US Army assessment of Thermal Power Station Operations
Open Special Notice Posted
- Agency
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ACC Aberdeen Proving Ground
Army Contracting Command, Department of Defense
- Responses due
- Set-aside
- No set-aside
Opportunity facts
- NAICS code
- 611430 Professional and Management Development Training
- PSC
- U099 Education/Training- Other
- Place of performance
- Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland 21005, United States
- Points of contact
Notice details come from SAM.gov. Updated .
About this opportunity
This Special Notice is published by the Department of the Army Materiel Command Army Contracting Command Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) and announces the government's intent to award a sole source contract for a thermal power station operations assessment program. The contracting activity is located at Aberdeen Proving Ground, Maryland. This notice is issued under Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 13.106-1(b)(1), which permits sole source contracting when competition is not feasible. The government intends to award the contract to Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, headquartered in Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania. The opportunity was posted on January 20, 2026, with a due date of December 26, 2026. This classification falls under the Professional and Management Development Training NAICS category.
The primary objective is to develop and deliver a 10-day (80-hour) in-person training course that includes classroom instruction, hands-on nuclear reactor control room simulator training, and a site visit to an operational commercial nuclear power production facility. The training must address reactor plant control room operations, plant parameter identification with related indicators and controls, safe shutdown procedures, control adjustments for maintaining safe plant conditions, and accident analysis and severe accident management procedures for light water reactor systems. The contract will be structured as a 12-month base period firm-fixed-price agreement, and the place of performance must be an industrial-scale nuclear fuel cycle complex capable of supporting up to 15 attendees in both classroom and operational environments. Interested contractors have five business days from the notice publication date to submit responses, after which the government will make a final determination on whether to proceed with the sole source award or consider competing this procurement.
Notice text
NOTICE OF INTENT TO SOLE SOURCE FOR
US Army assessment of Thermal Power Station Operations
This is a NOTICE OF INTENT TO AWARD A SOLE SOURCE CONTRACT using Federal Acquisition Regulation FAR 13.106-l(b)(1). The US Army Contracting Command -Aberdeen Proving Ground (ACC-APG) Installation & Technology Division 6472 Integrity Court, building 4401 Aberdeen Proving Ground, MD 21005-1846; has a requirement to procure the following service:
The primary objective is to ten-day (80-hour) in-person training course, which must include classroom instruction, hands-on training with nuclear reactor control room simulators, and a site visit to an operational commercial nuclear power production plant.
The secondary objective is to build proficiency in core mission competencies. must address reactor plant control room operations, identification of plant parameters with related indicators and controls, identification of safe shutdown procedures with related indicators and controls, and identification of control adjustments necessary to maintain the plant in a safe condition. The course must include topics on accident analysis of light water reactor systems and severe accident management procedures.
The service is for a 12-month base period.
PLACE OF PERFORMANCE:
The primary place of performance should be an industrial-scale nuclear fuel cycle complex with a capacity to support up to 15 attendees in both classroom and operational environments.
The Government intends to award a Firm-Fixed Price sole source contract to Westinghouse Electric Company LLC, 1000 Westinghouse DR Cranberry Township, Pennsylvania 16066-5228 United States.
The associated North America Industry Classification System (NAlCS) Code is
611310 (Colleges, Universities, and Professional Schools.) and the Size Standard is $35M.
All responses received within five businesses (5) days after date of publication of this notice will be considered by the Government. A determination by the Government not to compete this proposed purchase order based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
Interested persons may identify their interest and capability by responding to the requirement no later than 08:00 am Eastern Daylight Time (EDT), 26 January 2026 with the following information:
- Company name.
- Capability Statement (highly encouraged)
- SAM Cage Code.
- Point of Contact name telephone & email.
- Small business size standard in relation to NAICS code 611310.
For questions concerning this Notice of Intent, contact Andrew A. Bragason.
andrew.a.bragason.civ@army.mil Posting date of this requirement is 20 January 2026.
A determination by the Government not to compete with this proposed contract based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
NO TELEPHONE REQUESTS WILL BE HONORED.
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