The Department of Energy has issued a small business sources-sought notice on nuclear remediation activities currently provided by Fluor Idaho and Spectra Tech at the Idaho National Laboratory.
Fluor Idaho holds the full five-year, $1.6 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract, which runs through May 2021. Spectra Tech has a five-year, $41 million contract for environmental work at Nuclear Regulatory Commission-licensed facilities at INL, through March 2021.
The Energy Department wants to get a feel for the “interest and feasibility of small business set-asides for all or some” of the work being done under the two existing contracts, according to the notice issued Wednesday.
The market research will also help DOE weigh the pros and cons of combining the NRC-related spent fuel management and decommissioning work into its contract for Radioactive Waste Management Complex (RWMC) closure as part of the Idaho Cleanup Project.
The purpose of the potential contract under DOE’s “end-state” approach is to achieve the “maximum amount of environmental cleanup in the least amount of time and at the best value to the U.S. taxpayer,” the department’s Office of Environmental Management said in documents that modify a November request for information on the RWMC and other work under the Idaho Cleanup Project. The Wednesday notice does not replace the November RFI.
Lori Sehlhorst is the DOE contracting officer and point of contact, at [email protected]. Submissions of “capability statements” by small businesses are due by 5 p.m. E.T. on May 1 and should be sent to [email protected]. Large businesses should not bother to submit responses.
The Energy Department provided the usual disclaimer, saying the notice is not a request for proposals. Previously, DOE has said it expects to issue a draft RFP for Idaho cleanup by the end of October.
