Babcock and Wilcox of Ohio, 1 Mound Road, P.O. Box 3030, Mail Stop OSW-133, Miamisburg, OH 45343-3030

H -- RADIOLOGICAL INSTRUMENTATION CALIBRATION SERVICES POC Edwin K. Leach, Phone (937) 865-3741, FAX (937) 865-3816. This Sources Sought Notice is issued to identify potential sources who are interested in submitting a proposal for Radiological Instrumentation Calibration services located at the Miamisburg, Ohio Mound facility. The calibration program will support the ongoing radiological remediation efforts at the Mound facility until approximately the year 2003. Operation of the facility will be in accordance with 10 CFR 835, N42.17A, ANSI N323 and MD-10215 standards. The following is a brief description of the contract requirements. It should be understood that the requirements set out below are not all inclusive. The total requirements will be contained in the Request for Proposal (RFP). The contractor shall be responsible for: (a) Managing all tasks identified in the Statement of Work including operations compliant with 10 CFR 835 and Quality Control requirements as implemented in the Mound specific manuals, calibration of identified instrumentation, recordkeeping, storage and transfer, instrument pickup and delivery and DOE property accounting. (b) Providing pre-notification of expiration, calibration and maintenance of radiological instrumentation in accordance with ANSI N323, 10 CFR 835 and MD-10215. All calibration shall be NIST traceable. In addition, new instrumentation training, testing, procedure development and technical specifications will be provided as required. (c) Providing a staff including health physicists, technical and clerical support as needed to perform calibration, function testing and repair of all current radiological instrumentation on hand at the Mound facility at the frequency prescribed. In addition, an inventory of calibrated equipment shall be maintained. (d) The total operation of the calibration facility at the Mound facility and equipment maintenance, radiological controls, surveys, work permits, personnel training and recordkeeping. This also includes maintaining a radiological instrumentation parts and chemical inventory, providing for exposure of Thermoluminescent Dosimeters in the Low Scatter Facility and providing for operations of the Tritium Calibration Hood. In addition, a documented Conduct of Operations program in accordance with Mound Procedure MD-10361 shall be maintained. (e) Providing in place field calibration for continuous air monitors, box line monitors, portal contamination monitors, flow ~meters and criticality monitors. In addition, health physics technical support shall be provided for technical basis generation, procedure generation and modification, and source change out. A Firm Fixed Price contract is contemplated with a period of performance of five (5) years which will consist o~f a base year plus four (4) one (1) year priced options. Interested companies should submit a letter of interest with a detailed description of their capabilities to perform the work outlined above; experience doing similar type of work; and, documentation of their financial capability to perform any resultant contract. Even though full and open competition is anticipated, please identify whether your business is large, small, small disadvantaged or woman owned small business. Replies are requested no later than ten (10) working days following publication of this notice. (0343)

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