TECHNOLOGY LICENSING OPPORTUNITY: ReactorCast
Overview
Buyer
Place of Performance
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Set Aside
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Timeline
Qualification Details
Fit reasons
- NAICS alignment with historical contract wins in similar service areas.
- Scope strongly matches core technical capabilities and delivery model.
Risks
- Past performance thresholds may require one additional teaming partner.
- Potential clarification needed on staffing minimums before bid/no-bid.
Next steps
Validate eligibility requirements, assign capture owner, and schedule partner outreach to confirm teaming strategy before submission planning.
Quick Summary
Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) is offering a Technology Licensing Opportunity for ReactorCast, a strategic nuclear workforce intelligence platform. This platform models and integrates strategic decisions with workforce requirements across the entire lifecycle of nuclear programs, aiming to mitigate workforce shortages and uncertainties. Responses are due by June 30, 2027.
Technology Overview
ReactorCast is a custom system dynamics platform designed to provide real-time analytics and visual dashboards for tracking nuclear workforce flows. It helps answer critical business strategy questions for executives, investors, and leaders regarding talent availability, site selection, and the long-term staffing cost implications of different technology choices. The underlying methodology, developed at Los Alamos, is licensed to the IAEA for national nuclear workforce planning.
Key Features & Capabilities
- Custom Software: System dynamics modeling with a modular, extensible design.
- Deployment: Local, secure, non-cloud infrastructure framework.
- Data Integration: Interfaces with external data sources and planning tools.
- Outputs: Regional, statewide, or national mapping; workforce opportunities and competency projections; gap analyses; and scenario-based deployment comparisons.
- Strategic Modeling: Multi-reactor technology comparison, lifecycle cost modeling (planning through decommissioning), scenario planning, and risk assessment tools.
- Differentiation: Models varying workforce profiles for different reactor technologies and aids in strategic site selection by incorporating workforce dimensions.
Licensing Opportunity
This is an opportunity to license existing, copyrighted software developed by LANL researchers for commercial innovation. It is not a call for external services for the development of this technology. Interested parties can explore exclusive and non-exclusive licensing agreements.
Contract & Timeline
- Type: Special Notice - Technology Licensing Opportunity
- Set-Aside: None
- Response Due: June 30, 2027
- Published: May 12, 2026
Contact Information
For specific discussions regarding licensing, contact licensing@lanl.gov.