A -- SADA PROOF-OF-CONCEPT FOR SUBSURFACE SURVEYS

Notice Date

December 13, 2000

Contracting Office

Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts and Property Management, 11545 Rockville Pike, Rockville, MD, 20852-2738

ZIP Code

20852-2738

Solicitation Number

RFQ60180002

Response Due

December 20, 2000

Point of Contact

Paulette Smith, Contract Specialist, Phone (301) 415-6594, Fax (301) 415-8157, Email pds2@nrc.gov

E-Mail Address

Paulette Smith (pds2@nrc.gov)

Description

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to enter into a sole source procurement with the University of Tennessee (UT) who has developed and maintains the Spatial Analysis and Decision Assistance (SADA) freeware. SADA provides qualified and essential services for rapid and cost effective design of the statistical interface, database, analysis, and can implement NRC requirements. UT will provide a functional version of the SADA freeware package that incorporates the subsurface sampling analysis applying Bayesian analysis and updating module. This module will identify the optimum location of new subsurface samples and will include supporting Multi-Agency Radiation Site and Survey Manual (MARSSIM) statistical methods. The procurement shall be conducted using other than full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.302-1. This notice of intent is neither a request for proposals nor a solicitation of offers. UT is the only known source capable of providing the SADA freeware which was developed by UT in conjunction with the Department of Energy (DOE) and the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). SADA is the only complete freeware that has been part of EPA's Environmental Technology Verification Program (EVT) and is a verified code with an EPA QA/QC pedigree which has been applied to numerous field site reviews. The period of performance shall be eight (8) months from the date of the purchase order award. Interested firms must submit written capability statements including technical information sufficient to demonstrate a bona fide capability to meet this requirement to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts and Property Management, Mail Stop: T-7-I-2, Washington, DC 20555, not later than December 20, 2000. Capability statements that do not fully demonstrate the respondent's ability to satisfy the requirements above will not be considered. Telephonic responses and responses providing insufficient information for evaluation will not be considered. See Note 22.

Web Link

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Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001215/ASOL006.HTM (D-348 SN5087X6)