National radioactive waste disposal facility

In November 1999, the Bulgarian Government and the European Commission signed an Understanding in which the Bulgarian Government undertook a firm commitment to close and decommission Units 1 - 4 of the Kozloduy Nuclear Power Plant (KNPP) at the earliest possible dates. The Kozloduy International Decommissioning Support Fund (KIDSF) has been established and is administered by the European Bank for Reconstruction and Development (EBRD). One of the purposes of this Fund is to finance, or co-finance preparation and implementation of selected projects, which would require procurement of goods, works and services for establishment of the National Disposal Facility for Low and Intermediate Level Short Lived Radioactive Waste in an environmentally safe and cost effective manner.

A Project Management Unit has been established and is in operation at State Enterprise Radioactive Waste to manage the projects notified below. This General Procurement Notice draws attention to the following new upcoming procurement activities:

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site - Geodesic Monitoring
This Project is for the performance of a geodesic survey of the Radiana site. Using the geodesic map produced under separate project, this project comprises the development of a monitoring programme and design of the measuring network, installation of base points, drilling of boreholes and development of stabilized bench-marks, anti-erosion activities, measurement cycles and report preparation. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site – Geotechnical Monitoring and Analysis
This project is for Geotechnical monitoring and analysis of the Radiana site. The work will cover development of an experimental geotechnical monitoring site to validate reasonable soil stabilization techniques for the construction of repository foundation, specification, purchase and installation of equipment designed to measure soil-structure interaction and evolution of soil properties, to develop and verify of geomechanical model of the ground massif and the repository structure based on the monitoring data. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site – Geodynamic Monitoring

This project is for installation and commissioning of a geodynamic monitoring system on the Radiana site. This work will include design of geodynamic monitoring system, specification of equipment and software, procurement and installation of the equipment, commissioning and training. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site - Seismic Monitoring
This project is for installation and commissioning of seismic monitoring system on Radiana site. The work will include design of a seismic monitoring system, specification and procurement of equipment, installation of the equipment, measurements, data collection, analysis of received data, and development of a programme for seismic monitoring for the operational period of the NDF. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site – Radiological Monitoring
This project is for the predisposal radiological monitoring of the Radiana site. This work will include design of the Radiological Monitoring Program, specification of radiological monitoring equipment followed by procurement, installation and commissioning of that equipment. Implementation of monitoring program, maintenance of the monitoring equipment and analysis of results obtained, training of operators. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Pre-disposal Monitoring of the Radiana Site – Meteorological Monitoring
This project is for the meteorological monitoring of the Radiana site. This work will include the design and specification of the monitoring system, procurement, installation and commissioning of that equipment, maintenance of monitoring system and record of measurements. The expected duration of the contract implementation is thirty six calendar months.

· Preparation of the Radiana Site
This project is for the establishment of the infrastructure for the Radiana site. This will include construction of fences around the site perimeter and around the monitoring equipment / facilities, installation of electrical supply, site rehabilitation, access control, site access roads. Prior to commencement of the pre-disposal monitoring program on the Radiana site and installation of the monitoring equipment the site needs to be prepared.

The expected duration of the contracts implementation is fifteen calendar months. Procurement will be carried out in accordance with EBRD Procurement Policies and Rules with the exception of country eligibility restrictions defined within the KIDSF rules and will be open to Tenderers from eligible countries as of 30 November 2010: the EU member states, Switzerland and the EBRD countries of operation. All goods and services must also originate from an eligible country.

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