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A -- ADVANCED RESEARCH AND DEVELOPMENT OF SPECIALIZED LINEAR ACCELERATOR EQUIPMENT SOL BUS-5/3 MLP POC Michael Pierotti, Subcontract Specialist, MS P22, Los Alamos, NM 87545, TEL: (505) 667-5331; FAX: (505) 665-6202, e-mail: mpierotti@lanl.gov. The University of California, which operates the Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) under contract to the Department of Energy (DOE), is seeking expressions of interest from High Technology Research and Development Corporations to support Los Alamos in the design and fabrication of a Linear Accelerator. The Laboratory plans to issue on or about July 10, 1998 a RFP for an Industrial Support Subcontractor (ISC) to assist with the design of a linear accelerator for the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) project. The Laboratory may also exercise options for the ISC to procure, fabricate and/or install the accelerator or portions thereof. The SNS project consists of the construction of a world-class center for research using neutrons, planned to be located at Oak Ridge, Tennessee. LANL is responsible for the linear accelerator (linac) capable of delivering a pulsed 1-MW proton beam. The total projected cost for the linac is greater than $300,000,000.00. Technical support to be provided by the ISC includes but is not limited to engineering design and analysis, requirements definitions, systems engineering, materials engineering, systems design support, project management, and reporting and documentation support. OPTIONS may be exercised for the ISC to procure material; set-up production facilities; fabricate components; integrate and assemble sub-systems; and provide warehousing services, transportation services, testing services, and installation support. A task order contract is planned, with a period of performance from October 1998 to September 2005. (0152)

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