U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Attn: Sharon Mearse, Mail Stop T7I2, Washington, D.C. 20555

70 -- COMPUTER-BASED TRAINING SYSTEM FOR THE NUCLEAR REGULATORY ADMINISTRATION (NRA) OF THE UKRAINE POC Mary H. Mace, Contracting Officer, 301/415-7314, Contract Specialist, 301/415-6591 The NRC intends to negotiate a sole source contract with Scientific and Technical Cooperative T-89 (T-89) for a specific computer based training system developed on the VVER 1000/320 nuclear power plant using Khmelnitshy 1 as the reference plant. The contractor shall deliver this computer based training system to the Nuclear Regulatory Administration (NRA) headquarters, formerly the State Committee for Nuclear Safety (SCNRS), in Kiev, Ukraine. Options will be included for computer data based training on other Russian reactor designs, i.e., VVER 1000/338 for South Ukraine 3, VVER 1000/302 for South Ukraine 1, VVER 440/213 for Rovno 1, and RBMK-1000 for Chernobyl 1. In addition, options will be included in the contract for T-89 to provide additional computer based training systems already developed by T-89 for other NRA offices, for the NRC Technical Training Center in Chattanooga, Tennessee (options for Russian and English versions), and any other locations as may be designated later. T-89 is the only contractor that can provide the necessary computer based training system with Russian/Cyrillic displays that is critical to the immediate and effective use of the computer based training system. T-89 has designed the basic development tools, graphic layouts, text formats and teaching methodologies. The period of performance is approximately 4 years. The SIC Code for this procurement is 7373. The size standard for this solicitation is average annual receipts for preceding three fiscal years not to exceed $3.5 million. This is a notice of intent to contract only. A solicitation document does not exist. Interested parties should submit written technical documentation, to the NRC, demonstrating their ability to furnish the effort specified to the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission, Division of Contracts, Attn: Sharon D. Mearse, Mail Stop T7I2, Washington, DC 20555. Telephonic and/or telegraphic responses and responses providing insufficient information for evaluation will not be considered. See Note 22. (0151)

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