COBALT-60

The specific items required are (2) two new Cobalt-60 sources for use inside the Gamma Range Facility irradiator, White Sands Missile Range (WSMR), NM. The specific requirements are detailed below: a. Two (2) each Cobalt-60 sources containing 11,000 Curies (+0, -15%) each of said industrial grade radioactive nuclide. b. Each Cobalt-60 source sources must be loaded into custom, welded holders "rabbits" in accordance with HDI drawing. The loading is controlled by Hopewell Designs, Inc. (HDI) software. Certified in accordance with a design approved by the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC). The rabbits drawing is not attached must contact HDI for drawing. c. Extra rabbits shall be provided for validating welding setup. d. Sources must pass a helium leak test. e. Each new double encapsulated source is then required to fit into Hopewell Designs, Inc. provided, non-certified, #410 steel containers Each new encapsulation/ container combination is required to contain an appropriate force-dampening spacer(s) and end cap torque to satisfy a five (5) year design life cycle without leakage and minimum safety factors for each encapsulation/container as determined for the Gamma Range Facility Operating Procedures and concluded by a New Mexico State University Report, Dept of Mechanical Engineering Study, dated 5 Aug 98. Each new encapsulation/container combination must then be completely seal welded. f. Contractor will design the spacers of the internal cavity of the customer's capsule accounting for temperature variations and specify the torque used on the end cap to close the capsules prior to seal welding. The encapsulations and containers must also pass an American National Standards Institute (ANSI) or NRC approved equivalent helium pressure leak test. All encapsulation/container combinations must be tested to show less than 0.5 nano curies of removable contamination. Three copies of a technical package must be included and each package containing all regulatory certification documentation, engineering drawings, parts specifications, validation test reports, and quality assurance/inspection reports for each encapsulation/container. Technical data is to include all test data generated that is required by USNRC. This includes any documentation that would show the switch from solid slug to the pellet form of source that been had used previously for this type of source. The two (2) new Cobalt-60 sources (encapsulations sealed in the HDI provided containers) are to be shipped by truck from the location where these sources are, WSMR, NM. After a period between one (1) and five (5) working days is to off-load the shipping container, transfer sources, store sources, and return/disposal of the 2 displaced sources, the contractor is required to provide truck and driver for return of the shipping container and cage to contractor's location. Contractor will design the spacers of the internal cavity of the customer's capsule accounting for temperature variations and specify the torque used on the end cap to close the capsules prior to seal welding. Required Delivery Date of the above Cobalt-60 Sources from contractor to the Government is 31 December 2022. ELIGIBILITY The applicable NAICS codes for this predominance of this requirement are 334517 with a small business size standard of 1,000. The Product Service Code is 9610. Businesses of all sizes are encouraged to respond; however, each respondent must clearly identify their business size in their capabilities statement. ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AND SUBMISSION DETAILS (CAPABILITIES STATEMENT) Interested parties are requested to submit a capabilities statement of no more than 10 pages in length using Arial font of not less than 10 pitch. The deadline for response to this request is no later than 12 pm, Eastern Standard Time (EST), 26 Aug 2022. All responses under this Sources Sought Notice must be e-mailed in either Microsoft Word (.docx) or Portable Document Format (.pdf) to Contracting Officer LaVetta Wynn-Smith at lavetta.d.wynn-smith.civ@army.mil. All data received in response to this Sources Sought that is marked or designated as corporate or proprietary will be fully protected from any release outside the Government. The documentation must address at a minimum the following: Company name, address, CAGE Code, point of contact, business size. Capability statement to include container types and dimensions. Any Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) certifications/licenses. Respondents to this notice also must indicate whether they qualify as a Small, Small Disadvantaged, Women-Owned, HUBZone, or Service-Disabled Veteran-Owned Small Business Concern. All questions must be submitted to the Contracting Officer identified above via email. The Government is not committed nor obligated to pay for the information provided, and no basis for claims against the Government shall arise because of a response to this Sources Sought.