SOURCES SOUGHT
B -- NUCLEAR ENGINEERING AND RELATED SAFETY OPERATIONS CONSULTATIVE SUPPORT FOR NCNR REACTOR, RESEARCH FACILITY, AND CENTER OFFICE OPERATIONS
- Notice Date
- 7/5/2012
- 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-12-SS37
- Archive Date
- 7/28/2012
- 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 consultative expertise in nuclear engineering and related safety operations for support of specific activities being conducted by three of NCNR's organizational components; Reactor Operations and Engineering, Research Facility Operations, and NCNR's Center Office, including support for the ongoing NCNR expansion initiative. In the midst of this ongoing expansion of the NCNR, the facility is also planning for changes in reactor fuel composition and the associated impacts on neutron flux capability, and for developing, implementing, and monitoring effective safety programs for fuel conversion and other new facility enhancements installed as part of the expansion initiative. 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. 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 small angle neutron scattering (SANS) and reflectometry techniques, facility management, neutron instrumentation, and configuration management. The successful offeror shall provide consultative services and support to the NCNR in a Base year, with two Option years, in all of the tasks/technical areas described below. Task 1: Reactor Operations and Engineering Support - Support is needed for two Reactor Operations and Engineering activities: a. Safety analysis for the conversion of the NBSR from High Enriched Uranium (HEU) to Low Enriched Uranium (LEU). This effort includes analysis support suitable for inclusion in the Final Safety Analysis Report (SAR) as facility modifications are completed. b. Analysis of the design of the new D2 cold neutron source (CNS) at the NBSR, including safety analysis and review of installation and testing plans. For each of these activities, the successful offeror will apply their knowledge and experience in conducting comprehensive safety analyses for research reactor operations to assist NCNR in developing appropriate safety plans and procedures. Actual design approvals and installation activities conducted by NCNR management will be based on the safety framework developed under these activities. The outcome of this task will be the safety analysis and review of design and installation/testing plans, for both the HEU to LEU fuel conversion and the D2 CNS. Task 2: Research Facilities Operations Support - Support is required for two Research Facilities Operations activities: a. Technical guidance and analysis on the NCNR expansion instrument relocation, installation, and commissioning process relative to instruments scheduled each FY. b. Technical guidance and analysis for instrument and facility planning modifications each FY. For both of these activities, the successful offeror will provide analysis of FY plans for the relocation, commissioning, and optimal performance of existing research instruments, and provide analysis of planned FY construction of additional research capabilities at the NCNR. This support is expected to include such items as review of structural analyses; review of shielding designs; evaluation of plans for the 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 contractor must have previous experience in the design, development, commissioning, troubleshooting, and operation of neutron scattering instrumentation. The outcome of this task will be comprehensive review and evaluation of FY relocation plans for NCNR research instruments. Task 3: NCNR Center Office Operations Support - Support is required for the following NCNR Center Office activity: a. Provide expert technical input and analysis to NCNR senior management (Director and Deputy Director) regarding the development, monitoring, and effectiveness of the NCNR safety program and modifications needed during each FY. For this activity, the successful offeror will conduct a technical analysis of the NCNR safety program each FY in correlation with changing needs relative to new and relocated NCNR research instruments and other expansion-related operational modifications. The analysis will be based on development of appropriate evaluation criteria using the offeror's prior experience involving neutron research facility safety programs. The offeror will also assess the performance of the NCNR safety program each FY in relation to expansion-related operational modifications, including evaluation of new and existing data and measures of facility safety performance, and data analysis that can be effectively used to set organizational safety goals and assess performance against those goals. 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 and socio-economic status 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, safety analysis, operation and use of research or test nuclear reactors, (especially heavy water reactors), 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
- SN02794537-W 20120707/120705234853-42a39833d19299e4332cd8b8b2ce438d (fbodaily.com)
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