Fluor Daniel Fernald, P.O. Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8704

Y -- DESIGN/BUILD ACCELERATED WASTE RETRIEVAL FROM SILOS 1 AND 2 SOL F98P168407 DUE 051598 POC Bill Hensely (513)648-4478 -- Fluor Daniel Fernald (FDF), Prime Contractor for the United States Department of Energy (DOE) Fernald Environmental Management Project (FEMP), Fernald, Hamilton/Butler County, Ohio, intends to award a firm-fixed price contract to design, build, and perform testing of the Accelerated Waste Retrieval System (AWRS) for Silos 1 and 2 residues. The AWRS includes a full-scale Waste Retrieval System (WRS), Transfer Tank Area (TTA) and Radon Control System (RCS). The concept for the AWRS includes retrieval of all material from Silos 1 and 2; transfer of all material to the TTA for temporary storage; gross decontamination of Silos 1 and 2; transfer of Silos 1 and 2 material from the TTA to a planned full-scale stabilization facility; and control and treatment of the radon generated in the headspace of Silos 1 and 2, TTA, and WRS by the RCS. Again, this solicitation will include only the design, build, and mock-up testing of the concept. Full-scale operations will be performed by FDF personnel. The AWRS is the initial phase of the overall remediation of the Silos 1 and 2 residues and it is anticipated that the AWRS, when complete, will provide a consistent and uninterrupted feed stream to the planned full-scale stabilization facility. An onsite full-scale mockup test with a benign surrogate is required using Silo 4 (which is empty and uncontaminated). The full-scale mockup will be performed to validate the performance of the full-scale retrieval using the AWRS. The full-scale mockup testing shall simulate the actual waste retrieval as closely as possible, by using a benign surrogate that has the physical qualities of the residues. The full-scale mockup test shall utilize pressures and flow rates under which the retrieval system will need to transfer the actual wastes. Silos 1 and 2 will be breached during the execution of this Contract for the specific purpose of connecting the RCS to the silos for headspace radon control. The approximately 9000 cubic yards of material in Silos 1 and 2 is primarily a wet, gray, silty clay with an average moisture content of 30% and contains Ra-226, Th-236, Pb.-210, uranium, barium, lead, arsenic, gold, along with other constituents. The Silos 1 and 2 residues contain significant concentrations of radium 226 (~500 nCi/gram), that will result in the generation of large quantities of radon in the Silos headspace as well as the proposed WRS and TTA. Interested parties are invited to review this information at the Public Environmental Information Center (PEIC), mail address: 10995 Hamilton-Cleves Highway, Harrison, Ohio 45030, telephone: 513-648-7480/7481. Interested Qualified Vendors shall respond to this announcement with the following Information: 1) Identify the waste retrieval method from the silos to the TTA and from the TTA to the planned full-scale stabilization facility, as well as the TTA and radon control system concept and configuration that would be proposed. 2) Identify that the waste retrieval method proposed has been used to retrieve material that is physically similar to the Silos 1 and 2 material. 3) Identify facilities where the Contractor has performed the proposed waste retrieval method and state the percent of the work that was self-performed. 4) Identify facilities where the Contractor has designed and constructed tanks for the storage of waste material. 5) Present successful record of safe construction performance by a current workers compensation experience modification rate (EMR) of less than or equal to 1.05 or the trend for the past three years downward and none of the past three years has an EMR greater than 1.25. 6) Provide a copy of the latest 10-K and annual report. 7) Identify experience with radon-control or radon-treatment systems. 8) Complete Standard Form SF 254, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire and Standard Form SF 255, Architect-Engineer and Related Services Questionnaire for Specific Project. Responses in Section 10 of the SF 255 to the following information requests are limited to 30 pages of text or less and should include description of experience relative to acceptable waste retrieval of material that is physically similar to the Silos 1 and 2 material. The summary of relevant experience with like materials should include the design, procurement, fabrication, permitting, construction, startup, operation, maintenance, D&D, and wastewater treatment. 9) Identify any anticipated Contractor teaming arrangements that would be utilized to complete the proposed project. Expressions of Interest for the RFP shall be submitted in writing no later than January 17, 1998, stating the solicitation number, complete company name, point of contact, address, area code and telephone number, and facsimile number to Fluor Daniel Fernald, Attn: Bill Hensley (MS52-3), 7400 Willey Rd., Hamilton, OH 45013-9402 or P.O. Box 538704, Cincinnati, OH 45253-8704. Issue date for the RFP is anticipated for Spring 1998. Anticipated award date is 09/20/98. This CBD does not commit the United States Government and/or FDF to pay for any other costs incurred prior to the execution of a subcontract. Telephone requests will not be accepted.***** (0352)

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