The Energy Department continues to work on selecting a winning vendor to characterize, deactivate, and tear down some low-risk structures for the Oak Ridge Office of Environmental Management in Tennessee.
In August 2018, the Energy Department issued a request for proposals for a small business set-aside contract, potentially worth almost $25 million over five years, to tackle structures at the Oak Ridge Site that pose low radiological or chemical risks. On March 13, DOE posted a statement on its cleanup procurement website, saying it is continuing to work on the award.
There are more than 200 of the structures, which are considered low-complexity in terms of risk.
Responses to the RFP were due Sept. 20, 2018. The Energy Department has said it expected to issue the award this spring.
The winning contractor would be asked to first characterize and prepare regulatory documents for several old structures, containers, and concrete slabs around the Y-12 National Security Complex, the Oak Ridge National Laboratory (ORNL), and the East Tennessee Technology Park (ETTP). Once the characterization is done, the winner might also be asked to perform the deactivation and demolition, according to the solicitation.
The facilities were used for storage, as well as industrial, chemical, and radiological processes, according to the RFP. The work would involve an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract under which firm-fixed-price task orders would be issued.
