U.S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Area Office P.O. Box 3090, Carlsbad NM 88221-3090

81 -- RH-72B CASK SHIPPING CONTAINERS FOR REMOTE HANDLED (RH) TRANSURANIC (TRU) WASTE SOL DE-RP04-1999AL66342 POC Kimberly V. Carroll, (505) 234-7322 WEB: Waste Isolation Pilot Plant Information, http://www.wipp.carlsbad.nm.us/. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the Contracting Officer via, carrolk@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us. The Department of Energy (DOE) seeks sources with the capability of manufacturing RH-72B Cask shipping containers for the transport of remote-handled (RH) transuranic (TRU) waste from various Department of Energy sites to the Waste Isolation Pilot Plant (WIPP) in Carlsbad, NM. The RH-72B Cask is an NRC-licensed Type B shipping container. Design specifications will be provided to Offerors. DOE intends to issue an RFP for an Indefinite Delivery, Indefinite Quantity (IDIQ) contract. The DOE may award a single delivery order contract or award two delivery order contracts for the same or similar supplies. If a single delivery order contract is awarded, the contract shall require the DOE to order and the contractor to furnish at least ten (10) shipping containers and, if and as ordered, the contractor to furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed a stated maximum of fifteen (15) shipping containers. If two delivery order contracts are awarded, the contracts shall require DOE to order and the contractors to furnish at least five (5) shipping containers each and, if as ordered, the contractor to furnish any additional quantities, not to exceed a stated maximum of fifteen (15) shipping containers. The solicitation will contain a Qualification Requirement that the manufacturer of the RH-72B Casks must have an NRC-approved Quality Assurance (QA) Program prior to contract award. This approved QA program must include: design, fabrication, assembly, testing, procurement, maintenance, repair, and modification. The RH-72B Casks will be delivered FOB to the WIPP site, Carlsbad NM. DOE plans to inspect the manufacturing facilities of companies prior to award. If your company is interested, please send your complete mailing address, a point of contact, and indicate whether your company has the required NRC certification to: U. S. Department of Energy, Carlsbad Area Office, Attn: OPS/Kimberly V. Carroll, Contracting Officer, P. O. Box 3090, Carlsbad NM 88221. Fax number is 505-234-7019. E mail address: carrolk@wipp.carlsbad.nm.us. The DOE reserves the right to set aside this procurement. Interested sources must identify if they qualify under SIC 3443. In addition, firms are to indicate if they are or are not an (8) a certified firm, a socially and economically disadvantaged business, or a woman-owned business. DOE intends to issue a Request for Proposal in mid-September. This is an unclassified effort. Posted 08/24/99 (W-SN371802). (0236)

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