The procurement arm of the Department of Energy’s nuclear cleanup office is requesting information from contractors capable of storing and disposing of low-level or mixed low-level hazardous waste, according to a recent online notice.
The DOE’s Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center issued a sources sought/request for information (RFI) on Thursday April 21, trying to identify businesses capable of tasks now carried out by incumbents EnergySolutions in Utah and Waste Control Specialists (WCS) in Texas.
The notice specifies the DOE business center “is seeking information regarding the ability and availability of qualified contractors to provide for permanent disposal” of various wastes that fall under either the Atomic Energy Act, the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act, the Toxic Substances Control Act. This can include Class A, B, or C low-level waste and mixed low-level waste, in addition to byproduct material, and technologically-enhanced, naturally-occurring radioactive material, also known as TENORM. Sealed radioactive sources are also in the mix.
The DOE is looking for “qualified, interested” businesses that either already have or can soon acquire the necessary expertise, facilities, personnel and licenses to do work now under two separate indefinite delivery, indefinite quantity contracts, held by WCS and EnergySolutions.
The existing contracts each began April 12, 2018 and have ordering windows that close on April 11, 2023, according to the notice.
