Consolidation_RFI_020215_R2.pdf

Date: February 24, 2015

Subject: Request for Information/Expression of Interest

Los Alamos National Security, LLC (LANS), a prime contractor to the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), is seeking vendors with the necessary qualifications, facilities, and demonstrated experience in handling, shipping, and storing radioactive sealed sources, and disassembling devices containing radioactive sealed sources.

THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL OR SOLICITATION.

Background:

LANS’ Off-Site Source Recovery Project (OSRP) in the International Threat Reduction Group, Nuclear Engineering and Nonproliferation Division is directed by the Office of Global Material Security (GMS) within the United States Department of Energy (DOE), National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) to recover and manage disused radioactive sealed sources. This scope requires shipping radioactive sealed sources to subcontracted off-site facilities so they can be removed from their shipping containers, removed from devices if necessary, and consolidated into packages for interim storage or final disposition. This requires the receipt and shipment of Type A and B quantities of radioactive sealed sources, the ability to provide interim storage for hundreds of Curies (Ci) of sealed sources containing transuranic isotopes and thousands of Ci of sealed sources containing beta-gamma emitting isotopes. This work requires the vendor’s ability to disassemble devices containing beta/gamma emitting sealed sources with activities of several thousand Ci.

Requirement:

Interested parties with the qualifications detailed above should submit the following information no later than March 24, 2015:

• Name of vendor.

• Contact information (address, telephone, facsimile, email).

• A copy of the vendor’s NRC or Agreement State Radioactive Materials License

• A description of vendor’s Quality Assurance Program (NQA-1, ISO-1000, etc…).

• A description of vendor’s compliance with NRC “Order Imposing Increased Controls” and/or 10CFR

Part 37.

• A description of vendor’s experience (at least 5 years) in shipping, handling, and storing radioactive sealed sources, and disassembly of devices containing radioactive sealed sources.

Submission of the aforementioned information will assist LANS, LLC is developing list of potential bidders for a forthcoming Request for Proposal anticipated to be released 2nd quarter 2015.

All correspondence regarding this RFI/EOI shall be submitted to:

Philip Beauparlant Subcontract Administrator Email: pbeauparlant@lanl.gov

An Equal Opportunity Employer / Operated by Los Alamos National Security, LLC for the U.S. Department of Energy’s NNSA

Subject: Request for Information/Expression of Interest