R -- FORUM OF INTERNATIONAL EXPERTS KNOWLEDGEABLE IN THE FIELD OF NUCLEAR EMERGENCIES

Notice Date

February 23, 2001

Contracting Office

Department of Health and Human Services, Center for Disease Control and Prevention, Procurement and Grants Office (Atlanta), 2920 Brandywine Road, Room 3000, Atlanta, GA, 30341-4146

ZIP Code

30341-4146

Solicitation Number

2001Q00065

Point of Contact

Dale Defilipps, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2637, Fax (770)488-2670, Email DDefilipps@CDC.GOV -- Dale Defilipps, Contract Specialist, Phone (770)488-2637, Fax (770)488-2670, Email DDefilipps@CDC.GOV

E-Mail Address

Dale Defilipps (DDefilipps@CDC.GOV)

Description

CDC intends to award a Sole Source purchase order to the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) to establish a forum of international experts knowledgeable in the field of nuclear emergencies at both the technical and political level from IAEA's international membership body as specified below. The forum will be held in Vienna, Austria. The anticipated performance period is from April 16, 2001 through January 15, 2002. In the event of a major release of radioactive material from any source into the environment from anywhere in the world, emergency preparedness, response, and recovery plans need to be in place. There is an immediate need to develop a list of recovery goals, objectives, methods and evaluation that can be pre-planned for in the event of a major radiological release. This information is critical to CDC for its activities providing technical and on-site assistance in such an event. The successful vendor must be able to meet ALL of the requirements specified below. The vendor shall develop detailed guidance on the response to the post emergency phase of a radiological or nuclear emergency. This guide will be based on the experience gained responding to Chernobyl, Goiania, and other events and the results of complex technical analysis. The guidance must address the following: 1) Determining if a facility or location should develop detailed post emergency phase capabilities; 2) Methods for modifying international guidance to take account of local and national conditions such as: land use of impact area; extent of proposed actions; restrictions on implementation of housing; and non-radiological impact of implementation; 3) The methods and assumptions to be used in developing post emergency phase protective action strategies; and 4) Methods to be used by national or local governments in developing procedures to be used in the event of emergency. This will include: defaults operational intervention levels for long-term protective actions such as relocation, decontamination, and restrictions on agricultural products and procedures for revising the operational intervention levels based on data obtained following the event. In addition, the successful vendor shall develop a list of recovery objectives that can be pre-planned for in the event of a major release of radioactive material from any source into the environment from anywhere in the world. Specifically, the vendor shall establish a forum of international experts knowledgeable in the field of nuclear emergencies at both the technical and political level from its international membership body. This meeting of international experts will serve to develop the list of recovery objectives. The guidance shall be developed at consultants meetings (CSM) of experts. The results of these efforts shall be reviewed by a Technical Committee Meeting (TCM). The vendor shall coordinate and schedule a TCM at which the basis for the post-emergency phase guidance will be discussed. The TCM must have one member from each of the countries that has a nuclear power plant. At the TCM, representatives of the member states of IAEA shall review and comment on the process and materials. The vendor will provide financial support to participants from developing countries who otherwise may not be able to attend, and to consultants whose expertise and experience would be of benefit to the meeting. The successful vendor needs to be a member of the United Nations system of organizations and serve as the world's central intergovernmental forum for scientific and technical cooperation in the nuclear field. Also, the successful vendor must also have extensive, in-depth experience in international inspections for the application of nuclear safeguards and verification measures covering civilian nuclear programs. The successful vendor must have in-depth experience with early notification of nuclear accidents and radiological emergencies and with assistance in the case of a radiological emergency within the international community. The successful vendor must be able to develop standards of safety in emergency responses and to provide for their application in Member States. The successful vendor must be able to elicit and coordinate broad international participation from all countries that have a nuclear power plant to ensure that emergency response measures to a wide range of radiological emergencies can be taken into account. The International Atomic Energy Agency is the only known source that can meet ALL of the above requirements, hence a Sole Source procurement is contemplated. All responsible sources may submit a response which will be considered by the

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