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21 July 2014
Project No. 09-4113
Britains Energy Coast
Business Cluster
Tender Opportunities
Cumbria, UK
REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL
AGE DATING DRILLING SERVICES
MOORSIDE SITE
CUMBRIA, UNITED KINGDOM
Dear Sir or Madam:
RIZZO Associates (RIZZO) is undertaking a Site Suitability Study at the Moorside Site in
Cumbria, United Kingdom, on behalf of Westinghouse Electric Company, LLC and
NuGeneration Limited (NuGen). As part of this effort, Age Dating Drilling will be
performed.
You are hereby invited to submit a bid for consideration via this Request for Proposal (RFP).
This RFP is comprised of this Letter and the following Attachments:
Attachment A Technical Specification
Attachment B Form of Contract and Insurance Requirements
Please submit the following information in a complete bid package. Incomplete bids will not
be considered.
1. Response to Technical Specifications (Attachment A), including pricing. Confirm understanding of the Scope of Work and provide a plan to accomplish the desired
scope. Confirm understanding and conformance to the Quality Assurance
requirements.
2. Acknowledgement of receipt and understanding of the Form of Contract and Insurance Requirements (Attachment B). Confirm agreement with the Form of
Contract and insurance requirements or explain any points of disagreement. These
will be negotiated following award of the Contract.
3. Valid Certificates of Insurance (Attachment B).
4. List of affiliations with contractor registrars, e.g., Achilles, CHAS, etc.
5. Company Statement of Qualifications (SOQ); discussion on experience, knowledge, and qualifications.
6. Schedule earliest date available to start.

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Proposal evaluation will consider qualifications, schedule readiness, quality assurance
experience, and responsiveness in addition to price. RIZZO is not bound to select the lowest
bid or any responding bidder.
Bids are due by Noon, London time on 8 August 2014. Bids are to be submitted
electronically to [email protected].
A separate, larger Scope of Work (Site Characterisation) is also expected to be let in the next
two to three weeks. Provide your contact information in order to be included in the
distribution of that RFP.
A combined site visit for both the Age Dating Drilling and Site Characterisation scopes are
tentatively planned for 30 July 2014. If you intend to attend the site visit, please provide the
following information to [email protected] no later than 23 July 2014:
Names of staff attending
Make, model, color, and registration number of vehicle(s) to be used
We are anticipating providing notification of award for the Age Dating Drilling Scope in late
August with mobilisation expected in late September 2014.
If you have any questions, provide them in writing to [email protected] by 1 August
2014. All responses will be provided in writing to all bidders.
Sincerely,
RIZZO Associates
Anand K. Boscha, P.E.
Senior Engineer
AKB/sdr
Attachments
mailto:[email protected]:[email protected]:[email protected]

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ATTACHMENT A
TECHNICAL SPECIFICATIONS

AGE DATING DRILLING TECHNICAL SPECIFICATION
MOORSIDE SITE CUMBRIA, UNITED KINGDOM
09-4113
18 JULY 2014
SUBMITTED TO:
WESTINGHOUSE ELECTRIC COMPANY LLC and NuGENERATION LIMITED
Corporate Headquarters 500 Penn Center Boulevard, Pittsburgh, PA 15235 USA
Telephone: 412.856.9700 | Fax: 412.856.9749

Age Dating Drilling Page 2 of 22 Technical Specification 094113/14 Rev. 1 (18 July 2014)
MOORSIDE SITE

TABLE OF CONTENTS
PAGE LIST OF TABLES AND FIGURES....................................................................................5
1.0 INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................6
2.0 SCOPE OF WORK ..................................................................................................7
2.1 INCLINED BORINGS .......................................................................................7
2.2 LIGHT-SENSITIVE SAMPLING ........................................................................9
2.3 VERTICAL DEVIATION SURVEY ...................................................................10
2.4 ACOUSTIC TELEVIEWER TESTING ...............................................................10
2.5 BACKFILLING OF BORINGS ..........................................................................11
2.6 SCHEDULE, FACILITIES, AND SITE CONSTRAINTS ........................................11
2.7 STAFFING ....................................................................................................12
3.0 QUALITY, HEALTH, SAFETY, AND ENVIRONMENTAL REQUIREMENTS .................................................................................................14
3.1 PERSONNEL QUALIFICATIONS .....................................................................15
3.2 PROCEDURES ..............................................................................................15
3.3 VERTICAL DEVIATION SURVEY ...................................................................16
3.3.1 Boring Orientation .......................................................................16
3.3.2 Boring Inclination ........................................................................16
4.0 SUBMITTALS ......................................................................................................18
4.1 PROPOSAL SUBMITTALS ..............................................................................18
4.1.1 Logistics/Plan ..............................................................................18
4.1.2 Health and Safety ........................................................................18
4.1.3 Personnel Qualifications ..............................................................18
4.1.4 Drilling Equipment, Procedures, and Materials ..........................18
4.1.5 Vertical Deviation Survey and Acoustic Televiewer Testing .........................................................................................19
4.1.6 Acoustic Televiewer Testing .......................................................19
4.1.7 Duration .......................................................................................19
4.1.8 Previous Experience ....................................................................19
4.1.9 Subcontractors/Teaming ..............................................................20
4.1.10 Bill of Quantities .........................................................................20
4.2 IN-PROCESS SUBMITTALS ...........................................................................21
4.2.1 Bi-Weekly Updates .....................................................................21

TABLE OF CONTENTS (CONTINUED)
PAGE
4.3 FINAL SUBMITTALS .....................................................................................21
4.3.1 Records ........................................................................................21
4.3.2 Final Completion Report .............................................................21
EXHIBIT 1 COMBINED SEISMIC SURVEY, REFLECTION AND REFRACTION PROFILES AND AGE-DATING BORINGS

LIST OF TABLES
TABLE NO. TITLE PAGE TABLE 2-1 PROPOSED BORING NUMBER AND DEPTH ...........................9
TABLE 4-1 BILL OF QUANTITIES ................................................................20
LIST OF FIGURES
FIGURE NO. TITLE PAGE FIGURE 3-1 VERIFICATION OF VERTICAL DEVIATION
SURVEY EQUIPMENT ...............................................................17

MOORSIDE SITE
1.0 INTRODUCTION The Moorside Site, which is the subject of this Technical Specification, is located adjacent to the Sellafield nuclear facility in Cumbria, UK. RIZZO Associates (RIZZO), acting as Principal Contractor, will subcontract a firm (the Subcontractor) to obtain samples of the fault materials and the glacial drift overlying the faults at the Site. Samples retrieved will be sent to specialized laboratories to determine the Date of Last Movement (DLM) of the faults. NuGen is developing a nuclear power plant at the Moorside Site. The Nuclear Decommissioning Authority (NDA) is the land owner. The Subcontractor will report to RIZZO technical and management leads. Interactions between NDA, Local Planning authority, and any other local authorities will be the responsibility of the NuGen Land Manager with input from RIZZO. The Site consists of unconsolidated glacial drift overburden abov

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