DOE MOVING AHEAD WITH OAK RIDGE SLUDGE BUILDOUT DESIGN PROCUREMENT

As expected, the Department of Energy is moving ahead with a small business procurement for design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts at Oak Ridge separate from the construction work, releasing a sources sought notice Friday. The sludge buildouts at the Transuranic Waste Processing Center is designed to process about 2,000 cubic meters of sludge from the site’s Melton Valley Storage Tanks. “As part of the acquisition strategy, DOE intends to procure services from an Architect and Engineering (A-E) contractor for the design of the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts, including the design, construction and operation of a test facility for purposes of advancing the technical maturity level of the equipment and systems and complete design for [the Sludge Processing Facility Buildouts],” states the sources sought notice.

 

DOE is seeking small businesses interested in the work that meet a $14 million size standard, and responses to the notice are due Jan. 24. The selected company would also provide support services for the construction of the facility. Planning of the plant had been handled by TWPC Contractor Wastren Advantage Inc. until DOE issued a stop work order to the contractor last fall.