Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos (N3B), cleanup contractor for the Department of Energy’s Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico, is seeking a subcontractor to conduct off-site laboratory tests on soil, water, and debris samples.
The successful bidder must be able to do inorganic, organic, and radiochemical analyses on a wide variety of environmental samples, N3B said in the Jan. 9 request for proposals posted on FedBizOpps.gov. The subcontractor must be able to handle radioactive material because most of the samples will contain low levels of radioactivity, according to a 100-page scope of work.
The subcontract could run for up to four years. The base period is planned from Feb. 1, 2019, to Jan. 31, 2020. It could be followed by up to three one-year option periods that could extend the deal through April 2023.
The winning subcontractor should be able to process up to 1,200 samples per week while meeting requirements for turnaround time and data quality. It must also be able to make certain electronic data reports for DOE, the Department of Defense, and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency.
Interested vendors should submit their firm-fixed-price proposals electronically by 2 p.m. MT on Jan. 25 to [email protected]. Any questions on the solicitation should also be submitted to Cockfield by close of business on Jan. 21.
Newport News Nuclear BWXT-Los Alamos has a 10-year, $1.4 billion legacy remediation contract through April 2028, with extensions. The N3B contract includes a host of cleanup and waste management operations at Los Alamos, including surface and groundwater monitoring and drafting interim and permanent solutions for a chromium plume at LANL.
