The Department of Energy’s nuclear energy office is looking for small businesses to advise them on issues surrounding the advanced nuclear fuel cycle.
The Office of Nuclear Energy needs advisory services from small businesses to help the agency address some of the challenges of “scaling up new nuclear reactor and fuel cycle technologies from laboratory-scale to industry-scale,” according to a sources sought notice published recently and supplemented Tuesday.
The ideal candidates for the small business set-aside will have broad expertise involving all aspects of the nuclear fuel cycle and extensive experience working in industrial-scale nuclear facilities, DOE said.
The DOE will annually issue two to four task orders for the indefinite-delivery, indefinite-quantity contracts on a yearly basis, according to the Statement of Work published alongside the notice. Contractors are mostly expected to work in their own facilities, the statement said.
Currently, Orano Federal Services, Atkins Energy Federal EPC and Aptim Federal Services all hold advisory and assistance contracts, the Office of Nuclear Energy said. The indefinite-quantity, indefinite-quantity contracts include firm-fixed-price, cost-plus-fixed-fee, and time and material tasks orders. A total of twelve task orders, worth between $13,000 and $2 million each, had been issued under the contracts as of Tuesday.
Interested companies have until April 28 to submit a statement of interest that outlines their capabilities, according to the notice.
