The Energy Department’s Office of Environmental Management on Wednesday released the final request for proposals for the potential $6.4 billion Idaho Cleanup Project contract.
The solicitation covers environmental remediation at the Idaho National Laboratory, as well as spent fuel management there and at the retired Fort Saint Vrain nuclear power plant near Platteville, Colo.
The new contract would replace two separate agreements due to expire next spring — Fluor Idaho’s nearly $2 billion, five-year environmental remediation award that runs through May 2021 and Spectra Tech’s roughly five-year, $45 million spent fuel contract that extends through March 2021.
The agency issued a draft RFP and conducted industry briefings and site tours in February – before the federal government stopped doing most in-person gatherings due to the COVID-19 pandemic.
The new award will be an indefinite-delivery/indefinite-quantity (IDIQ) contract with a 10-year ordering period, although the actual work could last 15 years, a DOE spokesperson said. Tasks will include running the Integrated Waste Treatment Unit, which Fluor Idaho expects to bring online this year, along with decommissioning and demolishing structures and preparing and shipping transuranic waste for off-site disposal.
Fluor Idaho has hinted it is interested in keeping the business. “We are proud of our performance on the Idaho Cleanup Project and are reviewing the details in the draft RFP,” a company spokesman said in February.
Questions on the final RFP are due by 11:59 p.m. ET on June 10 and should be emailed to [email protected]. Proposals must be submitted by July 28.
The winner will be selected based on factors such as key personnel, past performance, management approach, and cost.
