Notice of Intent to Noncompetitively Procure MicroShield Software and Maintenance

The U.S. Nuclear Regulatory Commission (NRC) intends to negotiate and award a non-competitive purchase order to Grove Engineering Inc. for MicroShield Annual Software and Maintenance. The software is used for designing shields, estimating source strength from radiation measurements, minimizing exposure to people, and teaching shielding principles. The anticipated period of performance for the renewal is a one-year base period from June 10, 2026, through June 9, 2027, plus four one-year option periods to extend the term of the contract. • The software is fully interactive and utilizes extensive input error checking. • The integrated tools provide results of graphing, material and source file creation, source inference with decay, projection of exposure rate versus time due to decay, access to nuclide data, and decay heat calculations. • Grove Engineering owns the copyright to the MicroShield software licenses and does not currently authorize any other sources to sell maintenance renewals for their licenses.