SOLICITATION NOTICE
R -- Technical Assistance in Support of Design Certification, Early Site Permit, Combined License, Environmental, and Pre-Application Activities Related to New Reactor License Applications
- Notice Date
- 4/4/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852-2738, UNITED STATES
- ZIP Code
- 00000
- Solicitation Number
- 03-07-036
- Response Due
- 4/19/2007
- Description
- The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC)?s Office of New Reactors (NRO) serves the public interest by enabling the safe, secure, and environmentally responsible use of nuclear power in meeting the nation's future energy needs. NRO?s Division of New Reactor Licensing (DNRL) supports the NRO mission to protect public health, safety, and the environment by leading and managing the activities associated with the licensing of new nuclear power plants. These activities include planning and scheduling, infrastructure development, environmental and safety reviews and project management of new reactor activities in support of licensing, oversight, and rulemaking programs for new reactors. DNRL is responsible as the project management organization for design certification (DC) application reviews, early site permit (ESP) application reviews, combined operating license (COL) application reviews, and new reactor pre-application activities. DNRL develops and maintains the necessary regulatory infrastructure to support new reactor licensing activities, including rulemaking, guidance development, interaction with stakeholders on issues pertaining to new reactors, large-scale project management tools, schedule and resource planning and tracking, and issuance of design certifications, early site permits, and combined operating licenses. NRO anticipates the filing of more than 19 COL applications in the next several years and the number is growing. As a result, substantial assistance will be needed by NRO staff to prepare for and review these applications. NRO is currently developing the infrastructure needed to review this growing number of new reactor applications. Technical assistance resources will need to be identified, coordinated, and managed to review these applications in a timely manner. Given this increased workload in new reactor licensing and importance of meeting the schedule of new reactor licensing activities, NRC is seeking Contractor assistance in the preparation and review of these simultaneous applications. The Contractor(s) shall provide qualified, competent, and fully trained personnel to perform the required technical support activities. The Contractor(s) shall provide support in a wide range of technical and scientific disciplines in accomplishing work related activities aimed at ensuring the overall safety and adequacy of nuclear power plant design, construction, and operations. Work related activities include design certification, early site permits, combined operating license and pre-application activity. The scope of work involves placement of task orders in program areas such as DCs, ESPs, COLs and pre-application activity. The NRC has developed a strategy, referred to as the Design-Centreed Review Approach (DCRA) and referenced in the Regulatory Issue Summary 2006-06, ?New Reactor Standardization Needed to Support the Design-Centreed Licensing Review Approach.? DCRA is based on a concept of industry standardization of COL applications referencing a particular design (e.g., COL applications referencing either the Advanced Plant 1000 (AP1000), Economic Simplified Boiling Water Reactor (ESBWR), Advanced Boiling Water Reactor (ABWR) or Evolutionary Power Reactor (EPR) reactor designs). This approach uses, to the maximum extent practical, a ?one issue, one review, one position? strategy in order to optimize the review effort, the resources needed to perform these reviews, and the review schedules. One technical review will be conducted for each reactor design issue and use of this one decision will support the decision on a DC and on multiple COL applications. In order for the DCRA to be fully effective, it is paramount that the Design Certification and COL applicants achieve a consistent level of standardization among related COLs. The contract awards for this technical assistance will be allotted along new reactor designs consistent with the DCRA (e.g., AP1000, ESBWR, EPR, ABWR). It is anticipated that this requirement will result in up to four contract awards, one for each of four reactor design centers. One of the four awards will be a small business set aside. It is anticipated that the contracts will be cost reimbursement type contracts. The period of performance of the resultant contract will be five (5) years. The Request for Proposal (RFP) will be available on or about April 16, 2007 and will be distributed solely through the FedBizOpps website, http://www.fedbizopps.gov. The FedBizOpps website provides downloading instructions. All future information about this acquisition, including solicitation amendments will also be distributed solely through the FedBizOpps website. Hard copies of the solicitation document and its related documents, as appropriate, will not be available. Because this solicitation and its related documents, as appropriate, will be posted at this website, interested parties are instructed NOT to send letters or e-mails or faxes requesting the RFP. Telephoned, e-mailed, or faxed requests for the RFP will not be accepted. Interested parties are responsible for monitoring the FedBizOpps website to assure that they have the most up-to-date information about this acquisition. The Government will not reimburse interested parties for any cost associated with responding to this business opportunity. The size standard for this solicitation is average annual receipts of $6.5 million over the past three years, as set forth under NAICS 541990. Proposals for this requirement may be submitted by all concerns, i.e., large businesses, small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals Notice to large businesses: The subcontracting plan requirements of P.L. 95-507 are applicable to this effort. Thus, all large businesses determined to be in the competitive range must be prepared to submit a detailed subcontracting plan. Notice to small businesses: As noted in the preceding paragraphs, one of the four awards is set aside for a small business.
- Record
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