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NDE Testing Services
Subcontract Requisition Number: 24590-QL-FSR-NE00-00033
Submit Interest By: May 24 2012
Estimated Budget: >$1M and <$5M
Schedule:
Issue Request for Proposal: June 2012
Award and Notice to Proceed: TBD
Start Work: TBD
All Work Complete: TBD
Safety Classification: Important To Safety
Additional Characteristic: NONE
Quality Level: QL
Type of Subcontract: IDIQ, Fixed Unit Rate
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.
SCOPE OF WORK
SUBCONTRACTOR shall perform field Non-Destructive Examinations (NDE) on approximately 7,000 pipe welds in newly fabricated pipe spools ranging from 0.5" to 26" diameter, to ASME B31.3 Code and other specific site requirements. NDE shall also be performed on structural welds in accordance with the AWS D1.1 and D1.6 Structural Welding Codes, on an as needed basis. NDE includes, but is not limited to, Piping welds only - Automated Ultrasonic Testing (AUT) and/or Semi Automated Ultrasonic Testing (SAUT), as defined in ASME Section V, using 360o , X-Y-Z directional pipe scanning equipment employing phased array technology, and which creates and maintains a reproducible computerized image(s) of the entire weld in the axial, circumferential and radial directions, and employs Olympus NDT Tomoview software, or equivalent equipment and software; Piping and Structural welds - Ultrasonic Thickness Testing (UTT); manual Ultrasonic Testing (MUT); conventional film Radiographic Testing (RT), and Computed Radiographic Testing (CRT), using Virtual Media Integration, Ltd. (VMI) equipment and Starview software or equivalent equipment and software. RT/CRT shall include the ability to use Iridium192, Selenium75 radiation sources, and/or battery powered pulsed x-ray generator; Liquid Penetrant Testing (PT); and Magnetic Particle Testing (MT); Delta Ferrite Tests, and; Positive Material Identification (PMI) using an infrared spectroscopic analyzer.
SUBCONTRACTOR shall provide all equipment and consumables associated with NDE activities.
NDE will be performed in all WTP facilities, i.e., High-Level Waste (HLW), Low-Activity Waste (LAW), Analytical Laboratory (LAB), Pretreatment Facility (PT), Balance of Facilities (BOF), and potentially the Material Handling Facility, including working outdoors.
SUBCONTRACTOR to provide adequate staffing for the subcontract effective from the Notice to Proceed (NTP) date through completion of the subcontract. Subcontractor shall work in accordance to CONTRACTOR'S standard work schedule (generally Monday through Thursday - 10 hour days) unless otherwise directed by CONTRACTOR. RT and/or CRT activities will take place during the backshift (4:30 pm - 2:30 am). All other activities can be worked during the day (6:30 am - 5:00 pm) or back shift as agreed with by the CONTRACTOR.
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), and "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 Section V, Nondestructive Testing
ASME B31.3, Process Piping, 1996
AWS D1.1, Structural Welding Code - Steel, 2000
AWS D1.6, Structural Welding Code - Stainless Steel, 1999
US Department of Energy (DOE) Orders
STANDARDS (SAMPLE)
American National Standards Institute (ANSI)
American Society for Testing and Materials (ASTM)
American Society for Nondestructive Testing (ASNT), SNT-TC-1A, 2001 or newer
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:
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: [email protected]
Mailstop: MS14-3A