SOLICITATION NOTICE
99 -- Contract Extension for Purchase and Delivery of Plutonium-238
- Notice Date
- 6/12/2007
- Notice Type
- Solicitation Notice
- Contracting Office
- 1000 Independence Ave. SW, Washington, DC 20585
- ZIP Code
- 20585
- Solicitation Number
- DE-AC01-03NE23541
- Response Due
- 7/13/2007
- Archive Date
- 1/13/2008
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The Department of Energy (DOE), Office of Radioisotope Power Systems, (NE-34) within the Office of Nuclear Energy plans to extend an existing contract for the purchase of the isotope plutonium-238 (Pu-238. The isotope will be used as a heat source for the generation of electric power for civilian planetary and deep space missions. The Pu-238 isotopic content of the material must be not less than 84 percent of the total plutonium as of the date of precipitation. The Pu-238 acquired under this extension will supplement existing U.S. inventory. The statutory authority permitting other than full and open competition for this extension is Section 303(c)(1) of the Federal Property and Administrative Services Act of 1949, as amended by the Competition in Contracting Act, 41 U.S.C. 253(c)(1), and implemented by FAR 6.302-1(a)(2) which authorizes other than full and open competition when there is only one responsible source and no other supplies or service will satisfy agency requirements. TECHNSNABEXPORT (TENEX) is currently providing these supplies under the DOE Contract Number DE-AC01-03NE23541 and is the only known supplier. Interested parties may identify their interest and capability and respond to the requirements described above. This notice of intent is not a request for competitive proposals. However, all capability statements received within 30 days after the date of publication for this synopsis will be considered by the DOE. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will normally be considered solely for the purpose of determination whether to conduct a competitive procurement. THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION FOR PROPOSALS OR AN INVITATION FOR BIDS, NOR DOES IT REPRESENT A COMMITMENT BY THE GOVERNMENT TO PAY FOR COSTS INCURRED IN THE PREPARATION AND SUBMISSION OF DATA OR ANY OTHER COSTS INCURRED IN RESPONSES TO THIS ANNOUCEMENT.
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- Record
- SN01316308-W 20070614/070612220354 (fbodaily.com)
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