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COMMERCE BUSINESS DAILY ISSUE OF JUNE 25,1996 PSA#1623U.S. Department of Energy, Oak Ridge Operations Office, P.O. Box 2001,
Oak Ridge, TN 37831-8758 99 -- TREATMENT FOR DISPOSITION AND TRANSPORTATION OF LOW-LEVEL MIXED
WASTE SOL DE-IB05-96OR22413 POC Contact point and Contracting Officer,
Shirley C. Vogel, Contract Specialist, Environmental Acquisitions
Branch, Procurement and Contracts Division, (423) 576-0648 Department
of Energy (DOE) sites nationwide have prepared Site Treatment Plans for
treatment of radioactive and Resource Conservation and Recovery Act
(RCRA) waste (mixed waste) as required by the Federal Facilities
Compliance Act. DOE is planning to issue a draft Invitation for Bid
(IFB) for treatment (including transportation for treatment and for
disposal) of a broad spectrum of mixed waste inventory from various DOE
sites. Employees of Lockheed Martin Energy Systems, Inc. (LMES), are
assisting DOE in the drafting of the Statement of Work and assembly of
characterization data, and may provide other assistance up to and
including review of technical proposals and bid data submitted in
response to this IFB. It is estimated that the draft IFB will be
released in mid-July 1996. It is anticipated the contract(s) for this
effort will be awarded by the Oak RidgeOperations Office (ORO) in
Fiscal Year 1997. The facilities for treatment must be privately owned
and operated outside of areas managed by DOE. An exception may be made
for facilities available for lease on the Oak Ridge Reservation K-25
Site which are obtained for use in such treatment. Appropriate licenses
and permits obtained at vendor expense must be in place prior to
treatment under the contract(s). The minimum amount of waste for which
treatment is sought under this announcement is approximately 1,400,000
kilograms with the potential for an order of magnitude increase in
quantities from multiple DOE sites. Types of mixed wastes to be treated
include soils, inorganic sludges, organic sludges, inorganic and
heterogeneous debris, surface contaminated and radiogenic lead,lab
packs, scintillation fluids, batteries, elemental and reactive metals,
and miscellaneous solids, liquids, and sludges. The wastes are
typically contaminated with low levels of radioactivity (majority below
5 nanocuries per gram) and contain Environmental Protection Agency D,
F, U, and P waste codes. The radioactive components may include, but
are not limited to the following: americium, cadmium, cobalt, cesium,
iridium, radium, and uranium. Some of these wastes are also
contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl regulated under the Toxic
Substance Control Act (TSCA). The waste will be presented for bid in
groupings DOE believes are suitable for similar treatment processes.
Specific waste streams within each group to be treated under the
contract(s) will be at the discretion of DOE. The wastes are contained
in various drums, boxes, and containers in numerous storage locations.
Similar wastes which will be generated by ongoing activities, as well
as future remedial, decontamination, and decommissioning activities may
be treated under the contract(s). However, the volumes and detailed
characteristics of future generated wastes are unknown at this time.
DOE also has a current inventory and continues to generate organic
liquid (mainly oils and solvents), combustible solid (including spent
and activated carbon) and non-combustible solid (debris and soil)
radioactive wastes, also contaminated with polychlorinated biphenyl,
which may be treated under the contract(s), depending on the
cost-effectiveness of the service as compared to treatment by site
management contractors. Services to be contracted include transport of
the waste to the processing facility, performing any necessary
sorting, sizing and additional detailed characterization of waste
required prior to treatment, processing the waste to meet applicable
regulatory standards and requirements, any interim storage at the
facility, and transport and ultimately recycling or disposal of any
residuals in a permitted and licensed facility. The DOE contract with
Envirocare of Utah, Inc. (Envirocare), may be used for disposal of
waste treated under the contract(s), however, the costs of disposal
will not be included in the fixed unit prices of the contract(s) since
disposal fees will be paid directly by DOE to Envirocare. The treated
waste must meet all regulatory and other applicable requirements for
disposal or recycling. Title to all waste shall transfer from DOE to
the contractor at the time of pickup at the DOE site. DOE will only pay
for waste successfully treated (which means it meets disposal or
recycle criteria). Payment will be on a fixed price per kilogram basis.
Award of contract(s) and treatment of waste under the contract will be
contingent on availability of necessary funding and successful
completion of required National Environmental Policy Act (NEPA) review.
The purpose of the draft IFB is to allow perspective offerors an
opportunity to comment on DOE's overall strategy and proposed contract
language. Requests for the draft IFB must be made in writing to either
the address included herein, by facsimile to (423) 576-3375, or by
Email to VOGELSC@ORO.DOE.GOV. The draft IFB will be transmitted on a
CD-ROM in WordPerfect 6.1 format. A period of 45 days will be allowed
for potential vendor comment on the draft IFB. This is not a Request
for Proposals or Invitation for Bids (0173) Loren Data Corp. http://www.ld.com (SYN# 0368 19960624\99-0001.SOL)
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