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U -- PRESSURIZED WATER MAINTENANCE COURSE SOL RS-HR-00-0284 DUE 122899 POC Sharlene McCubbin, Contract Specialist,301/415-6565. Only written or faxed requests for solicitations will be accepted. FAX No. 301/415-8157. WEB: Click here to download a copy of solicitation no. RS-HR-00-0284., http://www.nrc.gov/ADM/CONTRACT/solcon.html. E-MAIL: Sharlene McCubbin, Contract Specialist, Sharlene McCubbin@nrc.gov. 17. The NRC intends to issue a Commercial Item, Firm Fixed Price, Delivery Order Contract for a training course entitled "Pressurized Water Reactor Maintenance Training Overview Course" The contractor shall furnish the necessary qualified personnel, materials, services to conduct a five day, forty hour training course through a combination of hands-on operation of actual equipment, demonstrations, film and classroom presentations, and other training aids. The contractor shall be required to have a facility capable of hands-on training of equipment involved in fuel movement such as upender, bridge and trolley operations, long and short fuel handling tools, other refueling tools, eddy current testing equipment, etc. The period of performance will be for a five year period. The SIC code is 8299 with a business size standard of $3.5M. Proposals for this requirement may be submitted by all concerns, i.e., large businesses, small businesses, and small businesses owned and controlled by socially and economically disadvantaged individuals. Notice to large business: The subcontracting plan requirements of P.L. 95-507 are applicable to this effort. Thus, all large businesses determined to be in the competitive range must be prepared to submit a detailed subcontracting plan. A source list comprising the names, addresses, and telephone numbers of all concerns requesting a copy of the solicitation, with large businesses identified by an asterisk, will be provided with the solicitation. In order to identify large businesses on the list, a request for the solicitation should indicate the size of the business based upon a sic code of 8299. In order to allow small concerns sufficient time to contact you for possible subcontracting opportunities, you are encouraged to make your request for the solicitation prior to the solicitation issuance date. A copy of the solicitation and all subsequent amendment will be provided to each requester. The request for proposal (RFP) will be issued approximately December 6, 1999, with proposals due to NRC by 3:00 pm on December 28, 1999. The RFP can be found on the Internet on or about the RFP issue date at Http://www.nrc.gov/ADM/CONTRACT/solcon.html . Interested firms should submit written requests to the US Nuclear Regulatory Commission at the address as shown above. Telephone requests will not be honored.***** Posted 11/23/99 (W-SN403247). (0327)

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