SOURCES SOUGHT
C -- Vessel/Piping Probabilistic/Statistical Analysis
- Notice Date
- 10/4/2012
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 541990
— All Other Professional, Scientific, and Technical Services
- Contracting Office
- Department of Energy, Bechtel National, Inc. (DOE Contractor), Bechtel National Inc., 2435 Stevens Center Place, Richland, Washington, 99352
- ZIP Code
- 99352
- Solicitation Number
- 24590-CM-SRA-WA49-00002
- Point of Contact
- Winifred Renz, Phone: 5093712338
- E-Mail Address
-
werenz@bechtel.com
(werenz@bechtel.com)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- Vessel/Piping Probabilistic/Statistical Analysis Subcontract Requisition Number: 24590-CM-SRA-WA49-00002 Submit Interest By: 10/14/1 Estimated Budget: >$100,000 and <$500,000 Schedule: · Issue Request for Proposal: October 15, 2012 · Award and Notice to Proceed: November 19, 2012 · Start Work: December 3, 2012 · All Work Complete: October 14, 2014 Safety Classification: None. Additional Characteristic: None. Quality Level: CM Type of Subcontract: Time and Material PROJECT DESCRIPTION AND LOCATION The Hanford Tank Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant (WTP) is a complex of radioactive waste treatment processing facilities designed and constructed by Bechtel National, Inc. for the Department of Energy (DOE). The facility will process the Hanford Site tank waste and convert the waste into a stable glass form. The Project site is located in the 200 East Area of the Hanford Reservation near Richland, Washington, along the Columbia River. The site elevation varies from 662 to 684 feet above mean sea level. Ambient temperature range is -23 degrees F minimum to 113 degrees F maximum, with relative humidity of 5% minimum to 100% maximum. The project design life is 40 years. The WTP design incorporates the closed cell or "black cell: concept as a key part of the facility design for the PTF and HLW facilities. This entails locating certain equipment in shielded cells for which no maintenance or entry is planned for the 40-year design life of the plant. Key to the approach is the limitation of equipment in the black cell to types that require no maintenance. Thus, the contents of the black cells are limited to vessels and associated pumping, mixing and sampling systems. These systems employ fluidics (air-driven pulse jet mixers {PJMs} and reverse flow diverter {RFD} pumps with no moving parts) rather than motor-driven pumps or mechanical agitators to avoid equipment requiring maintenance or repair. Additionally, most of the fluid systems are low pressure, low temperature systems which have low working stresses. In the black cells of WTP, detailed in-service inspection of vessels and piping during operation is impractical since access has not been provided or the radiation levels are too high to permit personnel access. Lack of access and the inability to repair and inspect has focused attention on erosion/corrosion of the vessels and piping within the black cells. Although corrosion evaluations have been performed on the vessels and piping there is concern that the various mechanisms, for example stress corrosion cracking, pitting and erosion may behave synergistically, thereby accelerating localized degradation of the vessels or piping. This concern has led to a call for a probabilistic approach to predicting degradation rates of the vessels and piping within the black cells. SCOPE OF WORK SUBCONTRACTOR shall assist CONTRACTOR in developing a probabilistic/statistical model that incorporates all possible corrosion/erosion mechanisms likely to be encountered in vessels and piping systems in the black cells due to the processing of WTP waste streams, which are non-Newtonian and Newtonian slurries. SUBCONTRACTOR shall assist CONTRACTOR in developing a risk-informed in-service inspection program. SUBCONTRACTOR shall advise CONTRACTOR of methods to implement a fitness-for-service program in the absence of operational data, including the availability of databases for such purposes, if they exist. SUBCONTRACTOR shall recommend software that is qualified to ASME NQA-1 or may be qualified per ASME NQA-1 for performing a probabilistic analysis of failure due to erosion/corrosion of black cell vessel and piping systems. There is a potential for future tasks in similar analysis of other areas at the Waste Treatment Plant Project. QUALITY ASSURANCE (QA) REQUIREMENTS Programmatic Quality Assurance requirements for subcontracts performed in the WTP Jobsite will be "NP" (non permanent or temporary work, generally no QA Program required), "CM" (commercial quality based the requirements in DOE Order 414.1C), or "QL" (nuclear level quality based on the requirements in ASME NQA-1 2000). Bechtel may require, as an element of bidder pre-qualification, submission of a representative sample QA Program or Table of Contents copy. For QL subcontracts, the successful bidder's QA Program must be approved prior to award of the subcontract. CODES (SAMPLE) · ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII, Division 1, Rules for Construction of Pressure · Vessels ASME Boiler & Pressure Vessel Code, Section VIII Division 2, Alternative Rules for Construction o · Pressure Vessels ANSI/ASME B31.3, Process Piping API 579-1/ASME FFS-1 2007 Fitness-for-Service · US Department of Energy (DOE) Orders STANDARDS (SAMPLE) · American National Standards Institute (ANSI) · American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM) · API Recommended Practice 580, Risk-Based Inspection BIDDER REGISTRATION AND PRE-QUALIFICATION Preliminary Pre-Qualification Requirements The BNI Acquisition Services Subcontracts group is responsible for collection, evaluation, and internal publication of potential bidders' information for the purpose of pre-qualifying them to bid on any particular subcontract. As part of this process, BNI requires all potential offerors to register at the Supplier and Contractor Portal at: https://supplier.bechtel.com Prior to being considered for bidding on a Request For Proposal (RFP) for this WTP web posting opportunity, potential bidders must complete and submit the required forms located at http://www.hanfordvitplant.com/supplier_resources/qualification_process/ All information provided shall be strictly confidential. Registration All bidders must register with Bechtel National, Inc. for Work on the WTP Project. If your company has registered previously, then only supplemental information should be sent to the Bechtel National, Inc. representative noted below. Information to be provided by potential bidders must include: · Dun and Bradstreet #: · Company Name: · Company Address: · Contact Phone #: · Contact Fax #: · Contact Person: · E-mail Address: · Safety data and information · Applicable work experience and Projects WTP BACKGROUND Information about the WTP Project can be found on http://www.hanfordvitplant.com CONTACT Bechtel National, Inc. 2435 Stevens Center Place Richland, WA 99354 Attn: Lisa Carlin Tel. No. 509-371-2078 Email address: lmcarlin@bechtel.com Mailstop: MS14-3A
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- Place of Performance
- Address: Subcontractors Place of Business and also WTP Site, Richland, Washington, 99354, United States
- Zip Code: 99354
- Zip Code: 99354
- Record
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