USDI, Bureau of Reclamation, Attention: UC-443, 125 South State Street, Room 6107, Salt Lake City, Utah, 84138-1102.

M -- ACID MINE TREATMENT PLANT OPERATION AND MAINTENANCE SOL 1425-6-SI-40-18810 DUE 021596 POC Contact Carleen Ashbaker, Contract Specialist, (801) 524-5371, extension four, or Richard J. Low, Contracting Officer, (801) 524-6941 The Bureau of Reclamation is requesting bids to operate an Acid Mine Treatment Plant. The existing plant is a High Density Sludge treatment plant at the Summitville Mine Superfund Site, located about 25 miles south of Del Norte, Colorado, in the Rio Grande County, at an elevation of 12,000 feet above sea level. The solicitation requires the contractor to operate and maintain the treatment plant 24 hours a day from May 1, to November 1, of each calendar year. Mobilization will commence on April 1, including road clearance and snow removal. Plant mothball will start on December 1 for winter shutdown and is anticipated to remain down during the remaining part of the year. The existing treatment plant has a capacity of 600 Gal/min. It consists of neutralization and precipitation processes with liquid sodium hydroxide, dry sodium sulfide, and dry polymer. The sludge is dewatered by plate and frame filter presses. The dried sludge is disposed of at the mine site. Adherence to a site health and safety plan is required. The contract will be for one year with four 1-year option periods. The requirements will include the following: 1. Provide all operation personnel including plant operators certified by the State of Colorado, include wastewater; 2. Provide maintenance personnel; 3. Provide administrative and supporting personnel; 4. Operate all functions of the treatment processes to comply with performance objective, including but not limited to process monitoring, laboratory tests, onsite environmental monitoring; 5. Provide monthly operation reports as required by the State of Colorado and Superfund statutes; 6. Conduct plant status meetings periodically; 7. Compile O and M report annually; 8. Update operation and maintenance manuals; 9. Comply with Site Safety and Health Plan and develop contractor's Site Safety and Health Plan; 10. Perform minor modifications and Level of Effort tasks; 11. Maintain plant and roadway security; 12. Maintain roadways, utilities, water, and sewage treatment; 13. Procurement of offsite lboratory (CLP); 14. Provide medical aid and 15. Support of new technology vendors. This will be a two-step acquisition. The first step is to evaluate technical proposals and the second step is sealed bid. Bids for step two will only be requested from those firms with technically acceptable proposals from step one. A site visit/pre-proposal conference is scheduled for January 11, and 12, 1996. REQUESTS FOR BID SETS MUST BE IN WRITING. FAX requests are acceptable. FAX number is (801) 524- 5499. (0317)

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