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F -- NATURAL RESOURCES AND CONSERVATION SERVICE - POTENTIAL SOURCES SOUGHT Contact - Don Castle (513) 648-7020. Fluor Daniel Fernald (FDF), Prime Contractor for the United States Department of Energy's (DOE's) Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), Fernald, Hamilton/Butler County, Ohio, seeks QUALIFIED SOURCE(s) to provide low-level radioactive waste stabilization/solidification services for the treatment of approximately 3,900 tons (5,100 cubic yards) of Atomic Energy Act (AEA) 11(e)(2) byproduct residues stored aboveground in Silo 3 at the Fernald Operable Unit 4 (OU4). This will be a fixed unit price contract, the award of which is anticipated in the first quarter of Fiscal Year 1998, with waste shipment to initiate in the second quarter of Fiscal Year 2000. This announcement is not a request for proposal or solicitation. This announcement is an advanced notification to determine interest in the proposed request for proposal (RFP) as well as assist in establishing a qualified offerors list. The proposed scope is as follows: The procurement scope will include the pre-design documentation, proof-of-principle testing, engineering, design, fabrication, delivery and installation of equipment, residue retrieval, startup, and treatment by solidifcation/stabilization of the Silo 3 residues, packaging, transportation, acceptance, and offsite disposal at a permitted commercial disposal facility, or DOE's Nevada Test Site. (Although the conceptual scope of the procurement action currently assumes onsite solidification/stabilization, responders to this announcement may suggest other innovative technologies or treatment options for consideration.) The company will be responsible for the development and implementation of administrative programs to support startup, operations, maintenance, sampling, analytical, quality assurance and quality control in accordance with DOE orders and specified requirements. The successful offeror will provide operations training assistance. If onsite solidifcation/stabilization are utilized. the successful offeror will be responsible for the decontamination, demolition and final disposition of the entire treatment facility and equipment. Major components of the operations shall include but not be limited to: a) Silo 3 Waste Retrieval and Transfer with Confinement Ventilation; (b) Storage and Mixing; c) Off-gas Systems; d) Feed System; e) Instrumentation (including radon and radiation monitoring); f) Controls (local with remote capabilities); g) Electrical Power System; h) Product/Material Handling; i) Temporary Building/Enclosure with Confinement Ventilation; and j) Radiological and Environmental Protection. The company will be required to perform all remediation activities in accordance with existing FDF labor agreements with the Greater Cincinnati Building and Construction Trades Council (GCBCTC), AFL-CIO, and the Fernald Atomic Trades and Labor Council (FAT&LC), AFL-CIO Metal Trades Affiliated. The offeror's facility will be required to treat all the Silo 3 residues within a ten-month operational period. In addition, the company will be required to support DOE's ongoing commitment to FEMP stakeholder's involvement throughout the duration of this project by participation in public meetings, briefings and workshops. Waste Characterization: In developing the Record of Decision (ROD) for Operable Unit 4, a comprehensive characterization effort was undertaken under the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act of 1980 (CERCLA), as amended, process to identify the remedial requirements for Operable Unit 4. Interested parties are invited to review this information at the Public Environmental Information Center (PEIC), mail address: 10845 Hamilton-Cleves Highway, Harrison, Ohio 45030, telephone: 513-738-0164/0165. Silo 3 contains approximately 5,100 cubic yards of residues which were generated at the FEMP during uranium extraction operations in the 1950s. The residues were calcined, prior to pneumatic placement in Silo 3. The Silo 3 residues are byproduct material produced from the extraction of uranium from natural ores and ore concentrates. The residues contain parent and daughter radionuclides from the natural uranium and thorium decay chains. The predominant radioactive constituent identified within the Silo 3 residues is Thorium-230 (Th-230, a radionuclide produced from the natural radioactive decay of Uranium-238. Approximately 450 curies (Ci) of Th-230 are distributed within the Silo 3 residues. Tests performed on samples of the Silo 3 residues indicate that the Resource Conservation and Recovery act (RCRA) metals arsenic, cadmium, and selenium are leachable from the residues exceeding maximum limits. The Silo 3 residues are expressively byproduct material excluded from RCRA under 40 CFR Section 261.4(a)(4). Interested Qualified Sources should respond to this announcement with the following information: 1) Completed Standard Form 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire, and Standard Form 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Questionnaire for Specific Project, 2) Responses in Section 10 of the SF 255 to the following information requests limited to 30 pages of text or less: A) Company experience in operating integrated waste retrieval and stabilization/solidification treatment equipment on sites under CERCLA. 1) Summary of relevant experience in the design, permitting, construction, operation, maintenance, demolition, and closure of stabilization/solidification facilities, 2) Summary of relevant experience in the planning and execution of hazardous/radioactive materials retrieval, materials handling and feed preparation for stabilization/solidification. 3) Summary of relevant experience in design optimization, trouble-shooting, de-bugging and de-bottle-necking, startup, and maintenance of stabilization/solidification facilities. 4) Experience with the design and fabrication of stabilization/solidification units and off-gas treating facilities. B) Company experience in performing remediation at DOE and/or commercial facilities, where low level radioactive waste or mixed waste were the remedial target waste materials. C) Company experience in performing on fixed unit price remediation contracts where incremental and/or annual funding was provided by the government or private customer. D) Company experience on projects involving multiple shift remediation work performed over extended durations. E) Discussion of company safety program and provide safety statistics on radioactive remediation projects to include experience modification rate (EMR) and OSHA recordable incident rate for the past five (5) years. F) Identity the inventory of equipment presently owned by company or available to the company which could be utilized on this project. G) Identification of key personnel and their qualifications who could be available to conduct this work. Responders should identify a candidate Project Manager, Chief (resident) Health and Safety Officer, Resident Radiological Control Officer, Construction Manager, Resident Project Engineer, Resident Project Chemist, Resident Project Quality Assurance Officer, Operations Supervisor, and Maintenance Supervisor. Provide name,. resumes (1 page), address and telephone numbers for references. Responders should indicate roles of above individuals on projects identified in Section H below. H) Identify five (5) projects considered most similar to the OU4 project above. Identify: Safety program requirements, project duration, location, target waste (type and volume or weight treated), customer, total planned cost and schedule, total actual cost and schedule or estimated cost. Provide name, address, and telephone numbers for references. I) Discuss company's ability to fund, from private sources, on site capital investments of up to $10M installed value. Provide a copy of the latest 10-K and annual report. J) Labor background, i.e. signatory, non-signatory, and experience in labor leasing arrangements with an in-house union workforce. K) Discuss company's experience with the packaging, transportation, offering and acceptance of low-level waste for disposal at the NTS or a permitted commercial disposal facility. Evaluation. FDF will evaluate responses and select qualified offerors who will receive the RFP. The following pass/fail criteria, must each be satisfied, and will be used to evaluate vendor qualifications: 1) Company EMR Evaluation: Either 1995, 1.05 or less, or maximum 1.25 over the past three years with a descending rate. 2) Company has to demonstrate stabilization/solidification experience, and experience under CERCLA. 3) Company must show adequate radiological waste experience by demonstrating at least one (1) project summary experience involving radiological waste project under DOE requirements. 4) Company must show willingness and potential to finance the project. 5) Company must demonstrate experience and ability in utilizing union labor and experience in performing remediation activities. 6) Company must demonstrate experience with the packaging, transportation and disposal at the NTS or a permitted commercial disposal facility. This will be a negotiated procurement with vendor selection based upon the best interests of the government. FDF may negotiate with more than one qualified vendor. Expressions of interest with required information must be submitted in writing to FERMCO, ATTN: Mr. Don Castle (MS-5), 498 Circle Freeway Drive, Suite 222, Cincinnati, OH 45246 by January 10, 1997. This CBD notice does not commit the United States Government and/or FDF to pay for any costs incurred in the preparation and submission of data or for any other costs incurred prior to the execution of a subcontract. TELEPHONE INQUIRIES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. THIS IS NOT A REQUEST FOR PROPOSAL. (330)

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