R -- Review and Analysis of Operational Events for Accident Sequence Precursors and Probabilistic Analysis of other Issues

The contract involves work for the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission's Office of Nuclear Regulatory Research to support the Accident Sequence Precursor (ASP) program, which evaluates the risk significance of operational events at U.S. commercial nuclear power plants. The contractor will use NRC-provided plant-specific models to conduct detailed risk analyses of events that could lead to inadequate core cooling and severe core damage, as well as perform Large Early Release Frequency analyses upon request. The contract also requires providing on-call probabilistic risk analysis support for regulatory issues. The resulting contract is anticipated to be cost-reimbursement type, spanning four years and six months. The solicitation for this work was issued with a proposal due date of May 10, 2007, and the request for proposal was made available exclusively through the FedBizOpps website, requiring interested parties to monitor that site for updates and amendments. No hard copies or alternative requests for the solicitation would be accepted. The contract falls under NAICS code 541330, with a size standard of $4.5 million average annual receipts, and is open to all business sizes, including small and disadvantaged businesses. Large businesses competing must submit a detailed subcontracting plan compliant with P.L. 95-507. The Senior Contract Specialist responsible for this solicitation is Neha S Dhir.