Single Model Burnup Project

THIS IS A SYNOPSIS FOR A SOLE SOURCE ACQUISITION (REFERENCE FAR PART 13.106-1(B)AS REQUIRED BY FAR PART 5.2. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR QUOTATION/PROPOSAL. The Contracting officer has determined that the circumstances of this contract action deem only one source is reasonably available. This requirement is considered noncommercial in nature and any resultant purchase order will be awarded in accordance with FAR Part 13. The AFISR Agency/A7KR Contracting Office intends to award a sole source Fixed Price purchase order to Texas A&M. The contractor will create a reactor design model with documentation for a candidate reference reactor design as defined by Government supplied references, including the reactor specifications and one fuel loading profile. The design shall be modeled in MCNP and results compared to the Government run model to verify the consistency of the model. The reactor shall be divided into representative zones and burnup calculated using MONDTEBURNS for those zones. The solicitation for this requirement will be issued as a Request For Quotation (RFQ). It is advertised with a North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code of 541712 with a size standard of 500. Potential contractors must be registered in the Central Contractor Registry to be eligible for award (See Internet site: http://www.ccr.dlsc.dla.mil). It is mandatory to obtain a DUNS number prior to registering in CCR by calling DUN & Bradstreet (1-800-333-0505). This Notice of Intent is not a request for competitive quotations. Any firm that believes it can meet the specifications above may give written notification to the point of contact below. Responses received will be evaluated; however, a determination by the Government not to compete the proposed procurement based upon the responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.