A -- DESIGN, LICENSE AND MANUFACTURE A FLEET OF TRANSPORTATION CASKS

Notice Date

March 9, 2001

Contracting Office

Bechtel BWXT Idaho,LLC, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

ZIP Code

83415-3521

Solicitation Number

Cbd021

Response Due

May 8, 2001

Point of Contact

Rod V. Nelson

E-Mail Address

Rod Nelson (rvn@inel.gov)

Description

This is a Request for Interest (RFI) opportunity with Bechtel BWXT Idaho, LLC (BBWI), the prime operating contractor for the Department of Energy at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL). The purpose of this request is to obtain expressions of interest and budgetary estimates from companies interested in designing, licensing, and manufacturing a fleet of transportation casks to be used to transport U.S. DOE Environmental Management's spent nuclear fuel from various sites around the United States to a central repository. Engineering design and licensing services will be in strict compliance with the requirements of the U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission promulgated in Part 71 of Title 10 of the Code of Federal Regulations (10CFR71), including the quality assurance requirements provided therein. Potential suppliers expressing interest in this RFI shall provide a list of similar transportation systems which their firm has designed, licensed and/or manufactured and a statement of qualifications including having a quality assurance program in place approved by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission. Information gathered in response to this solicitation shall be used to evaluate whether or not the design and licensing effort will be combined with the fabrication into a single solicitation. Budget estimates shall be submitted for a fleet of transportation casks meeting the general requirements provided hereafter. The system shall be based primarily on transportation by rail; however, provisions shall be made for overland heavy-haul transportation also. The transportation casks shall have an approximate payload cavity displacement of 5 feet 10 inches in diameter by 15 feet 1 inch long and an estimated weight capacity (payload) in the 30-ton range. A draft copy of the specifications can be obtained by contacting the POC. The Department of Energy anticipates publication seeking proposals by the end of calendar year 2001 followed by supplier selection and contract award in June 2002 time frame; however, nothing in this RFI constitutes an obligation on the part of BBWI or the Department of Energy to issue such; and/or to award a contract for the aforementioned system. Interested parties should send e-mail to rvn@inel.gov or mail to Rod V. Nelson, BBWI, P.O. Box 2525, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3975 before 5-8-01.

Web Link

Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory (http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20010313/ASOL012.HTM (W-068 SN50F7Q7)