Safety Training System for European XFEL

The European XFEL is a research facility of superlatives: it generates ultrashort X-ray flashes-27 000 times per second and with a brilliance that is a billion times higher than that of the best conventional X-ray radiation sources. To construct and operate the European XFEL, international partners agreed on the foundation of an independent research organization — the European XFEL GmbH (‘XFEL’), a non-profit limited liability Company under German law. XFEL is striving to improve the quality and availability of safety trainings with the help of e-learning techniques and by utilizing media such as pictures, photos, audio, video, digital animations, and virtual reality. The aim of the present call for tenders is to identify a provider of e-learning solutions who can offer the entire range of services presented, using e-learning technical and courseware design standards. The services to be contracted include the planning, development, implementation, operation and continuing support of the online safety training and learning platform specifically tailored to the requirements of XFEL. In addition it includes the production, editing, and technical implementation of e-learning material required for the safety training courses. Based on the task description below, a duration of the planning, development and implementation phase is projected to take approximately 12 months. The total duration of the contract will be 60 months (see point II.2.7). Initially it is envisaged to produce around 10 different safety training courses on subjects such as biological safety, chemical safety, laser safety, etc. All work is carried out in close consultation or according to specifications by the responsible persons of the Safety and Radiation Protection group of XFEL.