Small Business Set-Aside: No
Estimated Value: TBD
NAICS Code: 334419
Expected Issue Date: July 14, 2026
Expected Award Date: August 31, 2026
Contact Name: Travis Olinger
Contact Email: olingertj@ornl.gov
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1.1 Background
ITER is an international collaborative research project with a programmatic goal of demonstrating the scientific and technological feasibility of fusion energy for peaceful purposes. The European Union is the host party for the ITER facility, which is being constructed in Cadarache, France. The US contribution to ITER is managed by the US ITER Project Office (USIPO), which is hosted by Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL) under contract with UT-Battelle (hereinafter referred to as the “Company”), and located in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. Responsibility for operating the completed ITER facility will belong to the ITER Organization (IO).
The USIPO has designed the gas- and water-cooled coaxial transmission lines for the ITER Ion Cyclotron Heating and Current Drive (ICH&CD) System. These lines are designed to carry up to 6 MW each of continuous wave (CW) power in a network connecting four (4) radio frequency (RF) power sources to the tuning and matching systems of one ion cyclotron (IC) antenna. These lines are required to transfer this power with high reliability.
1.2 Presentation of the ICH 500 kW RF Load
The ITER ICH&CD System includes 301.5-mm-diameter transmission line components. Development of these components will involve design, and the production of four (4) 500 kW RF Loads (production units) [1].
2. SCOPE
This Statement of Work (SOW) applies to the design of the 500 kW RF Load (Part 1 of this SOW), and optional production of four (4) 500 kW RF Loads (Part 2 of this SOW) for the ITER ICH&CD System. Part 1 of the procurement begins with preparation of a Design Package for the 500 kW RF Load, and concludes with a Design Review for the 500 kW RF Load. Part 2 of the procurement for production is an optional activity and may be awarded at the Company’s discretion.
The Seller is expected to demonstrate that the proposed design will meet the technical requirements through the Design Package presented at the Part 1 design review (Section 4.1.8). The Seller will also prepare and submit, as part of the Design Package, a Design Compliance Matrix (DCM) for the requirements in Technical Specification [1] for the 500 kW RF Load. The Design Compliance Matrix (DCM) will be the key deliverable to be used by the Company for design evaluation and approval.
After Company approval of the Final Design Package proposed in Part 1, the Company may elect to have the Seller proceed to Part 2 for the manufacture, inspection, testing, packaging, and shipping of four (4) 500 kW RF Loads. Factory acceptance testing of the four (4) 500 kW RF Loads will be performed by the Seller. Once the four (4) 500 kW RF Loads pass these tests, they will be shipped to IO.
For the four (4) production units:
• The Company is responsible for the shipment from the Seller’s facility to IO.
• The Company is responsible for the selection of the transporter.
• The Seller is responsible for packaging and loading onto the Company’s Logistics Service Provider (LSP) conveyance (e.g. truck, van, trailer, vessel, ocean container, air freight container, rail car).
Statement of Work (SOW) for ICH 500 kW RF Load Design and Production
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