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L -- TECHNICAL ASSISTANCE SUPPORT FOR THE DEVELOPMENT OF THE FITNESS-FOR-DUTY PROGRAM SOL RS-NRR-96-022 DUE 052196 POC Contact Anita Hughes, Contract Specialist, 301/415-6526 The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to negotiate a contract on a sole source basis with Battelle Memorial Institute's Human Affairs Research Center (HARC). This contract will require technical assistance in support of NRC's Nuclear Reactor Regulation (NRR) programs and activities to finalize, publish, and implement the fitness-for-duty (FFD) rule, and maintenance of the FFD programs at commercial nuclear power plants. The proposed period of performance is three years. This action is being pursued on a sole source basis because since 1987, HARC has provided technical support to the NRC for the FFD rule by assessing alternative approaches, addressing technical issues, developing the proposed rule, addressing public comments, developing the final rule, and assessing implementation of the rule. Therefore, HARC has substantial knowledge and expertise specific to the NRC's FFD regulation. See numbered Note 22. (0093)

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