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2nd Generation Pellet Press

Category: Industrial Equipment
Small Business Set-Aside: Yes
Estimated Value: $300,000
NAICS Code: 541330
Expected Issue Date: August/September 2024
Expected Award Date: November 2024
Contact Name: Lindsey Gulmire
Contact Email: gulmirelc@ornl.gov

UT-Battelle, LLC (the Company) is seeking to support a new neptunium oxide pellet production line. To do so, we must purchase a comprehensive configuration for an Automated Pellet Pressing System (APPS).  The key aspects of this APPS include: System Configuration, Automation Programming, and Functional Testing.

The successful deployment of the APPS is critical to achieving the future throughput demands for pellets that are manufactured at Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL). These pellets are loaded into targets that are irradiated in either the High Flux Isotope Reactor at ORNL or the Advanced Test Reactor at Idaho National Laboratory.

The successful Offeror will be using an existing Keyence PLC, Keyence HMI, Denso six axis robot, Promess presses, and IAI actuators. The successful Offeror shall not replace these components with components from a different manufacturer without prior Company approval.

*Note: the actual Statement of Work and Technical Specifications and other attachments are for Controlled Unclassified Information (CUI), Specified Export Controlled (SP-EXPT), and Nuclear Unclassified Information (NUC). CUI//SP-EXPT/NUC documents will be password protected and will be sent via email to the qualified potential Offerors.