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

70 -- A REAL TIME PLANT RISK SOFTWARE PACKAGE AND ASSOCIATED TRAINING SOL RS-AED-98-266 DUE 061298 POC Contact Point: Edna Knox-Davin, Contract Specialist, 301-415-6577 17. This is a combined synopsis/solicitation for commercial items prepared using the format in Subpart 12.6, as supplemented with information included in this notice. This announcement constitutes the only solicitation. Therefore, proposals are being requested & a written solicitation will not be issued. Purchase of the latest revision of a real-time plant risk or safety monitor software package for use by NRC in training & regulatory activities. For the purpose of this procurement, "real time" may be interpreted as the completion of the solution algorithm within five minutes after the required entries are made. The software package shall be capable of running under the Windows 3.1, Windows 95, or Windows NT operating systems installed on 486 or better personal computers. SOFTWARE CAPABILITIES: 1) event tree creation and editing capability, fault tree creation & editing capability, the capability of the calculation of shutdown risk, & the capability of projecting plant risk during outages; 2) the capability of importing a significant number of plant-specific PRAs; 3) the ability to interface with the following codes: RISKMAN, CAFTA, and IRRAS, thus the software package should be "stand-alone". DELIVERABLES: 1) A Plant Risk software package on magnetic media or CD-Rom(s) that includes a library of representative PRA input plant decks for each of the following Nuclear Steam Supply System (NSSS) vendors: ABB-CE, Babcock and Wilcox, General Electric (including BWR-4 & BWR-6 product lines), & Westinghouse 2, 3, and 4-loop design, within 30 days of award; 2) All software documentation manuals within 30 days of award; 3) A license that allows software installation on an unlimited number of agency computers & the agency local area network at an unlimited number of agency locations, to be submitted with all offerorors proposals. Also, the Contractor shall grant the use of the software to agency contractors; 3) During Option Years 1-4, provide a yearly software update subscription servicefor the software and its applicable subroutines which shall include all improvements and enhancements made to the software & all revisions to the associated documentation; and, 4) a 40-hour hands-on training session on the software package at USNRC's Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, TN (or another agreed upon location), for a maximum of ten (10) students which covers the function, structure, use & modification of the software. Travel costs associated with this training shall be negotiated with the resultant awardee on a cost reimbursable basis upon determination of the training site. Delivery is F.O.B. destination. Award of a FFP contract will be made for a one-year base period & 4 one-year option periods. All written questions regarding this acquisition shall be received by c.o.b., June 4, 1998. The solicitation document & incorporated provisions & clauses are those in effect through FAC 90-46. The following clauses are incorporated by reference & applicable to this acquisition: FAR 52.212-1, Instructions to Offerors -- Commercial Items, 52.212-2, Evaluation -- Commercial Items, para. (a) The following factors shall be used to evaluate offers: 1.MANDATORY UNWEIGHTED PASS/FAIL CRITERIA -- The offeror shall assent, without exception, to the terms & conditions of this solicitation. The proposal shall demonstrate that the proposed software meets all of the capabilities stated above & that the offeror is capable of providing training & subscription services. All proposals meeting the mandatory requirements above will be evaluated based upon OFFEROR CAPABILITY -- A. CORPORATE EXPERIENCE & CONTRACTOR PAST PERFORMANCE as described below. As well, all Offerors of these proposals shall be required to give a demonstration of their software package based upon OFFEROR CAPABILITY -- B. TECHNICAL ABILITY described below. 2.OFFEROR CAPABILITY -- A. CORPORATE EXPERIENCE & CONTRACTOR PAST PERFORMANCE (40 points) -- Extent to which the offeror demonstrates succesful corporate experience and past performance in providing similar software & training. To this end, the offeror shall list 5 similar current/previous contracts awarded since January 1993. Identify ALL contracts that were terminated for convenience or default or subject to any disputes. References shall be 1 page w/the following format: Contract No., Name & Address of Gov't. Agency or Commercial Entity, Name & tel. no. of Contracting Officer, Name & tel. no. of Tech. Rep., Award Date, POP, Initial & Final Contract Value, Type of Contract, Brief description of work performed indicating whether all schedules were met. Resumes for all key personnel shall be provided along with their availability. B. TECHNICAL ABILITY (60 points) -- Extent to which the proposal demonstrates a significant use of the proposed software by the commercial nuclear power industry & how well it can be used to assist NRC staff in performing cross-check licensee calculations & independent calculations during maintenance rule inspections. NOTE: Offeror Capability is more significant than price. All demonstrations will be held at a conference room in NRC Headquarters located on Rockville Pike, in Rockville, Maryland. The order in which Offerors will make their presentation will be determined by lottery by the Contracting Officer after determination of all proposals which meet the mandatory requirements. Demonstrations are tentatively scheduled for June 17-19, 1998, for a period of 1 1/2 hours which includes a 15 to 20 minute set-up time. NRC will provide a personal computer for the demonstration. The Contracting Officer will notify all offerors of their scheduled demonstration date & time. Requests to reschedule will not be entertained. Offerors are prohibited from taping or recording their own demonstrations. The demonstration may not contain any reference to cost. However, any applicable resource information must be included in any demonstration material so that the Offeror's understanding of the scope of work may be evaluated. All demonstration material must be submitted through the technical & management proposal. No additional information shall be allowed after the closing date of this synopsis/solicitation. Include a completed copy of the provision at 52.212-3, Offeror Representations & Certifications -- Commercial Items. The clause at 52.212-4, Contract Terms & Conditions -- Commercial Items, is incorporated by reference & applies to this acquisition & resulting contract. The following clause are also applicable: 52.232-18 Electronic Funds Transfer Payment (APR 1984), 52.212-5 Contract Terms & Conditions Required To Implement Statutes Or Executive Orders -- Commercial Items (OCT 1995), 52.203-6, Restrictions of Subcontractor Sales to the Government, w/ Alternate I (41 U.S.C. 253g & 10 U.S.C. 2402); 52.203-10, Price or Fee Adjustment for Illegal or Improper Activity (41 u.S.C. 423); 52.219-8, Utilization of Small Business Concerns & Small Disadvantaged Business Concerns (15 U.S.C. 637 (d) (4)); 52.222-26, Equal Opportunity (E.O. 11246); 52.222-35, Affirmative Action for Special Disabled & Vietnam Era Veterans (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.222-36, Affirmative Action for Handicapped Workers (29 U.S.C. 793); 52.222-37, Employment Reports on Special Disabled Veteran & Veterans of the Vietnam Era (38 U.S.C. 4212); 52.225-3, Buy American Act -Supplies (41 U.S.C. 10); 52.225-18, European Union Sanction for End Products (E.O. 12849); & 52.225-21, Buy American Act-North American Free Trade Agreement Implementation Act-Balance of Payments Program (41 U.S.C. 10, Pub. L. 103-187). If there is a standard commercial warranty associated with this item, the offeror shall provide the Government at least the same warranty terms offered to the general public in customary commercial practices. Four technical & cost proposals are due on June 12, 1998, at 12 noon (EST) at the address given above. Hand-carried responses may be submitted to 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD 20852 **** (0148)

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