SPECIAL NOTICE
11 -- CHAR Cable Condition Monitoring
- Notice Date
- 7/2/2018
- Notice Type
- Special Notice
- NAICS
- 541330
— Engineering Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Commerce, National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST), Acquisition Management Division, 100 Bureau Drive, Building 301, Room B130, Gaithersburg, Maryland, 20899-1410, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20899-1410
- Solicitation Number
- AMDTC-18-0011
- Archive Date
- 7/26/2018
- Point of Contact
- Abdul-Kudus Yahaya, Phone: 3019758497, Keith Bubar, Phone: 3019758329
- E-Mail Address
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abdul-kudus.yahaya@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov
(abdul-kudus.yahaya@nist.gov, keith.bubar@nist.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- THIS IS NOT A SOLICITATION. THIS NOTICE IS FOR INFORMATION PURPOSES ONLY. This is a notice of intent to negotiate an award on sole source basis, by the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) under the authority of Federal Acquisition Regulation (FAR) 6.302-1 Only one responsible source and no other supplies or services will satisfy agency requirement with: Analysis and Measurement Services Corporation (AMS Corporation) to provide support services for CHAR Cable Condition Monitoring System as a Condition Monitoring Tool for Low Voltage Cables. The work will be for period of approximately 22 months. The North American Industry Classification System (NAICS) code for this acquisition is 541330 Contracts and Subcontracts for Engineering Services awarded under the National Energy Policy Act of 1992, and the size standard is $38,500,000.00. The Materials and Structural Systems Division in Engineering Laboratory of the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) serves as the world-class resource for developing and promoting the use of science-based tools - measurements, data, models, protocols, and reference standards - to enhance both the global competitiveness of U.S. industry through innovations in building materials and construction technology; and the safety, security, and sustainability of the nation's buildings and physical infrastructure. The Program Goal for this Division is to reduce the risk and enhance the resilience of buildings, infrastructure, and communities to natural and manmade hazards through advances in measurement science. This Program Goal fits directly into the Polymeric Materials Group (PMG) focus of developing and implementing methodologies and metrologies for determining the scientific origins of materials degradation required for predicting the service life of polymeric materials, components, and systems exposed in their intended or accelerated exposure environments. In collaboration with the Nuclear Regulatory Commission, PMG is assessing the condition monitoring methods for electric cables found in nuclear power plants. Electrical cables are important for nuclear safety since they are used to 1) mitigate effects of an accident, 2) monitor critical parameters to ensure safety, 3) monitor emergency core cooling, and 4) monitor, gauge, and prevent potential for a containment breach and offsite release of radiation. In addition, electrical cables are significant for operations since cable failures could cause a plant trip or power transient. The US Nuclear Regulatory Commission finds that condition monitoring is essential for assessing the health and aging degradation of electrical cables to ensure reliable operation of safety-related equipment, instruments, and controls during normal operations and design basis events. The main objective of this project is for AMS Corporation to evaluate the capability of the CHAR Cable Condition Monitoring System as a test method for the assessment of the degradation condition or health of low voltage cables under thermal and/or gamma irradiation environment conditions. These results will be used to compare its performance to other common condition monitoring techniques, such as Elongation at Break (EAB), Indentation or Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR) as a function of cable age. The AMS Corporation updated Cable Condition Monitoring system is the only system that can measure all classical electrical measurements on cables, and most importantly, it includes a special in-situ electrical measurement method adapted from frequency domain reflectometry which is sensitive to cable insulation degradation. The system is an all-inclusive test unit that performs several electrical measurements including Time Domain Reflectometry (TDR), Frequency Domain Reflectometry (FDR), Reverse TDR (RTDR), Dynamic TDR (DTDR), Insulation Resistance (IR), Impedance (LCR), Current-Voltage (IV), DC Resistance, and Waveform measurements. Furthermore, its unique software analysis package is the only system capable of converting an impulse response to a step response for easier data filtering that can indicate possible defect locations and their severity. The CHAR system also produces other cable electrical parameters, including insulation resistance, impedance and other waveform measurements. These features are a requirement of the Government to assess the condition monitoring methods on electrical cables for nuclear plant license renewal program. Thus, AMS Corporation is the only source capable of meeting NIST's requirement. A determination to compete this procurement based on a response to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether to conduct a competitive procurement. Interested parties that believe they could satisfy the requirements listed above for NIST may clearly and unambiguously identify their capability to do so in writing on or before the response date for this notice. This notice of intent is not a solicitation. Any questions regarding this notice must be submitted in writing via email to abdul-kudus.yahaya@nist.gov. All responses to this notice of intent must be submitted so that they are received at abdul-kudus.yahaya@nist.gov no later than July 11 at 12:00 noon Eastern Time. NOTHING HEREIN SHOULD BE MISCONSTRUED AS A REQUEST FOR COMPETITIVE PROPOSALS, QUOTES OR BIDS. NO SOLICITATION DOCUMENT IS AVAILABLE NOR IS ONE INTENDED TO BE ISSUED.
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