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81 -- CASK SYSTEM FOR TRANSPORTATION OF NUCLEAR MATERIAL SOL DE-RP03-SF21595 DUE 012099 POC Sandra R. Silva, Contracting Officer, (510) 637-1878 WEB: Click here for DOE OAK Homepage, select OAK Procurement,, http://www.oak.doe.gov (OAK Procurement, RFP). E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contracting officer via, sandie.silva@oak.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy is requesting proposals from organizations that are able to supply a Cask System consisting of: discharged nuclear fuel shipping casks, associated handling hardware, and loading and unloading equipment. Each cask must be transportable on a nonpublic road by tractor and trailer, and by rail on a railcar. Casks must be able to accommodate one or more canisters that each contain six fuel assemblies. Each canister will have an outside diameter of approximately 406 mm (16.0 in), a length of approximately 4000 mm (157.5 in), and a maximum weight of approximately 1,470 kg (3,240 lb.) Each canister will have a maximum thermal output of 500 watts, and a maximum beta-gamma contact dose equivalent of one million Rem/hr. To maintain criticality safety for a cask holding multiple fuel canisters, the geometry of the support structures inside the cask must be maintained to insure physical separation of the canisters. In addition, nuclear poison must be added as part of the cask basket for casks with a capacity of more than six canisters. The maximum acceleration loads imposed on the loaded fuel canister must not exceed 72 g's. The casks must meet IAEA Standards and Guidelines such as IAEA ST-1, SS-6, SS-37 and other supporting IAEA documents. The Republic of Kazakhstan will approve the casks for use within Kazakhstan. The response to this solicitation must be according to the request for proposals (RFP) which will be issued and found at http://www.oak.doe.gov on or about September 18, 1998. No paper copies of the solicitation will be made available. Prospective offerors who do not have electronic capability to download the solicitation may submit a written request to the U.S. Department of Energy, 1301 Clay St., Room 700-N, Oakland, CA 94612, ATTN: Sandra R. Silva for a diskette copy of the solicitation. The requester must include a self-addressed stamped envelope and an MS-DOS formatted high-density 3 " virus free diskette. Prospective offerors who fail to submit an appropriate diskette or self-addressed stamped envelope will not receive the solicitation. There will be a pre-proposal conference on Friday October 30, 1998, at 9:30 AM in the Federal Building located at 1301 Clay St., 5th floor, Conference Room H, Oakland, CA. Questions prospective bidders wish to have answered at the conference should be submitted via e-mail by October 2, 1998 to Debbie Harkness (debbie.harkness@oak.doe.gov). Proposals must be submitted by 3:00 PM (PST) on January 20, 1999. Refer to the solicitation for further details. Posted 08/12/98 (W-SN236278). (0224)

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