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Contract:Study to Determine Feasibility of Conducting Epidemiologic Investigation of Health Effects of Low Level Ionizing Radiation, Awarded to Systemedics,Inc
ML19246B696
Person / Time
Issue date: 07/02/1979
From: Morton K
NRC OFFICE OF ADMINISTRATION (ADM), SYSTEMEDICS, INC.
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CON-FIN-B-10909, CON-NRC-01-79-010, CON-NRC-1-79-10 NUDOCS 7907180349
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Contract No. NRC-01-79-010 Page 2 of 6 s A. Regarding ARTICLE I - STATEMENT OF WORK 1. Section C. STATEMENT OF WORK Within the current context of the statement of work, the contractor shall examine the incident at the Three Mile Island nucitar facility in Pennsylvania. As a minimum, the contractor shall evaluate the feasibility of epidemiological research on the health effects of low-level ionizing radiation exposure to licensee, contractor, and subcontractor employees as a result of: (1) The accident of March 28, 1979, of the Three Mile Island unit two nuclear facility in Pennsylvania; (2) efforts to stabilize such facility, or reduce or prevent radioactive releases therefrom; and if practicable, (3) efforts to decontaminate, decommission, or repair such facility. 2. Section D., REPORT REQUIREMENTS, Part I, SPECIFIC REPORT REQUIREMENTS; Item C is changed as follows: Delete the date August 31, 1979 and substitue in lieu thereof the date September 28, 1979. 3. Section F., MEETINGS; Part 2 is changed as follows: Delete' the dates September 10, 1979 and August 31, 1979 and substitute in lieu thereof the dates October 10, 1979 and September 28, 1979 respectively. B. Regarding ARTICLE III - CONSIDERATION 1. In Paragraph A., Estimated Cost, Fixed Fee and Oblication, the following changes are made: Subparagraph 1. is changed to read as folicws: "It is estimated that the total cost to the Government for full performance of this contrcct will be $308,495.00, of which the sum of $288,258.00 represents the estimated reimbursable costs, and of wnich $20.237.00 represents the fixed fee. Note: The proposed fee of $950.00 for "Equifax Services" has been included in the above fixed fee amount. Any change in the amount of "Equifax Services" required for the performance of this contract shall not alter the fixed fee stated above." 364 061

Contract fio. NRC-01-79-010 Page 3 of 6 w Subparagraph 2 is changed to read as follows: " Total funds currently available for payment and alloted to this contract are $308,495.00, of which $288,258.00 represents the estimated reimbursable costs, and of which S20,237.00 represents the fixed fee. For further provisions on funding, see the General Provisions, Clause No. 4, entitled ' Limitation of Cost'." 2. Paragraph B " INDIRECT COSTS" is added as follows: "B. INDIRECT COSTS 1. The contractor shall be reimbursed for labor overhead and G&A at the provisional billing rates set forth in his amended proposal dated May 1, 1979. 2. Notwithstanding any other clause (s) and/or terms and conditions of this contract, the final overhead and G&A rates after audit review and negotiation shall be reimbursed at actual amounts provided, however, in no event shall the final labor overhead and GZA rates exceed a ceiling hereby established to be those rates ' ~. set forth in the contractor's amended proposal dated May 1, 1979. 3. A determination as to the adequacy and acceptability of the contractor's accounting system has preceded the awarding of this contract. To the extent the allocation and allowability of. costs affects the agreement negotiated in this contract, it is understood and agreed that the contractor shall make no change in his accounting system without the prior written approval of the Contracting Officer. 4. Any agreement to modify or change in any way the contractor's current method of allocating costs in the overhead, G&A or other burden center accounts will require a negotiation and adequate consideration to the Government." C. Regarding ARTICLE VIII - KEY PERSONNEL Add the following to such article: 1. Harley B. Messinger 2. Nancy A. Dreyer 3. Federic H. Fahey 4. Richard W. Clapp 5. Helen Bray Garretson 6. Margaret E. Bowen 7. Howard Newcombe .q ( 20'

Contract i:o. NRC-01-79-010 I Page 4 of 6 D. ARTICLE IX - GENERAL PROVISIONS / ALTERATIONS Add the following to Section S.: "3. Clause 68 entitleo, " Work for Others" is deleted in its entirety." E. ARTICLE X - CONFLICT OF INTEREST _is nereby added to and made a part of this agreement in accordance with the RFP solicitation Instructions, Notice to Offerors, Notice 20. Evaluation of Procosals, B. Other Considerations, 2. Conflict of Interest on page 19 of the solicitation. The article reads as follows: The primary purpose of this clause is to aid in (a) Purpose. (1) Is not placed in a conflicting role ensuring that the contractor: because of current or planned in:erest (financial, contractual, organizational, or otherwise) which relate to the work under this contract, and (2) does not obtain an unfair competitive advantage over other parties by virtue of its performance of this contract. The restricticas described herein shall apply to (b) Scope. performance or participation by the contractor as dafined in 41 CFR 5 20-1.5402(f) in the actitities covered by this clause. (c) Work for others. Notwithstanding any other provision of this contract, during the term of this contract, the contractor agrees to ferego entering into consulting or other contractual arrangements with any firm or organization, the resul: of which may give rise to a conflict of interest with respect to the work being performed under this contract. The contractor shall ensure that all employees who are employed full time under this contract and employees desicnated as key personnel, if If 2 any, under this contract abide by the provision of this clause. contractor believes with respect to itself or any such employee that any propcsed consultant or other contractual arrangement with any firm or organization may involve a potential ccaflict of interest, the contractor shall obtain the written approval of the contracting officer prior to execution of sucn contractual arrangement. (d) Disclosure after award. (1) The contractor warrants that to the best of its knowledge and belief and except c3 otherwise set forth in this contract, it does not have any at canizational conflicts of interest, as defined in 41 CFR 5 20-1.5402(a). The con:ractor agrees that if after award it discovers organizatienti (2) conflicts of interest with rescect'to this contract, it shall make an immediate and full disclosure in writing to the contracting officer. This statement shall include a description of the action which the contractor has taken or proposes to take to avoid or mitigate such The NRC may, however, terminate the contract for convenience conflicts. if it deems such termination to be in the best interests of the goverrnnent. 364 063

Contract 30. GRC-01-70-010 Page 5 of 6 s (e) Access to and use of information. (1) If the contractor in the performance of this contract obtains access to information, such as NRC plans, policies, reports, studies, financial plans, internal data protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579), or data which has not been released to the public, the contractor agrees not to: (i) Use such infccmation for any private purpose until the information has been released to the public; (ii) compete for work for the Commission based on such information for a period of six (6) months after either the completion of this contract or the release of such information to the public, whichever is first, (iii) submit an unsolicited proposal to the government based on such information until one year after the release of such information to the public, or (iv) release the information without prior written approval by the contracting officer unless sucn information has previously been released to the public by the NRC. (2) In addition, the contractor agrees that to the extent it receives or is given access to proprietary data, data protected by the Privacy Act of 1974 (Pub. L. 93-579), or other confidential or privileged technical, business, or financial information under this contract, the contractor shall treat such information in accordance wi-th restrictions placed on use of the information. (3) The contractor shall have, subject to patent and security provisions of this contract, the right-to use technical data it produces under this contract for private purposes provided that all requirements of this contract have been met. ~ " ' (f) Subcontracts. Except as provided in 41 CFR h20-1.5402(h), the contractor shall include this clause, including this paragraph, in subcontracts of any tier. The terms " contract," " contractor," and " contracting officer," shall ce appropriately modified to preserve the government's rights. (g) Remedies. For breach of any of the above proscriptions or for intentional ncndisclosure or misrecresentation of any relevant interest required to be disclosed concerning this contract or for such erroneous representations as necessarily imply bad faitn, tne government may terminate the centract for default, disqualify the contractor from subsecuent contractual efforts, and pursue other remedies as may be permitted by law or this contract. (h) Waiver. A request for waiver under this clause shall be directed in writing through the ccn:racting officer to the Executive Director for Operations (ECO) in accordance with the procedures cutlined in 520-1.5411. 5g4 064

Contract 30. URC 79 -010 Page 6 of 6 (i) Follow-en effort. (1) Tne contractor shall be ineligible to participate in NRC contracts, subcontracts, or proposals therefor (solicited or unsolicited) which stem directly frcm the contractor's performance of work under this contract. Furthermore, unless so directed in writing by ~. the contracting officer, the contractor shall not perform any technical consulting or management support services work or evaluation activities under this contract on any of its products or services or the products or services of another firm if the contractor has been substantially involved in the development or marketing of such products or services. (2) If the contractor under this contract prepares e complete or essentially complete statement of work or specifications, the contractor shall be ineligible to perform or participate in the initial contractual The effort which is based on such statement of work or specifications. contractor shall not incorporate its products or services in such statement of work or specificaticns unless so directed in writing by the contracting officer, in which case the restriction in this subparagraph shall not apply. (3) Nothing in this paragraph shall preclude xhe contractor from offering or selling its standarc commercial items to tne government. 364 065 - _.}}