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

66 -- OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE OF MOUND METROLOGY PROGRAM POC Edwin K. Leach, Phone (937) 865-3741, FAX (937) 865-3816. This Sources Sought Notice is issued by Babcock and Wilcox of Ohio, a contractor to the Department of Energy (DOE) under prime contract DE-AC24-970H20044 to identify potential sources who are interested in submitting a proposal to operate and manage the Metrology Program located at the DOE Miamisburg, Ohio Mound facility. The Metrology program supports calibration of instruments and standards in both radiological and non-radiological areas. The facility shall be operated in accordance with Title 10, Code of Federal Regulations, Part 830 (10 CFR 830), Part 835 (!), and Mound Technical Manual MD-10096, "Mound Metrology System Manual" standards. It will be the goal of any resultant contract that the successful contractor will develop a sufficient and stable commercial business base so as to commercialize the metrology function. The technical requirements include, but are not limited to, the following: (A) Contractor shall be responsible for the total operation of the calibration facility at the Mound facility, including facility and equipment maintenance, radiological controls, work permits, personnel training and record keeping, spare parts and chemical inventory. A documented Conduct of Operations program shall be maintained in accordance with Mound Procedure MD-10361, "Mound Conduct of Operations". (B) Contractor shall manage all tasks identified in the Contract Statement of Work including: operations compliant with 10 CFR 830 and 10 CFR 835; Quality Control (QC) requirements as implemented in the Mound specific manuals; calibration of identified instruments and standards; record keeping; storage and transfer; instrument pickup and delivery, and DOE property accounting. (C) Contractor shall provide pre-notification of expiration, calibration and maintenance of instruments and standards in accordance with 10 CFR 840, 10 CFR 835 and MD-10096. All calibrations shall be NIST traceable. New instrumentation training, testing, procedure development and technical specifications will be provided as required. (D) Contractor shall provide required staff including technicians and clerical support as needed to perform calibration, function testing and repair of all instruments and standards at the frequencies prescribed as will be set out in any resultant contract. An inventory of calibrated equipment shall be maintained. A Firm Fixed Price contract is contemplated with a period of performance of five (5) years which will consist of a base year plus four (4) one (1) year fixed 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. (0358)

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