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

D -- SIMULATOR HARDWARE MAINTENANCE SUPPORT SOL HR-99-283 DUE 050199 POC Contact Point: Call Robert Webber, Contracting Officer, 301-415-6736 with any concerns about this synopsis. The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) has a requirement for a contractor to provide technician-level maintenance support for the four full-scope, nuclear power plant simulators presently located at the Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee, and any additional simulators which may be installed by the NRC. The simulators replicate the Babcock and Wilcox, General Electric, Combustion Engineering, and Westinghouse reactor designs. Support is required in the areas of preventive and corrective maintenance, spare parts purchase and accountability, vendor support, hardware modifications, and hardware configuration management control. Equipment maintained will include control panel hardware, video displays, input/output, and computer systems and their peripherals. The period of performance is one year with four one year options. Proposals for this requirement may be submitted by all concerns, i.e., large businesses, small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Notice to large businesses: The subcontracting plan requirements of P.L. 95-507 are applicable to this effort. Thus, all large businesses determined to be in the competitive range must be prepared to submit a detailed subcontracting plan. A source list comprising the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all concerns requesting a copy of the solicitation, with large businesses identified by an asterisk, will be provided with the solicitation. In order to identify large businesses on the list, a request for the solicitation should indicate the size of the business based upon a SIC code of 7378. The size standard for this solicitation is $18,000,000 average annual receipts over the last three years. In order to allow small business concerns sufficient time to contact you for possible subcontracting opportunities, you are encouraged to make your request for the solicitation prior to the solicitation issuance date. A copy of the solicitation and all subsequent amendments will be provided to each requester. Interested firms should submit written requests to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the address shown above. Telephone requests will not be honored. Closing date for proposals is 30 days after issue date of solicitation. ***** Posted 03/23/99 (W-SN311576). (0082)

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