The Energy Department Office of Environmental Management is beginning market research for a new cleanup contract for its portion of the Santa Susana Field Laboratory in California.
The nuclear environmental office on Aug. 20 issued its request for information/sources sought notice for remediation of the Energy Technology Engineering Center.
The current ETEC contract, held by North Wind Group dating to August 2014, is worth $36.4 million and expires Sept. 30, 2021.
According to the RFI, the Energy Department is seeking capability statements from potential contractors, along with questions and input no later than 3 p.m. EDT on Sept. 3, 2020. Responses should be emailed to DOE Contracting Officer Matthew Carpenter, at [email protected].
Key market research goals include identifying potential barriers to competition and evaluating small business capabilities for the work.
It is a relatively small job one industry executive said Wednesday, adding he did not know if North Wind would face significant competition for the contract.
In 2019, DOE published a record of decision (ROD) for building demolition at the site’s Radioactive Materials Handling Facility. That work began earlier this summer. This week, the California Department of Toxic Substances Control said demolition had been completed on seven of the 10 buildings.
Meanwhile, DOE has not yet issued records of decision for soil and groundwater remediation at the property.
The next phase of environmental work at ETEC will focus primarily on contaminated soil and groundwater, according to the request for information. The tasks are expected to include bioremediation, land treatment, and disposal of contaminated material under the direction of the Department of Toxic Substances Control.
The state agency said Thursday it has revised and approved the Resource Conservation and Recovery Act (RCRA) Closure Plan for the Radioactive Material Handling Facility. Demolition of the final three buildings addressed in the closure plan started Aug. 18. The above-ground portion of the 10 buildings should be taken down by Dec. 31.
The 2,850-acre Santa Susana Field Laboratory is located in Ventura County, about 30 miles from downtown Los Angeles. From the 1950s until the 1980s, DOE and its predecessor Atomic Energy Commission used about 472 acres at the property for research into nuclear power and liquid metal technology. The other parties responsible for environmental cleanup at Santa Susana are NASA and Boeing.
