The National Nuclear Security Administration on Monday published a draft solicitation for an indefinite-award, indefinite-quantity Counter Nuclear Smuggling System Deployment contract with an order ceiling of $800 million.
“Contractors will be responsible for providing design, integration, construction, communications, logistics, training, and equipment procurement to support the deployment of counter nuclear smuggling systems,” the semiautonomous Department of Energy nuclear-weapons agency wrote in a procurement note.
The contract will have a seven-year base with a two-year option period, the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) wrote. NNSA planned to make both fixed-price and cost-plus-fixed-fee orders under the contract and anticipates up to three awards. At least one award is reserved for a small business, assuming any small businesses bid, the NNSA said.
“Due to the broad scope of work, joint ventures or other teaming arrangements are anticipated and encouraged,” the agency wrote.
The NNSA will use the contract to install and upgrade things such as radiation-detection systems and infrastructure in countries around the world, according to the statement of work posted along with Monday’s announcement.
NNSA’s Albuquerque Complex in New Mexico owns the Counter Nuclear Smuggling System Deployment contract. The agency funds the contract through the Office of Nuclear Smuggling Detection and Deterrence within the roughly $2-billion-a-year Office of Defense Nuclear Nonproliferation.
