R -- PROFESIONAL NUCLEAR ENERGY EXPERTISE TO SUPPORT U.S. DEPARTMENT OF ENERGY'S GENERATION IV TECHNOLOGY ROADMAP INITIATIVE

Notice Date

June 8, 2001

Contracting Office

U.S. Department Of Energy, Idaho Operations Office, 850 Energy Drive -- MS1221, Idaho Falls, ID 83401-1563

ZIP Code

83401-1563

Solicitation Number

N/A

Point of Contact

Layne Isom (208) 526-5633

E-Mail Address

T. Wade Hillebrant, Contracting Officer, hillebtw@id.doe.gov (Layne Isom, Contract Specialist, isomla@id.doe.gov)

Description

See note #22. This is not a notice of availability of a solicitation. The Purpose of this notice is to notify the public of our intent to procure on a basis of other than full and open competition in accordance with FAR 6.3. The exception to competition is 6.302-1 which states that the service is considered to be available from only one source and no other sources can satisfy the requirement. The source is Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA). Located in Issy-les-Moulineaux, France. A cost-plus-fixed-fee support service level-of-effort contract in the amount of $210,000 over a two year period is anticipated. The Scope of Work is to facilitate the development and evaluation of Generation IV nuclear energy systems and the execution of cooperative nuclear energy R&D, the Generation IV International Forum (GIF) was initiated in January 2000. GIF is currently comprised of Argentina, Brazil, Canada, France, Japan, Republic of Korea, Republic of South Africa, the United Kingdom, and the United States. To help facilitate the international process, the DOE has asked the Organization for Economic Cooperation and Development (OECD) Nuclear Energy Agency (NEA) for special technical expertise in support of DOE's Generation IV Roadmap. Specifically, the NEA will be asked to provide four items as an active participant in the preparation of the Generation IV Technology Roadmap: 1) Consulting provide technical expertise existing within the NEA member countries and its network of experts to address issues relating to the Roadmap. This could include specific briefings by experts to individual groups or joint meetings, as well as dissemination of existing NEA reports to the Technical Working Groups or possibly the generation of special reports; 2) Quarterly Meeting Organization all the Technical Working Groups hold, at the very least, quarterly meetings. The NEA will be asked to hold and organize the November 2001 meeting of the Technical Working Groups in Paris. Future meetings could be organized by the NEA; 3) Selected Secretariat Support the NEA will be asked to perform the duties of technical editing, facilitate meetings and travel arrangements, collect and disseminate information required by the Roadmap, prepare meeting records and identify information needed by the Roadmap. For newly created groups, such as the Safety Crosscut Group expected to begin next year, the NEA could provide the full range of secretarial support; 4) Information Technology the NEA will be asked to make available their existing data base systems that could enhance the Roadmap in the areas of document control, web-based information for dissemination to both the Roadmap participants and the members of the public. The Nuclear Energy Agency(NEA)is the only capable source for this award because its primary mission is to contribute to the development of nuclear energy as a safe, environmentally acceptable and economical energy source through cooperation among its participating countries. The strength of the NEA is within the experts from the participating countries. Currently, there are 27 participating countries: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Canada, Czech Republic, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Hungary, Iceland, Ireland, Italy, Japan, Korea, Luxembourg, Mexico, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Spain, Sweden, Switzerland, Turkey, United Kingdom, and the United States. The participating countries represent 85% of the world's installed nuclear capacity and includes a large majority of the more advanced countries in the nuclear field. The NEA is staffed by about 80 people. Most of the professional staff is comprised of technical experts and scientists in specific nuclear fields. The Agency's annual budget in 1998 was 75 million French Francs (about US$ 12 million). The efficiency of the NEA, which is the unique driver for the sole source justification, is a result of the nuclear cooperation that arises not only from the expertise of its members but also from its working methods. Seven major international technical committees composed of highly qualified experts from NEA Member countries, develop and execute the work with the assistance of an international Secretariat. In addition to in-depth technical committee work, the NEA arranges for the setting-up of semi-autonomous joint projects among interested organizations in Member countries, aimed at information exchanges in scientific or technical fields, or the development of R&D programs of common interest. The Generation IV reactor design initiative has always been envisioned as an international effort. To gain the most return for dollar invested, funding of the NEA to assist in completion of the Generation IV Roadmap is critical to the needs of the United States government. Interested sources believing themselves qualified to perform this work must submit a statement of capability to the Contract Specialist no later than 30 days from date of this notice.

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010612/RSOL008.HTM (W-159 SN50O4C0)