The Amentum-Atkins partnership in charge of radioactive tank waste operations at the Department of Energy’s Hanford Site in Washington state is shopping for a small business to assist with regulatory documents and closure plans for single-shell tank farms.
Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS) issued a request for proposals in an online notice Tuesday for a small business that meets a $19-million size standard to help with document work potentially through September 2029. No dollar figure was listed for the work, which WRPS hopes to award in mid-September.
WRPS asks interested parties to file a notification of intent to bid by July 15. That will be followed by an online pre-proposal conference on July 18. Solicitation questions should be submitted by July 24 and proposals are due by 12:00 p.m. Pacific Time on Aug. 7.
The prime wants offerors to submit a proposal to prepare regulatory documents and closure plans for single-shell tank farms and waste management areas, according to the solicitation.
The prime prefers a subcontractor with a local office within 50 miles of Richland, Wash.
There is roughly 56 million gallons of radioactive and hazardous waste held in 177 underground tanks at Hanford. The waste remains from decades of plutonium production for nuclear weapons. DOE plans to start solidifying some of the less radioactive liquid waste into a glass form in 2025 at the Waste Treatment and Immobilization Plant.
