The Nuclear Regulatory Commission is seeking responses to gauge the market’s capabilities to help the agency perform its Force-on-Force inspection activities.
According to the NRC’s Monday System for Award Management (SAM) notice, NRC invites all parties, including all categories of small businesses, to respond to the Source Sought Synopsis, a federal market survey tool.
NRC provided the usual disclaimer that this is not a contract solicitation and any response to this market survey would be voluntary.
Responses are due by Nov. 2 at 6 p.m. Eastern Time. NRC lists Carolyn Cooper as the main point of contact for the market survey and can be reached via email at carolyn.cooper@nrc.gov.
NRC has been working with the Department of Energy’s Office of Enterprise Assessment contractor for its Force-on-Force activities since October 2012 within an interagency agreement, NRC said. With the DOE contract set to expire in February 2027, NRC is looking for contractors capable of offering similar services.
A Force-on-Force inspection is a security evaluation performed at commercial nuclear facilities to assess each plant’s defenses against mock adversary forces. These inspections are carried out to gauge a site’s strategy in action against a simulated adversary attack and identify improvements needed to address the plant’s security programs under NRC regulations to prevent radiological harm, according to NRC’s website.
