The U.S. Energy Department on Tuesday issued its final request for proposals (RFP) for the Nationwide Deactivation, Decommissioning, and Removal contract, which could be worth up to $3 billion over 10 years.
The first of what is expected to be many task orders under the multiple-award, indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract would cover removal for an excess contaminated facility, Building 251 at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California, DOE said in a press release.
Proposals on the work to take down and remediate Building 251 are due by Feb. 3, according to the cover letter to the RFP. Questions about the 24-month job should be emailed by 11:59 p.m. ET on Jan. 5, 2020, to [email protected].
Used for more than 25 years until 1981 to provide heavy-element nuclear tracers to support underground testing of nuclear devices, Building 251 is now largely empty except for a 32,000-pound magnet assembly. The building is located in the western portion of the one-square mile Livermore property.
Over the 10-year term, DOE will employ the contract to decommission and dismantle old facilities now held by the Office of Environmental Management, the semiautonomous National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA), the Office of Naval Reactors (NR), and the Office of Science (SC), as well as other federal facilities. There will be more opportunities for “teaming subcontractors” under future task orders, according to the cover letter.
The Energy Department issued a draft RFP on Sept. 5 and provided a site tour and one-on-one meetings for potential bidders three weeks later at Livermore. Comments on the draft solicitation were due Oct. 4.
The Energy Department has said it could award the contract about nine months after proposals are submitted, which would translate to roughly November 2020.
The contact person for the procurement is DOE Contracting Officer Michael McCreanor, at [email protected].
