SSN_for_Health_Physics_Training_(Final_2-28-19).pdf

THE U.S. NUCLEAR REGULATORY COMMISSION (NRC) is issuing this Sources Sought Synopsis as a means of conducting market research or as a market survey to determine the availability of potential qualified vendors with the technical capability to provide all management, supervision, administration, and labor for the Health Physics Training Contract. Specific activities include: developing and presenting training courses to NRC and Agreement State staff on various topics related to the field of Health Physics and associated NRC regulations; developing online training (or converting existing classroom courses to online training) for these topics; and providing technical support, calibration services, and general maintenance of health physics equipment used at the NRC's technical training center. Services are to be provided to the NRC primarily in Chattanooga, TN, but the contractor may be asked to deliver training at NRC Regional Offices, NRC HQ, or the contractor’s own training facility. The applicable North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code assigned to this procurement is 611430.

THERE IS NO SOLICITATION AT THIS TIME. This request for sources and vendor information does not constitute a request for proposal; submission of any information in response to this market survey is purely voluntary; and the Government assumes no financial responsibility for any costs incurred.

REQUIRED CAPABILITIES:

• Capability to design, develop, and present instructor-led training (ILT) courses in technical topics directly related to NRC and Agreement State licensing and inspection responsibilities. Subjects that may be covered in the courses include:

fundamental and advanced health physics, decommissioning, MARSSIM, MARSAME, environmental monitoring, air sampling, health physics instrumentation, internal dosimetry, radiation dose assessment, fuel cycle health physics, uranium recovery activities, and radioactive waste. The courses shall be presented via classroom lectures, hands-on activities, equipment demonstrations and laboratory exercises. Some of the courses will be presented at the contractor's training facility for which the contractor shall be required to either possess or have access to portable radiation survey instruments as well as laboratory equipment which includes: gamma-spectroscopy units, air sampling equipment, environmental sampling tools and equipment, and various radiation sources as necessary to support the hands-on activities and demonstrations on the operation of the equipment. The contractor shall provide staff with the necessary expertise in the above-listed subject areas and experience in providing classroom lectures and laboratory exercises in order to develop and deliver the training courses. The contractor also shall either possess or be able to provide access to a training facility that has sufficient desks and seating for up to 24 students, and includes the necessary classroom equipment, such as including overhead projectors, screens, white boards, and speakers.

• Capability to design and develop new blended training courses, virtual training, online training, training videos, and other eLearning products in the subject areas discussed above. The eLearning products offered are expected to be designed to a Level 2 eLearning standard, which includes interactive exercises, liberal use of multimedia (audio, video, and animations), and knowledge assessment questions. All eLearning products shall be developed such that they are compatible with current NRC Learning Management Systems (SCORM compliant for the NRC's iLearn platform and Moodle compliant for the NRC's Moodle-based Collaborative Learning Environment).

• Capability to update and/or revise existing NRC blended training courses, virtual online training, training videos, and other eLearning products. This will require the contractor to be familiar with the software used to design, develop, and publish existing NRC training materials (HTML5/CSS3/JavaScript, JQuery JavaScript library, Bootstrap responsive design framework, MathJax JavaScript library/MathML markup language, Dreamweaver, Illustrator, Photoshop, Captivate, Audition, After Effects, Premiere Pro, Acrobat DC, Microsoft Office, YouTube, and Moodle).

• Capability to convert existing ILT courses to a blended or online format. The expected rate of conversion will be one course every 12-18 months. Courses or portions of courses that are converted to an online format shall be designed to a Level 2 eLearning standard, which includes interactive exercises, liberal use of multimedia (audio, video, and animations), and knowledge assessment questions. All eLearning products shall be developed such that they are compatible with current NRC Learning Management Systems (SCORM compliant for NRC's iLearn platform and Moodle compliant for the NRC's Moodle-based Collaborative Learning Environment).

• Sufficient knowledge and experience to provide technical support for the health physics equipment and laboratories located at the NRC’s Technical Training Center (TTC) in Chattanooga, TN. Technical support shall include, but is not limited to: purchasing, installing, modifying, servicing, repairing, and calibrating portable radiation survey meters, floor monitors, personnel contamination monitors, liquid scintillation counters, alpha spec and gamma spec systems, air sampling equipment, beam calibrators, dosimetry phantoms, and dosimetry readers used for NRC training at the TTC. NOTE: The contractor and/or subcontractor shall be located within 180 miles from the TTC in order to respond to equipment failures or emergent issues that may affect mission critical training.

The purpose of this announcement is to provide potential sources the opportunity to submit information regarding their capabilities to perform work for the NRC free of conflict of interest (COI). For information on NRC COI regulations, visit NRC Acquisition Regulation Subpart 2009.5 (http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contracting/48cfr-ch20.html).

All interested parties, including all categories of small businesses (small businesses, small disadvantaged businesses, 8(a) firms, women-owned small businesses, service-disabled veteran-owned small businesses, and HUBZone small businesses) are invited http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/contracting/48cfr-ch20.html to submit a response. The capabilities package submitted by a vendor should demonstrate the firm's ability, capability, and responsibility to perform the principal components of work listed above. The package should also include past performance and experience regarding projects of similar scope listing the project title, general description, the dollar value of the contract, and name of the company, agency, or government entity for which the work was performed.

Organizations responding to this market survey should keep in mind that only focused and pertinent information is requested. If significant subcontracting or teaming is anticipated in order to deliver technical capability, organizations should address the administrative and management structure of such arrangements. Submission of additional materials such as glossy brochures or videos is discouraged.

HOW TO RESPOND TO THIS SOURCES SOUGHT NOTICE

If your organization has the capability and capacity to perform, as a prime contractor, one or more of the services described in this notice, then please respond to this notice and provide written responses to the following information. Please do not include any proprietary or otherwise sensitive information in the response, and do not submit a proposal. Proposals submitted in response to this notice will not be considered.

1. Organization name, address, emails address, Web site address and telephone number.

2. What size is your organization with respect to NAICS code identified in this notice (i.e., "small" or "other than small")? If your organization is a small business under the aforementioned NAICS codes, what type of small business (i.e., small disadvantaged business, woman-owned small business, economically disadvantaged woman-owned small business, veteran-owned small business, service-disabled veteran-owned small business, 8(a), or HUBZone small business)? Specify all that apply.

3. Separately and distinctly describe which of the required capabilities listed above that your organization possesses and indicate your organization's role (prime contractor, first tier subcontractor, and/or supplier) in related contracts. Please also provide the contract number, contract type, customer name, address and point of contact phone number and email address, contract value, thorough description of supplies and services included in the scope of that contract, indication of how they differ from the required capabilities described in this notice, period of performance (for services) or delivery date (for products), and any other relevant information.

4. For any federal customers that your agency has for the required capabilities, indicate how your company complies with applicable environmental laws and

Federal regulations (See NRC’s Green Purchasing Plan at:

http://pbadupws.nrc.gov/docs/ML1219/ML12191A130.pdf).

5. Indicate whether your organization offers any of the required capabilities described in this notice on one or more of your company's own Federal Government contracts (i.e., GSA Federal Supply Schedule contract or Government-wide Acquisition Contracts) that the NRC could order from and, if so, which services are offered. Also, provide the contract number(s) and indicate what is currently available for ordering from each of those contract(s).

6. Provide a standard, non-proprietary commercial price list or similar standard non-proprietary commercial pricing information for how your company sells, as a prime contractor, required capabilities described in this notice that your organization has experience providing. Also, indicate what is included in that pricing.

7. Is your organization currently performing or have in the past performed same or similar services as those listed above for any of the licensees regulated by the NRC? If so, which licensees? See http://www.nrc.gov/about-nrc/regulatory/licensing.html for more information on NRC licensing.

8. Provide evidence that your organization possesses, or is able to provide, access to a training facility with all of the requisite classroom technology and laboratory equipment, as discussed above in the first bullet/paragraph under Required Capabilities.

9. Has your organization previously faced organizational conflict of interest issues with NRC? If so, what were they and how were they mitigated or resolved?

Interested organizations responding to this Sources Sought Synopsis are encouraged to structure capability statements in the order of the area of consideration noted above. All capability statements sent in response to this notice must be submitted electronically, via e-mail, to Sharon Lim at Sharon.lim@nrc.gov and Carolyn Cooper at Carolyn.Cooper@nrc.gov, in either MS Word or Adobe Portable Document Format (PDF), no later than 5:00 PM (EST) on April 1, 2019.

DISCLAIMER AND NOTES: Any organization responding to this notice should ensure that its response is complete and sufficiently detailed to allow the Government to determine the organization’s potential capability and capacity to perform the subject work. Respondents are advised that the Government is under no obligation to acknowledge receipt of the information received or provide feedback to respondents with respect to any information submitted. After a review of the responses received, a pre-solicitation synopsis and solicitation may be published in Federal Business Opportunities. However, responses to this notice will not be considered adequate responses to a solicitation.

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