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FBO DAILY ISSUE OF APRIL 26, 2002 FBO #0145
SOLICITATION NOTICE

A -- Statistical Analysis of Fracture Toughness Behavior of Reactor Pressure Vessel Steels

Notice Date

4/24/2002
 

Notice Type

Solicitation Notice
 

Contracting Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts and Property Management, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852-2738
 

ZIP Code

20852-2738
 

Solicitation Number

RS-RES-02-071
 

Response Due

5/20/2002
 

Archive Date

6/4/2002
 

Point of Contact

Paulette Smith, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 415-6594, Fax (301) 415-8157,
 

E-Mail Address

pds2@nrc.gov
 

Description

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with Modeling and Computing Services (M&CS) to provide statistical analysis of problems concerning the materials and mechanical behavior of reactor pressure vessels (RPVs) and technical assistance to the NRC staff in developing the technical basis document for Revision 3 of Regulatory Guide 1.99 and address public comments received after the regulatory guide is published. The proposed period of performance is 43 months. The proposed contract is related to work performed by M&CS under Contract No. NRC-04-97-060. Under this contract, M&CS developed a working embrittlement database and analyzed this database to produce an embrittlement model which was consistent with the current mechanistic understanding of radiation damage in RPV materials. M&CS also provided updates to the database as required. The updated database became the basis from which a new embrittlement correlation was developed. This action is being pursued on a sole source basis because M&CS can provide both this unique database and the expert knowledge and experience of Ernest D. Eason who is the only known expert in advanced statistical analyses, computational techniques, mechanical and materials engineering used to develop the new embrittlement correlation. In addition, since this proposed effort is for the continued work previously provided by Mr. Eason with M&CS, it is anticipated that award to any other source would result in substantial duplication of cost to the NRC that is not expected to be recovered through competition. This notice is not to be considered a request for proposals nor a solicitation for offers. No solicitation document is available and telephone requests will not be honored. Written responses should provide detailed evidence of the respondent's capability to perform the required services and absence of organizational conflict of interest. See Note 22. *****
 

Place of Performance

Address: Modeling & Computing Services, 6560 Gunpark Drive, Suite B, Boulder, CO 80301

Country: USA
 

Record

SN00065699-W 20020426/020424213530 (fbodaily.com)
 

Source

FedBizOpps.gov Link to This Notice
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