Support in carrying out strategic environmental assessments seas within the framework of the site selection act standag - 10577895

The Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management in Germany from Europe region had released this tender for Support in carrying out strategic environmental assessments seas within the framework of the site selection act standag The tender includes the awarding of services in the context of strategic environmental assessments SEAs as part of the site selection process StandAV which is standardized in the Site Selection Act StandAG The client is the Federal Office for the Safety of Nuclear Waste Management BASE which among other things carries out the supervision licensing and regulatory functions in the area of nuclear waste disposal and final storage in Germany The Federal Society for Final Storage mbH BGE acts as the project sponsor for the StandAV - In Germany around 27 000 m of highly radioactive waste needs to be permanently and safely disposed of The StandAG regulates that the StandAV is used to determine the location with the best possible safety for a final storage facility in the Federal Republic of Germany for this waste This is done based on legally defined criteria and minimum requirements and with the participation of the public and other actors Although the StandAG aims to determine the location by 2031 the work is taking more time than expected - The StandAV is divided into three phases with the services advertised here referring to Phase I of the StandAV In the current step 2 of Phase I geological data is collected and evaluated by the BGE in order to determine location regions for surface exploration from the sub-areas The BGE is expected to submit the proposal for the location regions to be explored above ground to BASE at the end of 2027 together with the site-specific exploration programs for above-ground exploration - In the course of determining the location regions for surface exploration a strategic environmental assessment so-called plan SEA must be carried out in accordance with the Environmental Impact Assessment Act UVPG In the Plan-SEA all direct and indirect environmental impacts in connection with the determination of the location regions for surface exploration are determined described and evaluated In addition to the likely significant environmental impacts of surface exploration this also includes that of underground exploration and repositories In addition for each exploration program EP it must be determined whether it is subject to SUP by means of a fauna-flora-habitat preliminary examination and if necessary a preliminary examination of the individual case screening If this is answered in the affirmative an SUP must also be carried out for the respective EP so-called EP-SUP - The advertised framework contract includes the continuous advice and operational support of BASE in carrying out the work related to the environmental assessments in Phase I This includes for example the development of a method taking into account stratification potential which can be used to determine describe and evaluate the environmental impacts of the implementation of the plan and reasonable alternatives on the UVPG protected assets taking cumulative effects into account The method is intended to enable a transparent comprehensible and reproducible comparison of reasonable alternatives In addition z B also the development of the investigation framework and environmental reports of the Plan-SUP and the EP-SEA as well as support in the implementation of participation procedures according to UVPG in the evaluation of statements and in the documentation of the results of the tendered services - The service provision is expected to last until 2032 This depends among other things on the progress of the StandAV and the relevant legal decisions - A more detailed project description in which the procurement project is explained in detail is contained in the tender document Specification of Services with tender notice no. 0401/25 published on 12 Dec 2025. The tender expired on 14 Jan 2026. This tender is sourced from Vergabe and is eligible for suppliers interested in Environmental services. Interested bidders can obtain further information including complete bid documents or ways to participate by registering on Tender Impulse and referencing via Tender Impulse ID 10577895.