SOURCES SOUGHT
R -- CHEMICAL AND LOW LEVEL RADIOACTIVE WASTE, COLLECTION, MINIMIZATION AND DISPOSAL SERVICE
- Notice Date
- 12/2/2009
- Notice Type
- Sources Sought
- NAICS
- 562112
— Hazardous Waste Collection
- Contracting Office
- Department of Health and Human Services, National Institutes of Health, Office of Administration, 6011 Executive Blvd, 5th Floor, Rockville, Maryland, 20852-3804, United States
- ZIP Code
- 20852-3804
- Solicitation Number
- NIHOD2010173
- Point of Contact
- Timothy Johnson, Phone: 301402-5450, Danielle L. Sweeney, Phone: (301) 402-3065
- E-Mail Address
-
johnsontim@mail.nih.gov, sweeneyd@od.nih.gov
(johnsontim@mail.nih.gov, sweeneyd@od.nih.gov)
- Small Business Set-Aside
- N/A
- Description
- The National Institutes of Health (NIH) is conducting a market survey to determine the availability and technical capability of businesses to provide comprehensive chemical, radioactive, and mixed waste management services for the NIH campus located in Bethesda, MD as well as approximately 27 off-campus facilities in Maryland. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR TECHNICAL OR COST PROPOSAL. This is a request for interested firms with the capability of providing the required services to submit a capability statement for the purpose of determining whether or not this procurement will be set aside for small/small disadvantaged businesses. The intended procurement will be classified under NAICS 562112 with a size standard of $10.5 million. The NIH is the world's largest biomedical research facility. Direct research and support activities are performed by approximately 18,000 employees working at the 340 acre main campus located in Bethesda, MD; the 513 acre NIH Animal Center (NIHAC) located in Poolesville, MD; and, approximately 30 off-site installations located in the greater Baltimore-Washington DC metropolitan area. The operations on the NIH main campus include approximately 40 buildings, 3,000 research laboratories, and a research hospital. NIH is seeking an on-site contractor-operated service to manage all of the chemical, radioactive and mixed waste and to operate the Waste Management Facility located in Building 21 on the NIH main campus. The contractor shall be responsible for managing and providing on-site, comprehensive waste management services for the collection, transportation, and disposal of chemical, radioactive and mixed wastes generated by the NIH, at on-site and off-site facilities. The contractor shall be responsible for providing sufficient experienced, qualified personnel, equipment, vehicles, and management support necessary to successfully provide the full spectrum of waste management services required. Major required services include the collection, receiving, processing, packaging and shipping and disposal of chemical, radioactive, and mixed waste. The contractor shall be responsible for arranging all recycling and disposal of waste generated by NIH including transportation to disposal facilities by transporters. There is significant electronic data tracking required for all of the waste management activities. The contractor shall also be responsible for performing treatment of chemical, radioactive, and mixed waste at the Waste Management Facility, as allowed by the Part B Permit and NRC License. Treatments include but are not limited to chemical oxidation of mixed waste, neutralization of corrosive waste and activated carbon treatment of aqueous radioactive waste. Other significant contractor responsibilities include on-site analytical testing as required by regulatory permits and licenses. Interested firms with the appropriate level of resources, experience and expertise are encouraged to respond to this notice. The levels of required resources, experience and expertise are as follows: 1. Experience in operating a RCRA TSD facility for a customer that includes performing on-site treatments. This work requires a high level of staff expertise including but not limited to an expert knowledge of hazardous waste and Clean Water Act regulations. 2. Experience in operation of a NRC licensed waste management facility that includes performing on-site treatments. This work requires a high level of staff expertise including but not limited to an expert knowledge of radioactive waste and Clean Water Act regulations. 3. Experience and expertise in collecting, receiving, packaging, shipping and disposing of hazardous waste for a single customer in quantities similar to the estimated 160 tons of hazardous waste processed and shipped annually from the NIH. Approximately 300 shipments of hazardous waste are required annually. This level of service requires extensive resources including but not limited to an extensive trucking and routing system that can efficiently delivery NIH hazardous waste to designated disposal facilities across the nation; available staff with a high level of expertise in DOT and hazardous waste regulations to ensure compliant packaging and shipping; and an experienced staff capable of operating this type of routing system. 4. Experience in collecting, receiving, packaging, shipping and disposing of radioactive and mixed waste for a single customer in quantities similar to the estimated 190 tons of radioactive and mixed waste processed and shipped annually from the NIH. Approximately 500 shipments of radioactive and mixed waste are required annually. This level of service requires extensive resources including but not limited to an extensive trucking and routing system that can efficiently deliver NIH waste to designated disposal facilities across the nation; available staff with a high level of expertise in DOT and radioactive waste regulations to ensure compliant packaging and shipping; and an experienced staff capable of operating this type of routing system. 5. Experience performing on-site electronic tracking of the types and quantities of waste management activities described above. 6. Experience in performing waste analyses services for chemical, radioactive and mixed waste. This experience requires staff with an expert knowledge in chemistry and radiation physics plus expert abilities to operate the complex, specialized analytical equipment. Interested firms responding to this market survey must provide a capability statement demonstrating their experience, expertise, and available resources to perform the various tasks of this requirement. Information submitted should be pertinent and specific to the technical requirements identified above. Include relevant background and experience, references to include contract numbers, dollar value, name of contact, and telephone number. In addition, responses MUST identify your business size and type of business (e.g., SDB, DB, 8(a), etc.). Three copies of the capability statement must be received at the address identified in this synopsis no later than close of business Dec 17, 2009. When utilizing a courier service, Federal Express, UPS, or Express Mail, the city, state and zip code MUST read ATTN: Tim Johnson, Office of Acquisition (HNAM278), Office of the Director, 6011 Executive Blvd., Suite 529W Rockville, MD 20852. Responses by facsimile (FAX) or e-mail WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. This synopsis is for information and planning purposes and is not to be construed as a commitment by the Government, nor will the Government pay for information solicited. Information received will be considered solely for the purpose of determining whether sufficient small businesses possess the experience, expertise and qualifications to ensure competition under a set-aside acquisition. A determination by the Government not to compete this requirement as a set-aside based upon responses to this notice is solely within the discretion of the Government.
- Web Link
-
FBO.gov Permalink
(https://www.fbo.gov/spg/HHS/NIH/OoA/NIHOD2010173/listing.html)
- Place of Performance
- Address: Waste Management Facility, Building 21, Bethesda, Maryland 20892, BETHESDA, Maryland, 20892, United States
- Zip Code: 20892
- Zip Code: 20892
- Record
- SN02015116-W 20091204/091203000141-f5b7e91a32b1be6e023826c7efe776ab (fbodaily.com)
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