The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management plans to hold virtual meetings next month on the draft solicitation for the new cleanup contract at the Oak Ridge Site in Tennessee.
In a notice Monday, the agency said it has scheduled a pre-solicitation conference and individual sessions with potential vendors for Sept. 8 to 10, along with Sept. 11 as needed, via WebEx.
The conference is scheduled to begin at 11 a.m. ET and should end by 1:30 p.m. The registration deadline for the event is by 4 p.m. ET on Sept. 1. The hyperlink for the events will be sent to registrants.
Most procurement events coordinated through the Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center are being conducted virtually these days due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The Office of Environmental Management last week announced the long-anticipated draft RFP for the new remediation contract potentially worth $8.3 billion over a 10-year ordering period.
The Amentum-Jacobs joint venture URS/CH2M Hill Oak Ridge (UCOR) holds the current $3.3 billion decommissioning and demolition contract that began in August 2011. The incumbent’s deal was set to end July 31, but UCOR last month received an extension for up to two years that could keep it on the job through July 2022.
The current team has nearly finished tearing down old facilities at the East Tennessee Technology Park, the former uranium enrichment complex at Oak Ridge. The new contract is expected to focus on environmental work at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory and the Y-12 National Security Complex.
Comments on the draft RFP are due by Sept. 17. The Energy Department has said it could issue the final version as soon as November, although schedules are particularly subject to change due to the pandemic.
