Californium 252 (Cf-252) Radioactive Isotope
Closed Solicitation Posted
- Solicitation number
- W9115122QWS01
- Agency
- MICC Fort Hood Mission and Installation Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
- PSC
- 6810 Chemicals
- Place of performance
- Gaithersburg, Maryland 20899, United States
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About this opportunity
This solicitation seeks encapsulation and delivery services for a 4.9 milligram Californium-252 radioactive isotope source. The Department of the Army Materiel Command Mission and Installation Contracting Command Fort Hood is procuring these services to order the source material from Oak Ridge National Laboratory by August 1st, 2022, receive and encapsulate the material upon delivery in fiscal year 2023, and ship the finished source to the National Institute of Standards and Technology. The contractor must also return the transportation container following acceptance at NIST. Key dates include establishing a contract by July 1st, 2022 and delivering the completed order to NIST in fiscal year 2023.
There is no set-aside designation for this procurement. The primary NAICS code is 541715 and PSC code is R699. No incumbent or current contractors are identified. The solicitation involves ordering one 4.9 milligram Californium-252 source, receiving and encapsulating the raw material, shipping the finished product to NIST in Gaithersburg, Maryland, and returning the transportation container, all within the stated fiscal year 2023 timeframe and milestones.
Notice text
Scope of Work
The contractor shall order of a 4.9 mg Cf-252 source from Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), source acquisition from ORNL, source encapsulation by contractor, source delivery to the NIST, and finally return of the transportation container back to contractor.
Work Requirements
Upon contract acceptance, the contractor is responsible for placing an order for a 4.9 mg Cf-252 source from ORNL prior to the 1 August 2022 ORNL deadline for source request.
Once placed on order, the contractor will monitor and update WSTC with the status of the Cf-252 order from ORNL. ORNL will make the 4.9 mg Cf-252 source sometime in Fiscal Year 2023, with quarterly deliverables to its customers.
Once the Cf-252 source is made by ORNL, the contractor shall be responsible for the shipment of the raw material to contractor location.
The contractor shall receive the raw Cf-252 material and encapsulate the source in a Type A source container.
Upon completion of the Cf-252 encapsulation, the contractor shall ship the finished source to NIST using a Type A shipping container. Shipment will be made to the following NIST address:
Attn: Radiation Safety Division
NIST
Building 245, Room H113
100 Bureau Drive
Gaithersburg, MD 20899
Following acceptance of the Cf-252 source from NIST, the contractor shall be responsible for the return of their Type A shipping container.
Milestones
Contract in place between WSTC and Contractor: 1 July 2022
Order placed between Contractor and ORNL: 1 August 2022
Order delivered to Contractor: FY 2023
Order delivered to NIST: FY 2023
Attachments
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| W9115122QWS01-0001.docx | DOCX document | |
| W9115122QWS01.docx | DOCX document | |
| SOW - Cf-252.docx | DOCX document |
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