SOLICITATION NOTICE
L -- Support for the Criticality Department
- Notice Date
- 8/20/2004
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- 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-081904-001
- Response Due
- 9/17/2004
- Archive Date
- 10/2/2004
- Point of Contact
- Howard Reading, Subcontract Specialist, Phone XXX-XXX-XXXX, Fax 702-295-0019,
- E-Mail Address
-
howard_reading@ymp.gov
- Description
- Bechtel SAIC Company, LLC (BSC) herein known as the Contractor, intends to issue a Request for Proposal (RFP) to provide the services described below to prequalified bidders only. To be deemed prequalified to bid on the RFP, potential bidders must respond affirmatively to the "Prequalification Criteria" section, questions 1 through 20, addressing their specific areas of expertise and qualification. Summary Scope of Work: Provide technical services to support the BSC Criticality Department as part of the License Applications Project for the Yucca Mountain Project located in Las Vegas, Nevada. This work includes, but is not limited to performing analyses and preparing documentation necessary to support the Department of Energy's (DOE)'s pursuit for Construction Authorization in the following areas: Commercial Fuel and Reactor Data: Assemble and compile, in databases, fuel assembly design data (enrichments, densities, physical dimensions, neutron absorber loading, etc.) and reactor operational records (burnup, power history, soluble boron history, control element locations, etc.). Some of the data assembled will be proprietary and the Respondent will maintain it in house and deliver results of analyses based on the collected data. Criticality: Perform Criticality analyses for a variety of waste packages-/-waste form and external configurations. The software code to be used for these activities is MCNP. Burnup Credit: Perform the necessary activities to justify and defend the use of burnup credit for commercial spent nuclear fuel disposal. The software codes to be used for these activities are MCNP and SCALE. Criticality Consequences: Perform the necessary analyses to determine the consequences of steady-state and transient criticality in the repository for a variety of in-package and external configurations. The software codes to be used for these activities is MCNP, SCALE and RELAP. This work scope also includes code development. Degradation and Geochemistry: Perform geochemistry and degradation analyses for a variety of waste packages-/-waste form and external configurations. The software code to be used for these activities is EQ6. Location of the Work: Work shall be performed at Subcontractor's facilities, unless otherwise directed by the Contractor. Period of Performance: The estimated RFP issuance date is September 2004. The anticipated planned date for award of the Technical Professional Services Subcontract is November 1, 2004. The estimated period of performance is to begin work in November 2004, with an expected duration not to exceed twenty-three (23) months. Subcontract Type: It is anticipated that a fixed unit rate Technical Services Subcontract will be awarded for this requirement. However, the Contractor reserves the right to negotiate separate task orders for work to be performed under the Subcontract with discrete deliverables. Prequalification Criteria: To qualify to bid on the RFP, the respondent must be able to demonstrate and provide documented evidence to substantiate that the respondent can meet the specified requirements as listed below. NOTE: "Respondent" means the firm responding to the Prequalification. 1. Does Respondent have a QA program that could be approved by the DOE Office of Civilian Radioactive Waste Management (OCRWM)? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the QA program 2. Does Respondent have NRC licensing experience in nuclear criticality safety? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on what the Respondent has successfully licensed. 3. Does Respondent have access to detailed PWR operational records including burnup, power history, soluble boron history, control rod locations, etc.? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 4. Does Respondent have access to detailed BWR operational records including burnup, power history, void fraction, control blade locations, etc.? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 5. Does Respondent have access to PWR assembly design data including enrichments, densities, physical dimensions, neutron absorber loading, etc.? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 6. Does Respondent have access to BWR assembly design data including enrichments, densities, physical dimensions, neutron absorber loading, etc.? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 7. Does Respondent have access to PWR commercial reactor critical statepoints (hot-zero power reactor startups)? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 8. Does Respondent have access to BWR commercial reactor critical statepoints (zero power reactor startups)? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available data, its sources and the size of the data set. 9. Can Respondent perform complex geometry MCNP criticality calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 10. Can Respondent perform PWR SCALE4.4:SAS2H Depletion calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 11. Can Respondent perform BWR SCALE4.4:SAS2H Depletion calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 12. Can Respondent perform PWR SCALE5:TRITON Depletion calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 13. Can Respondent perform BWR SCALE5:TRITON Depletion calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 14. Can Respondent perform EQ6 geochemistry degradation calculations of engineered systems? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 15. Can Respondent perform RELAP thermal-hydraulic calculations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the services provided by the Respondent and the projects where they have been successfully implemented. This information must also include Client?fs Name, address, contact name, and telephone number. 16. Does Respondent have sufficient computing capability to perform several thousand MCNP or SAS2H calculations within weeks? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the available computing capability. 17. Does Respondent have expertise in applied statistics for nuclear evaluations? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the number of FTEs with such experience and their level of expertise. 18. Does Respondent have expertise in geochemistry degradation evaluations of engineered systems? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the number of FTEs with such experience and their level of expertise. 19. Does Respondent have expertise in criticality safety analyses? __ YES __ NO If "Yes" provide information on the number of FTEs with such experience and their level of expertise. Response Submittal: Four (4) hard copies and one (1) electronic copy are required no later than the close of business on-/or before September 17, 2004, at 1:00 p.m. Pacific Standard Time (PST). Include the company name and address, as well as the name of the responsible person to whom future communications regarding the prequalification and the RFP should be addressed and their telephone number, facsimile telephone number, and E-mail address. Address prequalifying documentation and all questions concerning this prequalification process to: BECHTEL SAIC COMPANY, LLC 1180 Town Center Drive Las Vegas, Nevada 89144 Attention: Howard Reading Prequalification No: PPD-PQ-081904-001 E-mail: Howard_Reading@ymp.gov Fax: (702) 295-0019
- Place of Performance
- Address: Work shall be performed at Subcontractor's facilities, unless otherwise directed by the Contractor.
- Country: United States
- Country: United States
- Record
- SN00648185-W 20040822/040820211813 (fbodaily.com)
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