Kenneth Fletcher
WC Monitor
4/3/2015
The Department of Energy issued this week a final Request for Proposals for the new contract to manage Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at the Department’s Idaho site and in Colorado. Among the changes made in the final RFP from a draft issued earlier this year is a reduction in the key personnel commitment period from four years to a two-year period, and reductions in the amount of fee that can be lost for early departure of key personnel. Industry officials had previously raised concerns over the key personnel provisions included in the draft RFP.
The new contract, which is being set aside for small businesses meeting a $38.5 million size standard, would cover work at the Fort St. Vrain facility in Colorado; the Three Mile Island-2 Independent Spent Fuel Storage facility at the Idaho Nuclear Technology and Engineering Center (INTEC) in Idaho; and the Idaho Spent Fuel Facility (ISFF) license. Questions are due by April 10 and responses are due by April 30, and the short one-month turnaround time raised concern among some industry officials this week due to the more involved nature of the proposal. A briefing and site tour will be held at Fort Saint Vrain on April 14 and at the Three Mile Island 2 facility in Idaho April 16.
