U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Attn: Linda Wise MS-7I2, Washington, D.C. 20555

B -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE IN RESOLVING GENERIC SAFETY ISSUES POC Mary H. Mace, Contracting Officer, 301/415-7314, Sally Adams, Contract Specialist, 301/415-6588 The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to negotiate a sole source modification with Science and Engineering Associates, Inc., under Contract No. NRC-04-95-047 to provide for a 12-month bridge effort for continuation of expert technical services to assist the NRC in the evaluation, prioritization, and resolution of designated generic safety issues. This effort is necessary to avoid interruption in the services provided to the NRC in relation to resolution of the BWR suction strainer debris blockage safety issue while the NRC pursues a new competitive contract for these services with issuance of the RFP anticipated in the third quarter of FY96. Interruption in these services would impact the NRC's ability to ensure that the emergency core cooling systems at BWR nuclear plants will operate as designed and required during a postulated design-based accident and would also effect the NRC's scheduled evaluation of licensee actions in regard to this issue. See numbered Note 22. (0039)

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