The waste storage tank farm manager at the Energy Department’s Hanford Site in Washington state, Washington River Protection Solutions (WRPS), is seeking expressions of interest from subcontractors qualified to design and build a 10,000-square-foot modular laboratory facility by the end of 2019.
The AECOM-led contractor published the prequalification/expression of interest (EOI) document Aug. 30 on the website FedBizOpps.com.
The potential contract is valued at $4 million. Interested subcontractors are expected to reply by 1 p.m. Pacific Time on Sept. 17 to Procurement Specialist Karen Fuentes, [email protected]. Any questions on the prequalification/EOI should be sent by 9 a.m. Pacific Time on Sept. 6.
Washington River Protection Solutions said it is looking for a “best value” — meaning the subcontractor must have a demonstrated ability to do the work.
The new 222-SL facility, as it is called, will free up space within the larger 222-S Laboratory for analysis of an anticipated increase in tank samples necessary to support the mission of the Waste Treatment Plant being built at Hanford. The new modular facility will handle nonradioactive tank samples while 222-S analyizes radioactive samples.
The cold laboratory must be installed by September 2020.
The subcontractor’s workers would also support a general contractor that will install the laboratory. That work will be addressed in a separate request for proposals, WRPS said in the prequalification document.
“It is expected that in order to be successful, the laboratory will be manufactured off-site, factory tested, and transported in a nearly completed state to the Hanford site,” WRPS said of the EOI.
Washington River Protection Solutions manages roughly 56 million gallons of radioactive waste stored in underground tanks at the Hanford Site.
