Request for Proposals
1. Project background and objectives
○ Background
Unplanned outage of nuclear power plants emerged as a critical issue that affects
safety as well as efficiency of nuclear power plants in Korea. However, our
knowledge about the causes of unplanned outage of nuclear power plants as well as
its effects on safety and efficiency is very limited.
There is an urgent need to learn about the reasons for unplanned outage and its
effects in other countries to better understand its causes and effects in nuclear
power plants in Korea.
2. Scope of the project
1) Analyze nuclear power plants failures, identify and explain main factors causing
failures, focusing on the relationship between the factors that affect unplanned
outage and the failures
2) Explain key investment activities that have been used by nuclear power plants in
order to reduce unplanned outage in selected countries including the U.S.
3) Analyze the relationship between the investment activities in 2) above and the
unplanned outage.
4) Evaluate the policies to improve the performance of relevant equipment and
facilities that have been used to reduce the incidence of failure.
5) Provide a survey of existing literature on the issues included in 4) above.
6) Provide data on the relationship between outage and investment described in 4)
above, if possible.
7) Analyze other issues that are relevant.
3. Qualification
The institution/firm should meet the following conditions in order to be eligible to
be selected to do the above project:
1) The institution/firm must have at least 3 projects on nuclear economics, policy on
nuclear industry, or strategy for investment and operation of nuclear power
plants in the last 5 years.
2) The institution/firm must have at least 3 participants who have 3 year or more
experiences with policy and strategy on nuclear economics.
4. Documents to be submitted
1) Letter of bid
- A PDF file of a letter, signed by a relevant person with the authority, specifying
that your institution/firm is bidding for this project
2) An electronic file for the proposal and an executive summary of the proposal
3) List of participants for the project if your institution/firm is selected to do the
project along with their CVs focusing on their prior experiences in related areas.
4) List of the past and current projects in related areas in the last 5 years
5) Certification of at least 3 projects your institution/firm has done in the last 5 years.
Certification for each project must include the title of the project, client, project
period, budget, name and title of the person in the client organization who
certifies the project and his/her signature.
6) List of at least 3 participants with the track record of each in related areas
- The list must include the name, title, affiliation of each participant, his/her
experience in related areas in the last 5 years, and his/her signature.
7) Financial statement
- Balance sheet and income statement of your institution/firm in each of the last 3
years
8) Document that specifies the price your institution/firm bids for this project
- A PDF file for a document, signed by a relevant person with the authority, that
specifies the price your institution/firm bids for this project.
Note that your bid price cannot exceed the announced reservation price in the
procurement notice. Note that the reservation price might be around US
$141,160 (including VAT).
5. Guidelines on the Proposal
1) Standard Table of Contents
All proposals must be prepared using the following standard table of contents.
Each chapter of the proposal must include contents on the topics listed under each
chapter given below..
Chapter 1. Overview of the project
- Understanding of the project, need for the project, and the objectives behind the
project
- Understanding the scope of the project
Chapter 2. Information on the bidding institution/firm
- General information: Brief history, organization, businesses, financial information
- Information on employees: number, areas, expertise, experiences, etc.
- Overall record of your institution/firm in the last 5 years.
- Strengths of your institution/firm in conducting this project
Chapter 3. Track record of the institution/firm and experiences of participants
- List of past and current projects in the related areas
- List of past and current projects in the related areas in the last 5 years
Note: In completing the list of past and current projects, specify for each project,
the title, name of the client, contents of the project, and the budget.
- Ability of your institution/firm to complete the project successfully
- List of participants, expertise and experience of each participant, demonstration
of the ability of participants
- Organization of the project team, demonstration of the ability of the team to
complete the project successfully
Chapter 4. Plan on how to do the project
- Explain how your institution/firm will do the project
- Describe methodology to be used
- For each part of the project, describe a detailed plan to do the part.
- Role assigned to each participant
Chapter 5. Other issues you think are important
2) Other relevant information on the requirements on the proposal and
submission
(1) Language to be used in the proposal
- English is allowed as the language to be used in preparing a proposal for
institutions/firms outside of Korea
(2) Method of submission for institutions/firms outside of Korea
- Electronic submission is allowed.
- Email address to submit a proposal to: kdlee@keei.re.kr, lsy@keei.re.kr
3) Information on the selection process
(1) Evaluation committee: An evaluation committee, to be organized by KEEI, will
evaluate the submitted proposals and select the winner of each project.
(2) Selection process
(a) Scoring system
The evaluation committee will conduct technical evaluation and price evaluation.
Technical evaluation carries 80%, and price evaluation carries 20%. Final score
of a bidder is given by the formula, 0.8 x score in the technical evaluation (out of
a total of 100 points) + the score for price evaluation (out of a total of 20 points).
(b) Eligible candidates
The bidders which received 85 points or higher in the technical evaluation (out of
a total of 100 points for technical evaluation) will be eligible candidates. The
bidders whose scores in the technical evaluation are lower than 85% are
ineligible to sign the contract. If there is only one eligible bidder, it will become the
priority candidate and will negotiate with KEEI for the signing of the contract.
If there are more than one eligible bidder, the eligible bidder whose total score,
which is the weighted sum of the scores from technical evaluation and price
evaluation, will be declared the priority candidate. KEEI will negotiate with the
priority candidate and will sign the contract if the negotiation leads to the signing
of the contract. If the negotiation fails, KEEI will negotiate with the eligible
candidate whose total score is the second among the eligible candidates.
(3) Criterion for technical evaluation
Technical evaluation will be done based on the following scoring system.
(a) Consistency and concreteness of the proposal (20 points)
- How accurately the proposal reflects the objectives, nature, and the scope of
the project
- How concrete the proposal is.
- Clarity of the proposal
- Feasibility of the objectives and the research plan in the proposal
(b) Ability to complete the project successfully (70 points)
- Ability and appropriateness of the institution/firm
- Ability and experience of participants, their track record
- Appropriateness of the composition, size of the project team and the resource
allocation plan
(c) Applicability of the output from the project (5 points)
- Likelihood for utilizing the output from the project, its expected impact
- Likelihood for contributing to the design of relevant policies in the future
(d) Probability of successful completion and appropriateness of the budget (5
points)
- Probability of successful completion of the project
- Appropriateness of the allocation of the budget
(4) Evaluation of the bid price
(a) If the bid price of a bidder is the same as or higher than 80% of the
reservation price, the score will be determined by the following formula:
20 x (lowest bid price/bid price)
(b) If the bid of a bidder is lower than 80% of the reservation price, the score will
be determined by the following formula:
20 x {(lowest bid price)/(0.8 x RP)} + 2 x {0.8 x RP - bid price)/(0.2 x RP)}
Note: lowest bid price is the lowest bid price among the bid prices by eligible bidders
6. Submission of Proposals and Reports
1) Submission of the reports
The winning bidder who signs the contract with KEEI must submit an interim
report and the final report. The interim report should be submitted by Nov. 30,
2012. The final report should be submitted by Jan. 31, 2012. Both interim and
final reports should be written in Korean. The final report must include an
executive summary.
2) Submission of the proposal
Language: For institutions/firms outside of Korea, English is allowed as the
language for the proposal.
Deadline: We request those interested in the project to submit a proposal before
seventeen o’clock(17:00), September 21, 2012.
Method of submission: For institutions/firms outside of Korea, electronic
submission is allowed.