Toroidal Field (TF)/Ohmic Heating (OH) Magnet Bundle Design Support & Fabrication

Princeton Plasma Physics Laboratory (PPPL) a National Laboratory and Federally Funded Research and Development Center RDC) operated by The Trustees of Princeton University, a US Department of Energy Prime Contractor wishes to solicit proposals in response to Request for Proposal (RFP) 22-011C for design support and fabrication of a Toroidal Field (TF)/Ohmic Heating (OH) Magnet Bundle for the National Spherical Torus Experiment (NSTX) Upgrade Recovery Project located at PPPL, 100 Stellarator Road, James Forrestal Campus, US Route 1 North, Plainsboro, NJThe TF/OH Magnet Bundle fabrication effort will be performed in 3 phases.  Phase I is for design support, Phase II is the prefabrication work and Phase III is the fabrication and delivery of the magnet bundle.  Phases II and III are options to be exercised by PPPL.  Please see the PPPL Statement of Work and TF/OH Magnet Bundle drawings for additional information.The magnitude of this procurement is more than $10 million (US) inclusive of

the Option Items.The period of performance is from subcontract award through July 2023.The applicable NAICS code is 335931 Current-Carrying Wiring Device Manufacturing. The procurement will be unrestricted (full and open competition).The full RFP may be reviewed and downloaded at https://sites.google.com/pppl.gov/procurement/opportunities?authuser=0, by clicking on the "Procurement Opportunities" link and then on the appropriate RFP link.  Click on RFP 22-011C and download and save the file to your computer.  Open to view the RFP documents using the latest version of Adobe Reader.  You will not be able to view the documents using your internet browser.A Pre-Proposal Videoconference is scheduled for 11:00 AM (EST), Tuesday, January 18, 2022.  Firms must return the RFP Acknowledgement Form contained in the RFP to receive information to the Zoom information.  Proposals are due to PPPL by 4:00 PM (EST), Friday, February 4, 2022.This announcement shall not commit PPPL to issue a subcontract for this effort, or to pay any costs incurred by offerors in the preparation and submittal of proposals in response to this RFP.