The Energy Department on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI)/sources-sought notice for companies interested in the next decontamination and decommissioning contract at the Portsmouth Site in Piketon, Ohio.
The current remediation work is being done by Fluor-BWXT Portsmouth under a $3.8 billion award that started in March 2011 and is currently slated to run through March 2021. The Energy Department, however, indicated in February it plans to extend its contractual relationship with the joint venture for up to two years while a new contractor is sought.
There was no word from DOE on Friday on whether the extension has been formalized yet.
In reference to the RFI, a Fluor spokesperson said the company’s policy is not to comment on prospective procurement targets. Meanwhile, BWXT will review the opportunity, but it’s too early to discuss any specific plans, a spokesperson said via email.
In the notice just published on a federal procurement website, the DOE Office of Environmental Management said it is seeking feedback from contractor teams that can “achieve completion” of the work at Portsmouth in the least amount of time and at the “best value to the U.S. Taxpayer.”
The work will include demolition and disposal of all facilities and process equipment at the former gaseous diffusion plant complex, remediation of contaminated soil and groundwater, and related work.
Because the Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center is in the early stages of planning, a performance work statement is not yet available, according to the notice. Nevertheless, major elements of scope will include demolition of three processing buildings (X-326, X-333, and X-330) by the end of fiscal 2029; management of contaminated groundwater plumes around legacy landfills; and managing the On-Site Waste Disposal Facility that is now being built at Portsmouth.
Prospective bidders are encouraged to email feedback, questions, and capability statements by 5 p.m. Eastern time on Oct. 9 to [email protected].
The Office of Environmental Management wants input on barriers to competition and to what extent small businesses could do necessary work at Portsmouth. The capability statements should explain what similar types of work the contractor and its team have done in the past five years, including operations in complex regulatory environments, and potential innovative solutions for cleanup.
The lead contact is DOE Contracting Officer Kimberly Tate, at [email protected].
It continues to be a busy procurement year for the DOE Office of Environmental Management. Between now and the end of the year, the office plans to issue final RFPs for support services at Portsmouth, liquid waste management at the Savannah River Site in South Carolina, and remediation of the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee and the Uranium Mill Tailings Remediatial Action Project in Moab, Utah.
