The Army Corps of Engineers has slimmed the annual funding expected to be available for the next contract for cleanup of the Luckey Site in Ohio under the Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).
In a second set of responses to vendor questions on the procurement, posted online Wednesday, the Army Corps said contractors should “Assume a funding limitation of no greater than $27M annually will be available for the contract.” That was down from $30 million cited when the bid notice was issued June 17.
There did nto appear to be an immediate explanation for the change.
Bids are being accepted through Aug. 5 for remediation of the radioactively contaminated 40-acre property about 20 miles southwest of Toledo. The contractor is expected to be selected in August 2021. This is intended to be the last cleanup contract at Luckey.
The Luckey Site housed beryllium processing for national defense from 1949 to 1961, which left behind beryllium, lead, and other contaminants in the soil and groundwater. A warehouse and some other infrastructure also remain.
The job will primarily involve extraction and off-site disposal of soil, sediment, debris, and fill, the procurement notice says. As of June 5, 35% of excavation had been completed, encompassing 65,445 cubic yards of soil.
The current contractor is North Wind Portage.
The 46-year-old Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program cleans up properties contaminated by nuclear weapons and nuclear power operations from the 1940s to 1960s under the Manhattan Engineer District and Atomic Energy Commission. There were 23 active sites in 10 states as of 2019.
