The Energy Department on Monday issued its final request for proposals (RFP) for nationwide low-level and mixed low-level waste treatment services. The agency could award more than one basic ordering agreement (BOAs) for the work, according to the document.
The agreements will have a five-year ordering period, and task orders must be completed within six years.
The current agreements are held by Babcock Services, Environmental Dimensions, EnergySolutions, Omega Technical Services Group, Waste Control Specialists, UniTech Services Group, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services.
Contractors that win the new business should be able to treat a wide variety of mixed and low-level radioactive wastes. The material ranges from bulk survey for release services (BSFR) waste, as defined by the Nuclear Regulatory Commission and its agreement states, to all sorts of radioactive waste in liquid, solid, sludge, or gaseous forms left over from nuclear weapons production. The waste might contain chemicals such as polychlorinated biphenyl (PCBs).
The winners should be able to help with ancillary chores such as packaging and shipment of the waste from the point of origin to the treatment or disposal destination.
Questions on the RFP should be emailed within seven days to [email protected]. Proposals are due by 4 p.m. Eastern time on Sept. 30 and should be emailed to [email protected].
The chief contact is DOE Contracting Officer Courtney Stallworth, at [email protected].
