Mission Support Alliance is shopping around for a subcontractor to build a new water treatment facility at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state.
The Hanford support services contractor said in an April 25 procurement notice it is accepting expressions of interest from vendors to build a new 10,000-square-foot microfiltration membrane water treatment plant. The plant would be located in the 200 West Area of Hanford, about 29 miles north of the city of Richland.
The new facility will replace a 1940’s era plant in the same area within the Central Plateau of the Hanford Site. The new plant will have a capacity of 3.5 million gallons a day, sufficient to provide potable water to all users on the Central Plateau, including fire protection and nuclear facilities.
There will be a brief period in early 2022, while the new facility is being tested and commissioned, when both facilities are operating simultaneously, and the old plant will be decommissioned at some point in the future, the company said.
Along with construction of the facility, the project will include site grading, connecting underground utilities, installation of a new transformer and backup generator, water main extensions, and development of paved parking areas and systems for stormwater collection system and fire suppression.
The Hanford contractor anticipates issuing a formal request for proposals (RFP) in late spring. The April 25 document does not list an estimated cost of the project. The company says the cost will be derived as part of the procurement process.
Questions about the notice can be submitted to DOE Senior Contract Specialist Angie Gagnon by 11 a.m. PT on May 19, at [email protected].
Mission Support Alliance, comprised of Leidos and Centerra, on its website likens itself to the “city manager” for the Hanford Site, processing over 450 million gallons of water per year, along with tasks ranging from road maintenance to emergency services.
The Energy Department in December awarded a $10-year, $4 billion successor contract for Hanford site services to Hanford Mission Integration Solutions, comprised of Leidos, Centerra, and Parsons. The Government Accountability Office last week upheld the contract award, denying a protest filed by a rival team led by Huntington Ingalls Industries.
