An Energy Department contractor at the Savannah River Site (SRS) in South Carolina is seeking expressions of interest from subcontractors potentially interested in conducting concrete testing at Saltstone Disposal Unit (SDU) 7.
Savannah River Remediation said in a May 8 post on a federal contracting website it is seeking responses by June 15. The AECOM-led contractor is trying to gauge interest and qualifications for subcontractors to carry out the testing to support construction of the new disposal unit.
In the notice, SRR said construction could start in August on a 32-million-gallon tank for low level radioactive salt waste. A similar disposal structure, SDU 6 was finished in April 2016 at a cost of about $118 million.
The expression of interest/request for information notice was posted on FedBizOpps.Gov. The point of contact is Jonathan L. Younts with subcontract administration, at [email protected].
About 35 million gallons of radioactive salt and sludge waste are held in dozens of storage tanks at Savannah River.
It is expected a formal request for proposals will be issued at some point after the expressions of interest are reviewed. The award will be a fixed-price subcontract. While SRR currently anticipates a single subcontract will be issued, it reserves the right to make multiple awards.
