The U.S. Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management is starting market research for vendors to provide low-level and mixed low-level waste treatment services.
The nuclear cleanup office on Tuesday issued a request for information (RFI)/sources-sought notice for waste treatment services at various sites across the DOE complex. The Cincinnati-based Environmental Management Consolidated Business Center said in a press release it is seeking capability statements from interested vendors.
The Energy Department wants to hear from contractors that can treat and dispose of radioactive waste in liquid, solid, sludge, or gaseous forms. In some cases, the waste might contain chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs), regulated under the Toxic Substances Control Act (TSCA). The work supports the Office of Environmental Management’s mission to remediate decades of contamination left by U.S. nuclear weapons production.
Qualifying vendors should be able to accept, store, repackage, and treat the waste. Ancillary services include bulk survey for release (BSFR) for lightly contaminated materials such as building rubble.
The agency currently has seven agreements with a number of vendors, and that business is scheduled to expire in June 2020, according to a DOE synopsis of the market research.
The existing contracts are held by Babcock Services, Environmental Dimensions, EnergySolutions, Omega Technical Services Group, Waste Control Specialists, UniTech Services Group, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services.
The capability statements of between 12 and 15 pages should be sent no later than 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 26 to DOE Contracting Officer Courtney Stallworth, at [email protected].
Questions on the RFI announcement should also be sent to Stallworth by 4 p.m. ET on Nov. 19.
