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Y -- SPENT NUCLEAR FUEL DRY STORAGE PROJECT SOL DE-RP07-99ID13729 POC LaDonna Foster, (208) 526-8698 Contract Specialist, or Brad Bauer, (208) 526-0090 Contracting Officer E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contract Specialist via, fosterlr@id.doe.gov. Formally, Lockheed Martin Idaho Technologies Company RFP No. K98-558232- Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Project, is cancelled and a Request for Proposal (RFP) will be issued under full and open competition by the Department of Energy, Idaho Operations Office. Solicitation Number DE-RP07-99ID13729, entitled Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Project, is for the purpose of acquiring services for handling, packaging, and storage of Spent Nuclear Fuel (SNF) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The Contractor will be required to furnish all goods and services required to place and maintain selected DOE-owned SNF at the INEEL in modular dry storage units, for interim storage suitable for off-site transportation, in accordance with the requirements of the General Specifications for the INEEL Spent Nuclear Fuel Dry Storage Project (SNFDSP). Complete and detailed description of the scope of work will be included in the RFP, General Specifications. Work under the contract must conform to Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) requirements for licensing (and maintaining such license) for storage and transportation. The contractor must design, license, construct, and operate a spent fuel dry transfer facility and an independent spent fuel storage installation to receive and transfer spent fuel into the dry storage units. The project consists of four phases: 1) Phase I-A: 90% Design and NRC Licensing Application Preparation and Submittal; Phase I-B: NRC Licensing Support and Final Design; 2) Phase II: Fabrication, Construction, and Start-up; 3) Phase III: Fuel Handling, Packaging, and Storage Operations; and 4) Phase IV: Facility Transfer to DOE. Complete proposal preparation instructions will be included in the solicitation package. The Request for Proposal can be located at the following Interned address http://www.id.doe.gov/doeid/solicit.html. and will be available on or about December 1, 1998. The DOE-ID Current Solicitations website will be the official medium used for posting amendments to this Request for Proposal. All interested applicants shall monitor this website to remain abreast of any such changes. Posted 10/22/98 (W-SN264694). (0295)

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