Frequently Asked Questions

There are no user names, passwords or follow-up actions for retirees to remember after initially submitting their profile.  If you want to update your resume or add additional information, you simply submit a new profile and your previous profile will be deleted.   You can access the Retiree database from the Projects & Applications page

USA relies on the key stakeholders in our plants (Operations, Maintenance, Engineering, Chemistry, etc.) and on our USA teams to identify contract opportunities to pursue. When they do so, our supply chain team orchestrates a request for proposal (RFP) and selection process on their behalf. The suppliers listed on the website earned their agreements as a result of this competitive bid process. If you want your company to be considered during a future competitive bid process, please fill out the Become A Supplier form.

Please note that you do not have to have a USA agreement in place to do business with our individual members.

Many of our members maintain an approved suppliers list, which is a list of suppliers who are approved through a site process to do business with the site. These approved suppliers may or may not have an established contract with the site. USA, however, does not have a list of approved suppliers that meets this definition. Instead, USA has established fleet-wide agreements with a group of suppliers that provide benefit to our members. These agreements are put into place using USA's established procurement processes, the majority being established through the competitive bid process. USA also maintains a bidder's list, which is a simple list of the capabilities and contact information for suppliers who are interested in doing business with the Alliance on a fleet-wide basis. USA then consults this list when a new procurement opportunity arises and includes suppliers in the data base with the appropriate capabilities on the bid list. If you would like your company to be listed on the potential bidders list, please go to the Become a Supplier page.

The website listings are reserved for those suppliers who either a) help sponsor our annual Nuclear Generator and Supplier Executive Summit or b) have an fleet-wide agreement established with USA, Inc. When the "Become a Supplier" form is completed, the information is stored in a database of suppliers along with their services, products, and capabilities. USA consults this database whenever we are asked by our members to prepare a bid on a scope of work. The database is for USA internal use and is not published on the website.

Yes, USA's charter allows it to provide services to any Utility that has a single-site nuclear power plant.  Our mission is to facilitate and coordinate efforts that will assist our members achieve and maintain consistent, cost-effective, top-quartile performance within the industry.