| Program Summary |
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| Title: |
66 -- Gravimetry Furnace |
| GovCB Opps ID : |
ADP12054034810000835 |
| Document Type: |
Sources Sought Notice |
| FSC Code: |
66 - Instruments and Laboratory Equipment
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| Set Aside: |
Total Small Business |
| Solicitation No.: |
10888-R-50054 |
| Source: |
http://www1.fbo.gov/spg/DOE/DCSW/DA/10888%2DR%2D50054/SynopsisR.html |
Place of Performance: |
Address: Savannah River Site Aiken, SC Postal Code: 29808 Country: UNITED STATES
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Posted Date: |
Mar 12, 2008 |
| Last Update: |
Mar 12, 2008 |
| Due Date: |
Mar 20, 2008 |
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| Description |
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General Information
| Document Type: |
Sources Sought Notice |
| Solicitation Number: |
10888-R-50054 |
| Posted Date: |
Mar 12, 2008 |
| Original Response Date: |
Mar 20, 2008 |
| Current Response Date: |
Mar 20, 2008 |
| Original Archive Date: |
Apr 04, 2008 |
| Current Archive Date: |
Apr 04, 2008 |
| Classification Code: |
66 -- Instruments & laboratory equipment |
| Set Aside: |
Total Small Business |
| Naics Code: |
333994 -- Industrial Process Furnace and Oven Manufacturing |
Contracting Office Address
Department of Energy, Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC (MOX Services), Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC (MOX Services), Savannah River Site P.O. Box 7097, Aiken, SC, 29804-7097, UNITED STATES
Description
Sources Sought Notification for Design Phase and Supply Phase of a Gravimetry Furnace for Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF).
Shaw AREVA MOX Services, LLC (MOX Services) is seeking suppliers/subcontractors with experience supplying Gravimetry Furnaces. The furnace to be acquired will support the construction of a Mixed Oxide Fuel Fabrication Facility (MFFF) to be built at the Department of Energy (DOE) Savannah River Site (SRS). The furnace is Quality Level 4 (QL-4) and will be purchased under a Supply Subcontract.
The Gravimetry Furnace will be used for Pu content determination in plutonium oxide powder samples and is designed to be installed in a sealed enclosure fitted with gloves, i.e. glovebox.    Each sample (1.5 g) is put in a crucible, weighed and then placed in the furnace where it is calcined at two (2) consecutive heating steps:    950 degrees celsius and between 1,200 degrees celsius and 1,250 degrees celsius.
The Gravimetry Furnace is made up of the following components, all installed in the glovebox:
- One vertical tubular furnace   
- One moving plate for supporting basket and closing furnace
- One guided device for basket loading/unloading into the furnace
- One removable basket supporting four (4) crucibles
- One control unit
Interested parties are to submit Pre-Qualification Packages for the Company or Team as a whole. Companies that team shall have a Prime Supplier/Subcontractor designated. The Prime Supplier/Subcontractor will be the direct interface between the Team and MOX Services. Team Pre-Qualification packages shall be written to cover the Prime Supplier/Subcontractor and key teaming Companies and shall be submitted by the Prime Subcontractor.
Pre-Qualification packages can be obtained by emailing a request to Gale Cone at ghcone@moxproject.com or visiting our company website at http://www.moxproject.com/resources/procurement/vendorforms.shtml.
Companies or Teams that have a current MOX Services approved Pre-Qualification package on-file need not submit another package, unless the submitted package requires updating.
A Letter of Interest to submit a proposal from the Company or the Team Prime Supplier/Subcontractor shall be emailed to Lisa Joyce at ljoyce@moxproject.com. The Letter of Interest shall state that the Supplier/Subcontractor has a Pre-Qualification package on-file with MOX Services or that the Pre-Qualification package will be forwarded. Letters of Interest are due by 4 PM EST on 20 Mar 2008, with Pre-Qualification packages submitted by 4 PM EST on 17 Apr 2008.
This is not a Request for Proposal (RFP), nor shall it be construed as an announcement for the issuance of future RFPs.
Point of Contact Lisa Joyce, Subcontract Administrator, Phone 803-819-2825, Fax 803-819-8931, Email ljoyce@moxproject.com
Irish Alderman, Equipment Procurement Manager, Phone 803-819-2615, Fax 803-819-8931, Email DAAlderman@moxproject.com.
Point of Contact
Lisa Joyce, Subcontract Administrator, Phone 803 819 2825, Fax 803 819 8931, Email ljoyce@moxproject.com - Irish (D.A.) Alderman, Equipment Procurement Manager, Phone 803-819-2615, Fax 803-819-8931, Email daalderman@moxproject.com
Place of Performance
| Address: |
Savannah River Site
Aiken, SC |
| Postal Code: |
29808 |
| Country: |
UNITED STATES |
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