Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV) Review and Guidance

Notice of Intent to Noncompetitively Award Purchase Order for Flow-Induced Vibration (FIV) Review and Guidance

The Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) is currently reviewing the NuScale Small Modular Reactor Standard Design Approval Application in an accelerated schedule. Hambric Stephen is assisting the NRC to review the dynamic (FIV and seismic) analysis and testing of the NuScale power module under an Argonne National Lab (ANL) contract: Task Order NRC-HQ-25-16-T-0007 under Enterprise-Wide Agreement (EWA) NRC-HQ-25-14-D-0003. However, this Task Order ends on 12/31/2024, and assistance is needed to complete the NuScale SMR review in 2025.

Based on the NRC’s recent market research, Hambric Stephen is the only known way to acquire this technical assistance and is most effective to noncompetitively award to:

Hambric Stephen

118 Westwood Rd

Asheville, NC 28804-2243

The authority permitting this action is FAR 13.106-1(b), Soliciting from a single source, because the estimated value of this acquisition does not exceed the simplified acquisition threshold and there is only one source that has been identified that can assist the NRC to review the dynamic (flow-induced vibration and seismic/transient) analysis and testing of the NuScale power module.

The anticipated period of performance for the purchase order is Dec 15, 2024 – Dec 31, 2027.