Design Engineering Inspection Services

Added: Nov 27, 2012 10:00 pm Amendment No. 001 - The purpose of this amendment is to correct the attachment RFP cover letter, which was inadvertently left out of the attachments in the solicitation.  This attachment also states that the due date for the questions is Friday November 30, 2012 at 1:00pm EST.

Added: Oct 23, 2012 9:59 am Modified: Oct 23, 2012 10:00 amTrack Changes The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent Agency by Congress in 1974 to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection, and enforcement of its requirements. The NRC's headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland, and there are a number of other offices around the United States.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Design Engineering Inspections. In accordance with the baseline inspection portion of the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP), the NRC inspects the design and operation of nuclear power reactor plants. These inspections sometimes require contractor technical support.

Component Design Bases Inspections (CDBIs) are the primary inspection under this contract. They verify that design bases have been correctly implemented for the selected risk-significant components and that operating procedures and operator actions are consistent with design and licensing bases. This ensures that selected components are capable of performing their safety functions.

In addition to CDBIs, contract technical support may be required for other inspections of design and operations including (but not limited to): fire protection; plant modifications; supplemental inspections at plants which experience degraded performance; reactive inspections (such as augmented inspection teams and special Inspections); independent design verification programs; and integrated design inspections.

Since 1982, the NRC has had various design engineering inspection programs that required contractor assistance to supplement staff resources. These have included integrated design inspections (IDIs), safety system functional inspections (SSFIs), electrical distribution system functional inspections (EDSFIs), service water system operational performance inspections, safety systems design and performance capability (SSDPC), fire protection inspections, and CDBIs.

The NRC has found it beneficial to form inspection teams including contractors with current nuclear plant experience. These inspections usually start with design requirements, and follow the plant implementation through plant operations and maintenance practices.

The resulting contract is expected to be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. The expected period of performance is a base period of three years with two additional one-year periods.  This is a total small business set aside.

Added: Oct 23, 2012 9:59 am The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) was created as an independent Agency by Congress in 1974 to enable the nation to safely use radioactive materials for beneficial civilian purposes while ensuring that people and the environment are protected. The NRC regulates commercial nuclear power plants and other uses of nuclear materials, such as in nuclear medicine, through licensing, inspection, and enforcement of its requirements. The NRC's headquarters are in Rockville, Maryland, and there are a number of other offices around the United States.

The contractor shall provide all personnel, equipment, supplies, facilities, transportation, tools, materials, supervision, and other items and non-personal services necessary to perform Design Engineering Inspections. In accordance with the baseline inspection portion of the Reactor Oversight Process (ROP), the NRC inspects the design and operation of nuclear power reactor plants. These inspections sometimes require contractor technical support.

Component Design Bases Inspections (CDBIs) are the primary inspection under this contract. They verify that design bases have been correctly implemented for the selected risk-significant components and that operating procedures and operator actions are consistent with design and licensing bases. This ensures that selected components are capable of performing their safety functions.

In addition to CDBIs, contract technical support may be required for other inspections of design and operations including (but not limited to): fire protection; plant modifications; supplemental inspections at plants which experience degraded performance; reactive inspections (such as augmented inspection teams and special Inspections); independent design verification programs; and integrated design inspections.

Since 1982, the NRC has had various design engineering inspection programs that required contractor assistance to supplement staff resources. These have included integrated design inspections (IDIs), safety system functional inspections (SSFIs), electrical distribution system functional inspections (EDSFIs), service water system operational performance inspections, safety systems design and performance capability (SSDPC), fire protection inspections, and CDBIs.

The NRC has found it beneficial to form inspection teams including contractors with current nuclear plant experience. These inspections usually start with design requirements, and follow the plant implementation through plant operations and maintenance practices.

The resulting contract is expected to be an indefinite delivery indefinite quantity contract. The expected period of performance is a base period of three years with two additional one-year periods.