Justification for Other Than Full and Open Competition for Uranium Purification and Conversion Services
Awarded Limited / Sole Source Justification Posted
- Solicitation number
- 89233123CNA000308
- Agency
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National Nuclear Security Administration
Department of Energy
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- Contract number
- 89233123CNA000308 Federal contract award
- Awardee
- Nuclear Fuel Services Inc.
- NAICS code
- 325180 Other Basic Inorganic Chemical Manufacturing
- PSC
- F999 Other Environmental Services
- Place of performance
- Erwin, Tennessee 37650, United States
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
The National Nuclear Security Administration published a Limited/Sole Source Justification Notice on April 13, 2023 to award a contract to Nuclear Fuel Services, Inc. to provide uranium purification and conversion services. The justification cites Nuclear Fuel Services as the only company with the required Nuclear Regulatory Commission licenses and production capabilities to convert impure highly enriched and very highly enriched uranium oxides into purified uranium oxide and metal for an initial period of five years. The contract will also allow the production of fuel feedstock that could be used by Naval Reactors. The sole source contract was awarded to an unknown vendor for an unknown amount on April 10, 2023 to ensure continued oxide-to-metal conversion capabilities are maintained at the Y-12 National Security Complex during modernization of related facilities and processes.
Notice text
NNSA is currently modernizing facilities, equipment, and processes used at the Y-12 National Security Complex (Y-12) to recycle and recover HEU. A purification and conversion services contract will ensure an oxide-to-metal conversion capability is maintained while the site draws down its current oxide-to-metal conversion capability to later ramp up with the establishment of new technologies such as Direct Electrolytic Reduction (DER) in enduring facilities at Y-12. In addition to ensuring an oxide-to-metal conversion capability is maintained, this contract with NFS provides an opportunity to convert VHEU oxide-to-metal. Y-12 does not have the capability nor plans to establish the capability to convert VHEU oxide to purified metal. NNSA will utilize NFS capabilities to convert this material to purified metal. HEU and VHEU purified metal recycled through the oxide-to-metal conversion process at NFS will be returned to NNSA for placement into storage for future use. The contract will also allow NFS to produce fuel feedstock for potential use by Naval Reactors. NNSA anticipates issuing a five-year contract, with NFS, completing initial production and up to the first two years of full production of HEU oxide-to-metal purification and conversion.
Awarded contract 89233123CNA000308 to unknown vendor for unknown amount on 2023-04-10.
Files
| File | Type | Posted |
|---|---|---|
| NFS Phase 2 JOFOC_SAM.pdf |
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