Call for Tenders - Grant Agreement SA/CEN/GROW/EFTA/515/2016-02
Tender queries and responses – Release 1 – 17 January 2017
(including Tender Amendments No. 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Request for tenders for 22 project team leaders, up to 88 technical experts and 1 technical reviewer, in
response to Mandate M/515 phase 2 tasks for the development of the 2nd generation of EN Eurocodes
Launch: 19 December 2016
Deadline for tenders: 6 February 2017
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OVERVIEW OF ALL DOCUMENTS FOR THE CALL FOR TENDER
GRANT AGREEMENT SA/CEN/GROW/EFTA/515/2016-02
The complete list of documents available to Tenderers contains the following elements:

Volume 1 (available separately): Instructions to Tenderers – This volume provides full
instructions on how the Tender Process shall be organized and how and when Tenderers should
submit their responses to the questions contained within and to the award criteria;

Volume 2 (available separately): Contract terms and Conditions - This Volume contains the
documentation for Contracts and general terms and conditions;

Volume 3 (available separately): The Specification – This volume contains the scope/brief,
outlining the requirements.

Volume 1 Annex 2 (available separately): Template for quality submission – This word document
provides the template for the quality submission

Volume 1 Annex 3 (available separately): Template for financial submission – This excel
document provides the template for the financial submission

Tender queries and responses (this document): This document contains the responses to
queries received and includes amendments to the Tender documentation (if any) resulting
from these queries.
All the volumes can be found on www.nen.nl/eurocodes2020.
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Table of contents
1 Tender queries and responses – Release 1 – 17 January 2017 (including Tender Amendment No. 1,
2, 3 and 4) ..................................................................................................................................................... 4
Annex A
Tender amendment No 1 .......................................................................................................... 6
Annex B
Tender amendment No 2 .......................................................................................................... 6
Annex C
Tender amendment No 3 .......................................................................................................... 6
Annex D
Tender amendment No 4 .......................................................................................................... 7
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Tender queries and responses – Release 1 – 17 January 2017
(including Tender Amendment No. 1, 2, 3 and 4)
Reference Query
1
Can existing CEN/TC 250 SC/WG
convenors apply to become a PT leader
and/or member?
Response
Yes, however, if successful, it will be necessary
for the applicant to resign the convenorship of
a related subordinate group where this is
necessary to avoid a conflict of interest.
As stated in 3.6 of Volume 3, subordinate
groups, such as sub-committee working groups,
may be delegated responsibilities for the
review of draft deliverables. There is therefore
a risk of a conflict of interest if an individual is
responsible for leading a review of their own
work.
To avoid restricting the responsibilities that can
be delegated to a working group and/or
minimize the risk of a perceived conflict of
interest, some sub-committees may insist that
a successful applicant resigns their
convenorship of a related subordinate group.
In other cases, particularly in highly specialist
areas, this may not necessarily apply.
Individual situations will be assessed on a case
by case basis and discussed with the tender and
other relevant parties, as appropriate.
2
Can I apply if I am based outside Europe?
3
Did an editorial error in the description
of Task SC8.T2 appear in volume 3 of the
phase 2 tender documents?
Did an editorial error appear in
Table 1 of Volume 1 for tasks SC1.T3 and
SC1.T4?
4
5
I am retired and just do some ad hoc
consultancy without a Company. How do
you want me to complete the "Tender
Submission Code" in that case?
Yes you can apply for a position in a PT. Please
be aware however that (online) meetings are
scheduled to take place within Europe and
within European time zones.
Yes, an amendment is included in Tender
Amendment No 1 in Annex A to this document.
Yes. Amendments are included in Tender
Amendment No 2 in Annex B and No 3 in Annex
C to this document.
In general, it is highly recommended you start a
registered organization with a VAT number and
apply as a freelancer (self-employed). Your
local Chamber of commerce should be able to
assist you.
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Reference Query
Response
Should you choose to apply without a
registered organization, please use the
following Tenderer’s submission code:
M515_[PT designation (SCx.Ty) or Technical
Reviewer (TR)]_[Other]_[Name of expert]
6
Did an editorial error appear in Table 1 of
Volume 3 for task SC7.T5 with reference
to subtask 5 reinforced soil structures?
Yes, an amendment is included in Tender
Amendment No 4 in Annex D to this document.
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Annex A
Tender amendment No 1
In Volume 3, replace the full title of A.9.1 with: "
A.9.1
Task SC8.T2: Material dependant sections of EN 1998-1
"
Annex B
Tender amendment No 2
In Volume 1, Table 1, replace:
SC1.T3
EN 1991-1-4 (Wind)
Report on recommended clauses for EN
1991-1-3, -1-4, -1-5 an EN 1991-1-9 (and
possibly other Eurocode Parts).
Background document.
with:
SC1.T3
EN 1991-1-4 (Wind)
Draft for revised EN 1991-1-4 with
additional clauses
Background document.
.
Annex C
Tender amendment No 3
In Volume 1, Table 1, replace:
SC1.T4
EN 1991-1-5 (Thermal actions)
Draft for revised EN 1991-1-4 with
additional clauses
Background document.
with:
SC1.T4
EN 1991-1-5 (Thermal actions)
Draft for revised EN 1991-1-5 with
additional clauses
Background document.
.
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Annex D
Tender amendment No 4
In Volume 3, Table 1, replace:
Subtask
Ref.
Sub-task
name
Brief description, background and reasons for
the work
Key benefits
Output (e.g. new
Eurocode part;
new or modified
clauses in existing
Eurocode part)
5
Reinforced Review existing methods of reinforced soil
structure design in
soil
structures different countries. Find common features
and align them with
the Eurocode’s limit state-plus-partial factor
approach, for
inclusion in a new section in EN 1997-3.
This work would make use of the background
research being
undertaken by TC250/SC7’s Evolution Group 5
for ‘Reinforced
soil’.
Reinforced slopes offer the possibility of
considerable
environmental and cost savings during
construction, and yet their
design is not covered to an adequate degree
in the existing
version of Eurocode 7. Many countries have
been forced to
preserve existing non-limit-state national
standards, which differ
widely in their approach. This leads to
inconsistency and
confusion in design of mixed structures
incorporating reinforced
slopes (e.g. highway slopes and abutments),
owing to the need to
work with more than one design code and
(often) philosophy.
Provision of
rules for
reinforced
slope
design
Harmonizati
on of
practice
across
Europe
Improved
clarity of
design
New Section 8in
new standard EN
1997-3
New annex on
reinforced slope
design
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with:
Subtask
Ref.
Sub-task
name
Brief description, background and reasons for
the work
Key benefits
Output (e.g. new
Eurocode part;
new or modified
clauses in existing
Eurocode part)
5
Reinforce
d soil
structures
Review existing methods of reinforced soil
structure design in different countries. Find
common features and align them with the
Eurocode’s limit state-plus-partial factor
approach, for inclusion in a new section in EN
1997-3.
Provision of
rules for
reinforced
soil design
New Section 8in
new standard EN
1997-3
This work would make use of the background
research being undertaken by TC250/SC7’s
Evolution Group 5 for ‘Reinforced soil’.
Reinforced soil structures offer the possibility
of considerable environmental and cost
savings during construction, and yet their
design is not covered to an adequate degree
in the existing version of Eurocode 7. Many
countries have been forced to preserve
existing non-limit-state national standards,
which differ widely in their approach. This
leads to inconsistency and confusion in design
of mixed structures incorporating reinforced
soil (e.g. highway structures and abutments),
owing to the need to work with more than
one design code and (often) philosophy.
Harmonizati
on of
practice
across
Europe
Improved
clarity of
design
New annex on
reinforced soil
design
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