SPECIAL NOTICE
D -- MicroShield Local Area Site License
- Notice Date
- 8/30/2012
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 334611
— Software Reproducing
- Contracting Office
- Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Office of Administration, Division of Contracts, 12300 Twinbrook Parkway, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-2738, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-2738
- Solicitation Number
- DRM-12-366
- Archive Date
- 10/2/2012
- Point of Contact
- Rowlene Wendoll, Phone: 6308299558
- E-Mail Address
-
rowlene.wendoll@nrc.gov
(rowlene.wendoll@nrc.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- REFERENCE: MicroShield® Local Area Site License 1. Identification of the agency and contracting activity. a. Federal agency and contracting activity: NRC Region III. b. Sponsoring organization: Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) c. COR information: • COR name: Thomas Magee • Mailing address: 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210, Lisle, IL 60532-4352 • E-mail address: Thomas.magee@nrc.gov • Telephone number: 630-829-9813 2. Nature and/or description of the action being approved. a. Acquisition purpose and objectives. The Division of Nuclear Materials Safety (DNMS) requires continued use of MicroShield® software (in use since 1996) after migration to Windows 7 to support the materials program. b. Project background. Previous Version 5 bought in 1996 by NSIR. Region III needs current version for Windows 7 compatibility. • The name of the incumbent or predecessor contractor: MicroShield® • The period of performance: perpetual • Total dollar amount obligated to date: Unknown • Whether the initial and any subsequent awards were competed and, for any sole-source or limited competition awards, the basis for the approved JOFOC. Unknown 3. Description of the supplies or services required to meet the agency's needs (including the estimated value). a. Project title: MicroShield® 9.XX Local Area Site License b. Project description: MicroShield® is the preferred software for used for a comprehensive photon/gamma ray shielding and dose assessment program that is widely used for designing shields, estimating source strength from radiation measurements, minimizing exposure to people, and teaching shielding principles. MicroShield® is useful to regional health physicists, and radiological engineers for validation of expected results.   Provide the following information: • Requirement type. Check the appropriate box: �� Research & development (R&D) �� R&D support services �� Support services (non-R&D) �� Supplies/equipment X Information technology (IT) �� Construction �� Architect-engineer (A-E) services �� Design-build �� Other (specify): ____________________ • Type of action. Check the appropriate box: X New requirement �� Follow-on �� Other (specify): ______________________ • Proposed contract/order type. X Firm-fixed-price �� Other fixed-price (specify, e.g., fixed-price award-fee, fixed- price incentive-fee): __________ �� Cost-plus-fixed-fee �� Other cost reimbursement (specify, e.g., cost-plus-award-fee, cost-plus-incentive-fee): ___________ �� Time and materials �� Indefinite delivery (specify whether indefinite quantity, definite quantity, or requirements): ___________ �� Other (specify): ___________ �� Completion Form �� Term form • DRMA # DRM-12-366 FAIMIS # - RQ122389 c. Total estimated dollar value and performance/delivery period: $22,000.00 4. This acquisition is conducted under the authority of 41 United States Code (U.S.C.) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i) as set forth in Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 13.106-1(b)(1)(i). One source reasonably available. 5. Demonstration that the proposed contractor(s) unique qualifications or the nature of the acquisition requires use of the authority cited. Grove Software Inc. is the manufacturer of Microshield® software and offers the software only thru their company. There are no resellers of this software. a. Name and address of the proposed contractor(s). Grove Software, Radiationsoftware.com, Email: orders@radiationsoftware.com, Fax: 434-386.8081, Phone: 343-386-8080, http://www.radiationsoftware.com. b. Nature of the acquisition and proposed unique qualifications of the contractor(s). Microshield® is the preferred software for used for a comprehensive photon/gamma ray shielding and dose assessment program that is widely used for designing shields, estimating source strength from radiation measurements, minimizing exposure to people, and teaching shielding principles. MicroShield® is useful to regional health physicists, and radiological engineers for validation of expected results. To the best of our knowledge, this is the best and most accurate software program for the application. The software program is used by licensees to comply with NRC requirements. The software would be used to verify the licensee's input parameters and output data to ensure compliance with NRC requirements. 6. A FedBizOpps notice will be publicized. 7. The Contracting Officer has determined the price to be fair and reasonable after discussions with the COR and IRB Branch Chief on market value for other similar site licenses and the unique capabilities of this particular software. 8. Market Research was performed by searching the Health Physics Society web page for other applications and a web search of Health Physics related sites for other software packages with similar capabilities. The research yielded that the software is the only package with the capabilities necessary to assist in specific shielding calculations to ensure compliance with NRC requirements. 9. MicroShield® is the only source to have expressed an interest in writing in the proposed acquisition.
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- Place of Performance
- Address: U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, 2443 Warrenville Road, Suite 210, Lisle, Illinois, 605324352, United States
- Zip Code: 24352
- Zip Code: 24352
- Record
- SN02863279-W 20120901/120831001620-fbb1783a1c5389133d1bf50c1407ae90 (fbodaily.com)
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