the order of 5,000 linear meters. The surface geophysical testing will likely require both a shallow draft vessel for nearshore work and a primary vessel for deeper water. Borings and soundings are planned in water depths ranging from 2m to 27m. 
8. Proposal may be provided in EURO, PLN, USD. Furthermore, the proposals will be requested as a firm fixed price (not subject to any price adjustment) with agreement to unit rates for change management. 
9. Award criteria shall be based on a combination of the highest evaluated scored bidder with consideration of the following key criteria in order of relevance, together with cost which will determine the final decision for award which will be detailed further in the Bid Document(s) and during the RFQ phase. a. Previous Proven Relevant Experience b. Technical Capability c. Delivery Management Team d. Health, Safety and Environment e. Quality f. Schedule 
10. Any Companies that do not meet the legally mandatory compliance requirement will be excluded. 
11. The procedure for the Company to gain access to classified information, as required, will be subject to compliance with the executed NDA, Applicable Export Laws, Applicable Laws, and Applicable Safeguards Laws which will be included in the RFQ document.