MODIFICATION
C -- HIGH RADIATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT DESIGN
- Notice Date
- 8/27/2003
- Notice Type
- Modification
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC (DOE Contractor), Yucca Mountain Project, 1180 Town Center Drive, Las Vegas, NV, 89114
- ZIP Code
- 89114
- Solicitation Number
- PPD-PQ-080403-001
- Response Due
- 9/5/2003
- Archive Date
- 9/20/2003
- Point of Contact
- Carolyn Makaena, Subcontract+Specialist, Phone xxx-xxx-xxxx, Fax 702-295-0019,
- E-Mail Address
-
Carolyn_Makaena@ymp.gov
- Description
- Modification to change Prequalification No. PPD-PQ-080403-001 as follows: 1. Change the DUE DATE from August 25, 2003 to September 5, 2003. 2. Change the Period of Performance to read "The estimated RFP issuance date is approximately September 15, 2003." vice "The estimated RFP issuance date is approximately September 1, 2003." 3. Change the Response Submittal to read "...on or before September 5, 2003" vice "...on or before August 25, 2003. PROJECT SPECIFIC PREQUALIFICATION CRITERIA PREQUALIFICATION NO. PPD-PQ-080403-001 HIGH RADIATION AND HIGH TEMPERATURE ROBOTIC EQUIPMENT DESIGN DUE DATE: SEPTEMBER 5, 2003, 4:30 P.M. Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC (BSC), under Prime Contract No. DE-AC28-01RW12101 with the United States Department of Energy (DOE) on the Yucca Mountain Project (YMP) in support of the Office of the Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM), intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) for award of a Subcontract to provide the technical services described below to pre-qualified bidders only. The YMP is a monitored geologic repository for spent nuclear fuel and high level radioactive waste that will be licensed by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). To be deemed pre-qualified to receive an RFP, potential bidders must respond affirmatively to all seven (7) questions in the "Pre-Qualification Criteria" section below. Summary Scope of Work: The scope of work for this Subcontract will include furnishing technical expertise, supervision, labor, research and development capability for robotic, remote control, and automation design information for a highly radioactive and high temperature environment. Final and advanced designs of remotely and autonomously operated vehicles will be done by others. This work scope entails providing conceptual design options, technical review, and consulting capability to ensure that remotely operated systems meet a rigorous set of requirements pertaining to operations in a hazardous environment. The Subcontractor will be an academic institution with a deep talent pool of researchers, students (both undergraduate and graduate), professors and others with a wide range of experience for developing new and innovative solutions to very complex robotic problems. Specialized robotic and remotely operated equipment will be used on the surface and underground at a high-level nuclear waste repository. Equipment will function near waste packages and high radiation areas containing different forms of commercial spent nuclear fuel and high-level radioactive wastes. Robotic underground vehicles will venture into, take measurements, and then return safely from an environment that is hot (plus 360o F) and radioactive (plus 180 rad/hr). Location of the Work: Work shall be performed at the Subcontractor?fs facilities unless otherwise directed by the Contractor. All work shall be performed within the United States. Period of Performance: The estimated RFP issuance date is approximately September 15, 2003. The anticipated planned date for award of the Subcontract is October 15, 2003, and the initial period of performance will be for one (1) year. Extensions by mutual agreement could commence October 2004 with the potential for extensions for several years. Work may be assigned as multiple tasks, each task having a defined scope of work, performance period and deliverable(s) requirements. Subcontract Type: It is anticipated that a fixed unit rate and task order type Subcontract will be awarded for this requirement. This Subcontract is for an agreement with a "university partner" with BSC to provide services at an "academic institution" (staff, faculty, researchers, and students). The RFP will contain specific Position Descriptions with a request for rates for each position. Response Submittal: Electronic (Microsoft Word 97) and/or faxed responses are required no later than the close of business on or before September 5, 2003, at 4:30 p.m. Pacific Daylight Time (PDT). Include the name, title, address, telephone number, facsimile telephone number, and e-mail address of the responsible person to whom future communications regarding the pre-qualification and the RFP should be addressed. Address pre-qualifying documentation and all questions concerning this Pre-Qualification process to: Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC 1180 Town Center Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 Attention: Ms. Carolyn Makaena Pre-Qualification No. PPD-PQ-080403-001 E-mail: Carolyn_Makaena@ymp.gov Fax: (702) 295-0019 Pre-Qualification Criteria To qualify to receive an RFP, the respondent must be able to demonstrate and provide documented evidence for substantiation that the respondent can meet the specified requirements if a positive response is provided to each of the following questions. Note: Respondent means the academic institution responding to the Pre-Qualification. 1. Does the respondent have a minimum of 5 years of design, research, and development experience with remotely operated, or robotic equipment in highly radioactive (greater than 50 rad/hr) environments? Has respondent worked on at least three (3) projects involving robotics in a highly radioactive environment? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a summary of design, research, and development experience in radioactive environments and list three (3) projects where radiation exposure was a primary design issue. Indicate level of success for each project (2 pages maximum). 2. Does the respondent have a minimum of 5 years of design, research, and development experience with remotely operated systems, or robotic equipment in thermally hot, high temperature environments (greater than 140F)? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a summary of design, research, and development experience in thermally hot environments and list three (3) projects where the high temperature was a primary design issue. Indicate level of success for each project (2 pages maximum). 3. Does the respondent have a minimum of 5 years of design, research, and development experience with remotely operated, or robotic equipment (mobility, manipulation, navigation, perception) for underground or confined space environments where operating constraints were limited (clearances less than 6 inches, and no GPS or radio for navigation)? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a summary of design, research, and development experience in confined space environments and list three (3) projects where the tight operating envelope was a primary design issue. Indicate level of success for each project (2 pages maximum). 4. Does the respondent have a talent pool of professors, faculty, post-doctorate fellows (at least 2), doctorate candidates (at least 4), post graduate students (at least 4) and undergraduate students (at least 6) who could provide consulting and research capability for various aspects of a robotics program? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a list of potential members of the academic institution and their experience who could provide services to the program (1 page maximum). 5. Does the respondent have a minimum of 5 years of research and development experience in fuel cell technology used in high temperature and radiation environments? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a summary of experience. (1 page maximum) 6. Does the respondent have research and development experience in radio communications and ad hoc networking that would be applicable to remote systems (fixed and mobile) to underground, tunnel environments? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" provide a summary of experience. (1 page maximum) 7. Does the respondent have robotic laboratory facilities and a robotic test range (including underground capability) suitable for testing, demonstrating, and prototyping of remote sensors and mobile robotic vehicles? ?? YES ?? NO If "Yes" describe the facilities that would be available for robotic development work (1 page maximum).
- Place of Performance
- Address: Subcontractor's facilities unless otherwise directed by the Contractor.
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
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