ML19282C498

Forwards Ltr Written to TVA Re Violation of NRC Regulations in Granting Award of Contract for Renar Splicing Matl to TVA

ML19282C498
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Site:	Turkey Point
Issue date:	02/02/1979
From:	Fox C FOXBORO CORP.
To:	Hendrie J NRC COMMISSION (OCM)
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Febn:ar/ 2,1979 Mr. Joseph V. Hendric, Chairman Nuclear Regulatory Cc:nission 1717 H Street N. W.

Washington, D. C. 20555 Re: WA Invitation 73-824811 Rebar Splicing Materials - Yellow Creek Nuclear Plant

Dear Mr. Hendric:

Attached is a copy of a letter we sent to Mr. Lynn Seeber, General M2 nager of WA after receiving a notice that the award of the above invitation had been mada to the cnly supplier approved by the NRC.

Our complaint lies not with the loss of the bid but with the circumstances surrounding the award, namely the WA, a government agency, because of NRC regulations, cannot accept a bid for cc=peting materials. This is against United States Government procurement policy.

For the past six years we have followed the procedures suggested by the NRC of going thru the designers, obtaining code approval from the technical societies, making the required tests, presenting engineering analysis, metallurgical considerations, and topical reports, a procedure costing approximately $100,000. Although our petition was accepted for review for NRC a year ago it has still not been approved as far as we can find out.

Please advise what corrective steps will be taken so that a qualified supplier is not precluded from bidding on government work.

Surely the NRC shculd not claim that there is only one safe method of joining such a mndane product as reinforcing steel, especially one that contributes greatly to construction costs.

Verf truly yours FOX DCSTRIES

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for T.:b:r Splicin; y;teri::.ls - Fre;:::2 Yclicu Cn:.k .'u:1ct:

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Last October we re:Cived subjc:t Invit:tica To Bid. li:

rubnitted th: bid b: sed en supplyin; n :crini equel or superior to the C:du:1d splice. .

We are now info =ed that the nn-d of this requirc .:nt us ende to Erico Products as the icy res,ensive bidder ne tin 3 the requiren=t: of the Invitation. Th:t va teon creeptica to the I:rtit tion by bidding a reber splice different frcn the C dwcld process as required by the Irreit:tien. Th:t T.V.A. has c=:.itted in tha Yellow Creek PSAR to c afo= to ths Cc:Reld precess cutlined in hT4 Recal:tery Gaide 1.10.

No cre told that be::= e bid :n cite =::c pre: css we were nat con:idered for enrd.

lie t:he execption to the above state: ant th:t the T.V.A. is ce=itted to confom to the C:deld process and refer ycu to a !C4 !bgul tery Guide 1.10 footnote shich provides for li:th:ds :nd Solutions different fv= the:e set out in the guide cre cecept:bic cdcr certain conditicas.

Oar bid made note of the f::t that the Fcx !?:wlett coupler h:d been

cpted for review by the .'GC in March 1978.

We tche enceptica to the :ntd of this bid to Erico Products s.s the icw rc::=:ive bidder. It ns well !=r.m by ycur pecple that the Ien t.:ulett coupler c:ccrs from the C:ic:1d process so if the reasoning for =Jc:tien is :: st:ted, why was tt.e invitation cent to u: in the fin t ple:0.

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tle cch that t!.e c:rd of this r:quir=:nt b: c=:211cd or del yed until such tica cs we can cic:rly dc=nstretc th:t the Fox lb.lett qualifies. en the or-equal b. sis in terns of perier=nce and :: less cc:t than noted in th: !ktic: to LY. u:::::ful Did.:cr.

As ycu 1= w, we h:ve cc:pl ined over the yo:rs as to the unfcirn :s of the cicle supplier situatica s cyplied to rc.::1c : t :rk. 1:a helieve it is t'. : to d-- .d th:t s=2 corrcetive r =ures b: tr.hca ,

h:pefully t:ith your cc:peratien.

Ples:: r.:y na have your c== sts. ,

Very tmly yours FOX I?JJSITlES Charles J. Fc:

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