If the owner requires the supplier to provide technology transfer services in specific areas of the nuclear plant project, this should be indicated in a specific section of the SS document, which could include typical scope items such as training in accident analysis, training in probabilistic safety analysis, training in specific computer code applications and software modifications, to name a few.

19.7.3 Options

The SS document should have a section specifying the scope options that the owner requires from the bidder. The owner reserves the right to exercise each option, once it has been technically and financially evaluated. Options are a way for the owner to explore the convenience of including in the sup­plier’s scope certain technical solutions for the structures, systems and components, or to modify the scope boundaries and make the decision at a later stage, once bidder information is available and has been evaluated.

This section should also make provisions for the inclusion of options proposed at the bidder’s initiative. It may count on technical alternatives prepared by the bidders to the technical requirements specified in the BIS.

The owner should make it clear to the bidders that they should be com­mitted first and foremost to complying with the BIS requirements, before any options be considered (be they requested by the owner or proposed by the bidder as technical alternatives). Otherwise these options or alterna­tives would be considered as exceptions to the BIS.

Bidders shall also be requested to submit complete technical information in their bids regarding options and alternatives, to facilitate evaluation by the owner.