SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Engineering Support for Design, Construction, Upgrading, And Maintenance Of The NCNR Research Facility
- Notice Date
- 7/11/2011
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B129, Mail Stop 1640, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1640
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1640
- Solicitation Number
- AMD-11-SS20
- Archive Date
- 7/30/2011
- Point of Contact
- Todd D Hill, Phone: 301-975-8802
- E-Mail Address
-
todd.hill@nist.gov
(todd.hill@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST) seeks information on commercial vendors that are capable of providing the NIST Center for Neutron Research (NCNR) with professional engineering services on issues related to the research facility operation and maintenance of the NCNR, including support for the ongoing NCNR expansion initiative. Specifically, support is needed for activities and tasks occurring during the expansion initiative to include design, construction, upgrading, and maintenance of the NCNR research facility. After results of this market research are obtained and analyzed and specifications are developed for NIST's minimum requirements, NIST may conduct a competitive procurement and subsequently award a Purchase Order. If at least two qualified small businesses are identified during this market research stage, then any competitive procurement that resulted would be conducted as a small business set-aside. NIST has a need for engineering services/support that would meet the following functional requirements: Professional engineering services on issues related to the research facility operation and maintenance of the NCNR, including support for the ongoing NCNR expansion initiative. Specifically, support is needed for activities and tasks occurring during the expansion initiative to include design, construction, upgrading, and maintenance of the NCNR research facility. The successful offeror will need to be familiar and competent with the requirements to perform all consultative services tasks stated herein. The successful offeror must be capable of providing high quality, multidisciplinary personnel with expertise in the safety analysis, operation and use of research or test nuclear reactors, especially heavy water reactors. Specific experience and expertise is required in Physics and Nuclear/Mechanical Engineering disciplines, including experience with and knowledge of neutron instrumentation, research using SANS and reflectometry techniques, facility management, and configuration management. The successful offeror shall provide consultative support to the NCNR in all of the tasks/technical areas described below. Task 1: Neutron Facility Development - Support for the construction of additional research capabilities at the NCNR, including review of structural analyses; design of shielding; design, installation, commissioning and operation of advanced neutron scattering instrumentation; and other analysis as required including life cycle cost, specification of performance requirements, optimization of effort, and requirements collection. The outcome of this task is to provide analysis through oral briefings and other reporting mechanisms to NCNR management at all levels, and specifically to the Research Facilities Operations Group Leader to help ensure that the NCNR remains at the forefront worldwide in neutron measurement technology. Task 2: Reactor Operations - Support of all aspects of reactor analysis, operations, and maintenance. Support for the conversion of the NBSR from High Enriched Uranium (HEU) to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU). Support for updates to the Final safety Analysis Report (SAR) as facility modifications are completed. The outcome of this task is to support all aspects of Reactor Operations and Engineering to help ensure that the NBSR maintains its record as the most cost-effective research reactor in the world. Task 3: Strategic Planning for Research Facilities - Support for identifying the most efficient utilization of all resources to maximize the cost-effective and safe operation of the NCNR research facilities and user program. Analyzes activities of the NCNR and assesses how they can be successfully integrated with overall NIST goals and priorities. Develops and evaluates data and measures of facility performance, with specific regard to the safety management system, provides insightful information on current and future trends in neutron science, and produces data analysis that can be effectively used to set organization goals and assess performance. The outcome of this task is to provide key input to strategic planning activities for the NCNR. Task 4: CNS Development - Support for the development of a new cold neutron source (CNS) at the NBSR. The contractor must have knowledge, skills and abilities sufficient to design and then help supervise the installation and testing of a liquid hydrogen CNS for one of the beam tubes. The contractor must be able to develop a safety basis for the cold source that is adequate for all regulatory approvals and must be able to specify and supervise any prototype testing. Demonstrated experience in the design, construction and operation of liquid hydrogen cold sources in research reactors operating at above 10 MW is a prerequisite. In addition, the contractor must have knowledge of the physical principles of cold source performance, adequate to evaluate and propose future cold sources, e.g. a large deuterium source to replace the existing source. The outcome of this task will be to help assure that the supply of cold neutron measurement capabilities remains at the forefront internationally. NIST is seeking responses from all responsible sources, including large, foreign, and small businesses. Small businesses are defined under the associated NAICS code for this effort, 541330, as those domestic sources having average annual gross receipts that do not exceed $4.5 Million for the past three years. Please include your company's size classification in any response to this notice. Companies that can provide such services are requested to email a detailed report describing their abilities to todd.hill@nist.gov no later than the response date for this sources sought notice. The report should include achievable specifications and any other information relevant to your product or capabilities. The responding contractors need to verify that they have specific experience and expertise in Physics and Nuclear/Mechanical Engineering disciplines, including experience with and knowledge of neutron instrumentation, research using Small Angle Neutron Scattering (SANS) and reflectometry techniques, facility management, and configuration management. Also, the following information is requested to be provided as part of the response to this sources sought notice: 1. Name of the company(ies) that are experienced in providing the described services, their addresses, and a point of contact for the company (name, phone number, fax number and email address). 2. Indication of whether the services for which specifications are sent to todd.hill@nist.gov are currently on one or more GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts and, if so, the GSA FSS contract number(s). 3. Any other relevant information that is not listed above which the Government should consider in developing its minimum specifications and finalizing its market research.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: NIST, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899, United States
- Zip Code: 20899
- Zip Code: 20899
- Record
- SN02494860-W 20110713/110711234639-8cdce3c4067ec3dd6307711a639d9f97 (fbodaily.com)
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