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B -- DESIGN AND DEVELOPMENT OF A LINEAR ACCELERATOR (LINAC) SOL 1999QAL-3Y POC Point of contact -- Michael L. Pierotti, SNS Contracts Manager, 505-665-5485 WEB: SNS Linac web page, http://mesa53.lanl.gov/sns. E-MAIL: Los Alamos National Laboratory, 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 interested High Technology Developmental Design and Engineering expertise to support Los Alamos in the design and development of a Linear Accelerator (Linac). The University intends to award competitive subcontracts and purchase orders for specific engineering, design, and development work packages. Fixed price subcontracts will be used whenever appropriate. The purpose of this announcement is to identify and pre qualify vendors who will comprise the bidders list for each technical specialty. The Laboratory anticipates developing, for each specialty, a bidders list of at least three "best-qualified vendors". The Linac will be capable of delivering a pulsed high intensity, high power H-minus beam, and will be installed and commissioned as an integral component part of the Spallation Neutron Source (SNS) facility to be located at Oak Ridge National Laboratory(ORNL) in Oak Ridge, Tennessee (DOE preferred site). Technical support and design development work that may be competed includes, but is not limited to, engineering design and analysis, requirements definition, systems engineering, materials engineering, systems design support, and component development. A more detailed list of all areas where work may be required is included below. A. Beam physics and electromagnetic design: Design and validation of particle beam systems and electromagnetic systems for acceleration and manipulation of particle beams and development of diagnostics systems. Expertise in particle beam sources and injector systems; beam transport, including shaping and directing particle beams in space and time; beam acceleration, including electromagnetic design of accelerator systems; and diagnostic devices, including measurement techniques for fields and beams. Required expertise includes knowledge of the state of the art or the ability to find and assimilate this information; the ability touse current design techniques including computer codes; and the ability to develop means to validate designs and verify system performance. B. Mechanical engineering design and support of rf structures: Engineering design support (preliminary and final) of accelerator structures and systems. Perform engineering analyses, develop drawings and specifications, and prototype sub-systems/components. Expertise required in the areas of materials, vacuum, magnetics, structural engineering, cryogenics, and rf structure thermodynamics. C. RF engineering and high power systems: Engineering design support (preliminary and final) of high power rf and servo controls, electronics, and high voltage/high power systems. Perform engineering analyses, develop drawings and specifications, and prototype sub-systems/components. Expertise required in rf amplifiers, rf transport, low level rf, and high-frequency/high power conversion/modulation. High power RF systems expertise must include design capability for multi Megawatt RF Klystron power systems, which operate above 90 kV and 750 kVa average power. Engineering design capability includes DC-DC switching converters using IGBT's with ratings of at least 1200 volts and 800 amperes. D. Systems Engineering: System integration and engineering for accelerator systems. Support activities include implementation and maintenance of a configuration management system; development and allocation of reliability, availability, and maintainability requirements to Linac subsystems; preparation of safety analysis documentation, and preparation of interface documentation for Linac subsystems as well as between the Linac, conventional facilities, and other SNS systems. E. Controls: Development of distributed control systems in an EPICS environment. Knowledge of real-time computing for accelerator control, data analysis, and communication. Familiarity with process control technology, fieldbuses and signal interfaces. Experience in practical device design and implementation. System level understanding ofaccelerator timing and synchronization systems, and fast equipment protection systems. Please forward a cover letter to the individual named in item 11, together with the following supporting documentation for each technical area (A, B, C, D, and E) or sub specialty in which your firm wishes to participate: 1. A list of your areas of interest: Identify specific underlined subspecialties within the larger technical area. 2. Statement of capabilities: For each of the areas and subspecialties. 3. References: Names, addresses, and phone numbers of firms and individuals for whom you have provided similar service. Please provide one to three references for each subspecialty. 4.Qualifications for each area of interest: This might include relevant facilities, equipment, and other infrastructure. 5. Pertinent experience and examples of similar work: 6. Qualifications (Resumes) of key personnel: The detailed statement of capabilities, examples of experience, reference material, and qualifications for each technical discipline, are limited to 18 typewritten pages with a font size of no less than 12 points. Resumes submitted will not count against the page limitation. There is no limit to the number of resumes submitted, however, each resume should support your capabilities in a specific work area and be no longer than 2 pages. Please be advised that qualification statements must include the size of your business, based on a stated SIC code used to establish "business size". For each technical area (A, B, C, D, and E,) /or subspecialty a list of pre qualified vendors will be prepared. This determination of whether a firm is qualified is the sole determination of Los Alamos National Laboratory, and will be made on the basis of information provided in response to this announcement, subject to verification. In the event that a large number of qualified firms express interest in certain subspecialties, the laboratory reserves the option to limit the list to three (or more, at the Laboratory's sole discretion) best-qualified firms. All companies responding will be notified whether or not they were included on the "best qualified" list for each specific specialty. As SNS Linac requirements are identified and work statements are developed, Requests for Proposals (RFP'S) will be forwarded to the firms on the "best qualified" list for that specialty. Los Alamos considers this evaluation process to be unrestricted, however, we reserve the right to limit individual solicitation requirements to small businesses or Northern New Mexico businesses on the "best qualified" list when deemed appropriate, if a sufficient number of qualified responses from such small businesses are received. The SNS Project preference is for award of competitive, fixed price purchase orders and subcontracts based on a combination of technical qualifications and price. There is no due date for receipt of your qualifications, however, statements of work are being developed and early receipt of your qualification package will insure that you are considered for the initial solicitations. "See Note 23." Posted 04/23/99 (D-SN323943). (0113)

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