SOURCES SOUGHT
A -- Emergency Prepardness Program Criteria
- Notice Date
- 6/26/2013
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541620
— Environmental Consulting Services
- Contracting Office
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts, 11555 Rockville Pike, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-2738
- Solicitation Number
- NSIR-2013-001
- Archive Date
- 7/25/2013
- Point of Contact
- Daniel App,
- E-Mail Address
-
Daniel.App@nrc.gov
(Daniel.App@nrc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Sources Sought Notice The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis as a means of conducting market research to determine the availability of potential capability of all management, supervision, administration, and labor for the development of a technical basis and amplifying guidance for the onsite Emergency Preparedness (EP) program evaluation criteria contained in NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Revision 2, using NSIR/DPR-ISG-01 Interim Staff Guidance, "Emergency Planning for Nuclear Power Plants" and various other EP documents. Specific activities include: 1)Development of a draft new NRC EP Manual from existing NRC documents to function as background information and amplifying guidance for the onsite evaluation criteria contained in NUREG-0654, Rev.2; 2) Development of a final draft NRC EP Manual from NRC and FEMA staff; 3) Coordination of comment adjudication from the EP Manual public comment period, and 4) Development of the final version of the EP manual based on adjudicated comments. Services are to be provided to the NRC in Rockville, Maryland. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 541620. THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for capability information does not constitute a request for proposal; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred. MANDATORY QUALIFYING CRITERIA: Detailed knowledge of emergency planning, emergency response, relevant regulations (including 10CFR 50.47 and Appendix E to 10 CFR Part 50), and associated guidance documents, generic communications, regulatory guides, and letters (including NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 (Rev 1), Supplement 3 to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1 (Rev 1), NUREG-1022, NUREG/CR-7002, NUREG/CR-7032, and NUREG/CR-7033). Technical staff should also be familiar with FEMA guidance pertaining to offsite emergency planning for nuclear power plants (including the latest version of the Radiological Emergency Preparedness (REP) Program Manual and Supplement 4, "Criteria for National Preparedness Initiative Integration, Exercise Enhancement, and Backup Alert and Notification Systems," to NUREG-0654/FEMA-REP-1, Rev1). The purpose of this announcement is to provide potential sources the opportunity to submit information regarding their capabilities to perform work for the NRC free of conflict of interest (COI). For information on NRC COI regulations, visit NRC Acquisition Regulation Subpart 2009.5 (http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contracting/48cfr-ch20.html). All interested parties, including all categories of small businesses (small businesses, small disadvantage businesses, 8(a) firms, women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone small businesses) are invited to submit a response. The capabilities package submitted by a vendor should demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to perform the principal components of work listed below. The package should also include past performance/experience regarding projects of similar scope listing the project title, general description, the dollar value of the contract, and name of the company agency, or government entity for which the work was performed. Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. Submission of additional material such as glossy brochures or videos is discouraged. If your organization has the potential capacity to perform these contract services, please provide the following information. Please do not include proprietary or otherwise sensitive information in the response, and do not submit a proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this notice will not be considered. 1) Organization name, address, email address, Web site address and telephone number. 2) What size is your organization with respect to NAICS code 541620 (i.e. "small" or "other than small")? If your organization is a small business under the aforementioned NAICS code, what type of small business (small business, small disadvantage business, 8(a), women-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, and HUBZone small business)? Specifically all that apply. 3) Although no geographic restriction is anticipated, if responding organizations are located outside the Washington Metropolitan area (Maryland, Virginia, and the District of Columbia), indicate how the organization would coordinate with the NRC program office located in Rockville, Maryland to provide support services. 4) Does your organization have experience providing technical service for the development of new EP guidance for commercial nuclear power plants? If, so please list and describe those contracts (contract number, contract type, contract value, description of supplies and services included in the scope, period of performance, ect) and indicate your organization's role (prime contractor, first tier subcontractor, and/or supplier). 5) Indicate whether your organization provides technical service for the development of new EP guidance for commercial nuclear power plants on existing Federal Government contracts (i.e., GSA Federal Supply Schedule contracts or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts ) that the NRC could order from, providing the contract number(s) and indicate what is currently available for ordering from each contract. 6) Provide a standard, non proprietary commercial price list or similar standard non-proprietary commercial pricing information for how your company sells, as a prime contractor, required capabilities described in this notice that your organization has experience providing. Also, indicate what is included in that pricing. 7) Has your company worked for any of the licensees regulated by the NRC in the past year? 8) Has your company previously faced organizational conflict of interest issues with NRC? If so, how were they resolved? The Government will evaluate market information to ascertain market capacity to 1) potentially provide the services consistent in scope and scale with those described in this notice and otherwise anticipated; 2) potential capacity to secure and apply the full range of corporate financial, human capital, and technical resources required to successfully perform similar requirements; 3) Potential capability to implement a successful project management plan that includes: compliance with tight program schedules; cost containment; meeting and tracking performance; hiring and retention of key personnel; and risk mitigation; and 4) potential to provide services under a performance based service acquisition contract. Interested firms responding to this Sources Sought Synopsis are encouraged to structure capability statements in order of the area of consideration noted above. All capability statements send in response to this notice must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Daniel App, at Daniel.App@nrc.gov, in either MS Word, WordPerfect, or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), within Fourteen (14) calendar days from the date of publication of this notice. This market survey is being conducted through FedBozOpps to reach the widest possible audience and to gather current market information. DISCLAIMER AND NOTES: Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization's potential capability and capacity to perform the subject work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the response received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate to a solicitation.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Rockville, Maryland, 21842, United States
- Zip Code: 21842
- Zip Code: 21842
- Record
- SN03100185-W 20130628/130626235024-d309ae8d43434a381ef08cf829e7700d (fbodaily.com)
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