s and answers regarding the Invitation for Tender for a national gamma monitoring system in Sweden s and answers published 2008-07-07 Will alternative tenders from the same Tenderer be considered? No, only the Tender that fulfils all financial, economical and technical requirements and has the lowest price will be selected for further comparison with Tenders from other Tenderers. Can a Tenderer offer different types of sensors and thereby provide an opportunity for the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority to select the one that is best suited? No, only the Tender that fulfils all financial, economical and technical requirements and has the lowest price will be selected for further comparison with Tenders from other Tenderers. Will a more advanced system than specified in the technical requirements be beneficial in the evaluation? No, in the evaluation process, Tenders will only be checked to verify if they fulfil all financial, economical and technical requirements or not. A more advanced solution than required will not give any additional points in the evaluation process. Will different options from the same Tenderer be considered? No, only the Tender that fulfils all financial, economical and technical requirements and has the lowest price will be selected for further comparison with Tenders from other Tenderers. Shall the necessary hardware for the central server application be included in the Tender? No, but any necessary additional hardware or software required to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations shall be specified in the Tender. It states in the technical requirement specification that the central server application shall be able to work on a redundant server. How shall this requirement be interpreted?
It shall be possible to install the central server application on a redundant server at a later time at the request of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Shall the Tender include installation of the central server application on a redundant server? No, the Tender shall only include installation of the central server application on one server at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. Shall the Tender include installation of the client software on workstations at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority? Yes, the Tender shall include installation of the client software on five workstations placed at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. It states in the technical requirement specification that the central server application shall be able to store data in a Microsoft SQL database. Is this correct? The requirement shall be interpreted as the ability to store data in a Microsoft SQL server database. It states in the technical requirement specification that the measurement station shall be able to measure the operating temperature. Does this refer to the outdoor temperature or the temperature inside the measurement station? The measurement station shall be able to measure the temperature inside the measurement station. If a solution with separate units for control, detector and backup battery is offered, the measurement station shall be able to measure the temperature inside the detector unit. It states in the technical requirement specification that the quality information of the measurement station shall include, among other parameters, internal humidity status and internal temperature status. What do the terms internal and status refer to and shall the measurement station be able to measure humidity? The measurement station shall be able to measure and register the temperature and humidity inside the measurement station. If a solution with separate units for control, detector and backup battery is offered, the measurement station shall be able to measure and register the temperature and humidity inside the detector unit. The term status refers to the actual value of the temperature or humidity measurement, not the status of the temperature or humidity sensor.
Shall the measurement station be able to measure precipitation type? No. Shall the measurement station be able to measure wind speed and wind direction? No. Shall the Tender include all software upgrades for three years following the delivery or only corrections of identified faults in the software caused by the Tenderer? The Tender shall include all upgrades of the software for three years following the delivery. s and answers published 2008-07-10 The specified measurement range for the precipitation measurement is down to 10 C. Shall the precipitation sensor be able to correctly measure the amount of precipitation in form of snow? : Yes. Regarding the requirement for Power Supply External Interface; What is the length of the mains power cable to be offered? : The mains power cable shall be at least five (5) meters. The mains power cable shall have type approval H07RN-F, H07BQ-F or better. Regarding the requirement for Power Supply External Interface; What is the required type of mains power connector to be offered? : The mains power connector shall be of CEE form with 3 pins and designed for 220-240V and 16A. Regarding the requirement for Power Supply External Interface; What is the required protection class of the mains power connector? : The protection class of the mains power connector shall be IP 44 or better.
Regarding the requirement for Set and Modify Parameters Locally; What is the difference between process parameters and configuration parameters? : There is no clear difference between process and configuration parameters. In the invitation for Tender, process parameters are e.g. parameters for the statistical analysis of the data and configuration parameters are e.g. parameters for setting up the detector(s) and sensor(s). The requirement shall be interpreted in such a way that it shall be possible to set and modify relevant parameters for the operation of the measurement station locally using an external PC that has established a local connection to the measurement station. Regarding the requirement for Protection Class; Is IP67 also valid for the precipitation sensor or is IP65 sufficient? : The precipitation sensor shall have a protection class of IP 67 or better. Regarding the requirement for Redundant Server; Looking at the software components at least three (3) main components can be identified in the central system: - FTP server for GPRS / TCP/IP communication - Server application software - SQL database Please specify which of these components should be installed on a redundant hardware? : The requirement shall be interpreted in such a way that it shall be possible to install the central server application on a redundant server at a later time at the request of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority. The installation of the above mentioned components on a redundant server shall therefore not be included in the Tender. Regarding the requirement for Redundant Server; Please specify the PC hardware system on which it shall be possible to install the software? : The central server application shall be able to run on a redundant server with Intel x86 architecture and Microsoft Windows Server 2003. Regarding the requirement for Database; Shall the database also fulfil the redundancy requirement, thus be installed on different (redundant) server with automatic database replication between each other and, if f yes, does the Tenderer has to provide the setup of the database replication or is this provided by SSI IT department? : No, the database shall not fulfil the redundancy requirement. The setup of the database replication shall not be included in the Tender. This is provided by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority using a separate system not included in the Invitation for Tender.
Regarding the requirement Receive and Transmit Data; Is a FTP server available on the SSM hosted website and can this be used for the data transmission if a FTP server is necessary for the data transmission by GPRS? : The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority will provide the necessary hardware to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations. Standard communication protocols, such as an FTP server or a Web server will be available. It shall be clearly stated in the Tender if a non-standard communication protocol is needed to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations. Is the Tenderer responsible for provision/setup of the public FTP-server or is this provided by SSM? : See previous answer. Is SSI providing the necessary security for the GPRS/internet communication (Firewall ) or is this in the responsibility of the Tenderer? : The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority will provide the necessary security for the GPRS/internet communication. Regarding the requirement Report Generation; Shall the described report function be an automatic process which creates time scheduled reports automatically (i.e. automatic daily report) or is the report to be created automatically upon users request? : The central server application shall be able to create time scheduled reports automatically. Regarding the requirement Alarm Notification; Is it acceptable to use an internet service provider, who provides a conversion from email to SMS for the generation of SMS? : Yes. s and answers published 2008-08-06 Regarding the requirement Endurance Temperature; Shall the monitoring station be able to withstand ambient air temperatures between -50 ºC and +50 ºC without being damaged even in the event of a mains power supply failure in combination with a backup battery failure? : The requirement regarding Endurance Temperature must only be fulfilled given that the measurement station get power from either the external power supply or the backup battery.
Is it required to measure the temperature in the housing for the electronics if the detector(s) is placed separate from the housing or is it sufficient to measure the temperature only in the detector unit? : See answer to previous question concerning the temperature measurement published on the website of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority on the 7 th of July 2008. The measurement station shall be able to measure the temperature inside the measurement station. If a solution with separate units for control, detector and backup battery is offered, the measurement station shall be able to measure the temperature inside the detector unit. Regarding the requirement on Receive and Transmit Data and the answer concerning this requirement published on the website of the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority on the 10 th of July 2008; Shall the hardware at the measurement stations necessary to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations be included in the Tender? : The hardware at the measurement stations necessary to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations shall be included in the Tender. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority will provide the necessary hardware for the central server application to receive and transmit data between the central server application and the measurement stations. If a technical solution where a certified dose rate detector is placed inside a housing is chosen; Must the dose rate measurement for the housing with the detector inside be certified in itself? All requirements in the technical requirement specification shall be fulfilled regardless of chosen technical solution for the measurement station. Regarding the tender procedure and the related terms of delivery; Has the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority already a fixed or final date for the contract award decision, as the offer should be valid at least 90 days and the date of delivery must be before December 31, 2008. The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority will make the contract award decision as soon as possible and not later than the 4th of September 2008. The deadline for delivery of the proposal is indicated as "before August 13th"; Please clarify if the proposal package has to be delivered before 17.00 of August 12th or August 13th. The deadline for delivery of a Tender to the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority is at 17.00 on the 13 th of August 2008.