National Institutes of Health, Office of Procurement Management, 6120 Executive Blvd., (EPS), Rockville, Maryland 20892-7260

H -- RADIATION SURVEYS, CALIBRATE 7 INSPECT SURVEY METERS SOL 263-98-P(GF)-0002 POC Barbara B. Schultz, Contracting Officer; TEL.301/402-2851; FAX. 301/402-3406 The Division of Safety (DS) at the National Institutes of Health (NIH) is seeking firms who are capable of providing comprehensive radiation safety surveys of selected (approximately 3200) NIH laboratories, storage areas, and adjacent corridors; resurvey selected areas to ensure that non-compliant items have been corrected; perform on-site field calibrations and inspections of survey meters equipped with Geiger-Muller (GM) tubes, NaI crystals, or ZnS probes used for radioactive contamination monitoring: perform calibrations (on-site and off-site) of instruments used for measuring exposure or dose equivalent rates; repair (and recalibrate) survey meters used for contamination monitoring; deploy and collect environmental and effluent samples and dosimeters and prepare them for laboratory analysis; prepare for analysis various swipes/samples generated by the Radiation Safety Branch; manage the Building 21 hot lab facility; check security of radioactive materials; monitor and decontaminate personnel and areas; prepare and decontaminate I-131 therapy rooms. This acquisition is a 100% Small Business Set-Aside. The SIC is 8734 at $5.0M. The requirement is for a base year of 12 months with 4, 1 year options. A preproposal conference will be held approximately 2 weeks following the issuance of the RFP. (0307)

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