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B -- DEMONSTRATING A NEW HAZARDOUS AND HAZARDOUS-RADIOACTIVE (MIXED) WASTE TREATMENT TECHNOLOGY SOL DE-RP03-99SF21813 POC Donna Lloyd, 510-637-3525 WEB: Click here to download a copy of the RFP on or after, http://www.oak.doe.gov. E-MAIL: Click here to contact the contract specialist via, donna.lloyd@oak.doe.gov. 1 -- The U.S. Department of Energy (DOE) Oakland Operations Office (OAK) intends to issue a Request for Proposals (RFP) from organizations that are interested in a cost-sharing arrangement to demonstrate a new hazardous and hazardous-radioactive (mixed) waste treatment technology, known as Molten Salt Oxidation (MSO). DOE is seeking to transfer the MSO treatment technology, developed by Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), to the commercial business sector for use on behalf of the Government. DOE seeks to demonstrate that MSO can be successfully implemented on a large scale. DOE will accomplish this by transferring a pilot scale MSO treatment unit that has been designed, built and tested at LLNL to an awardee contractor that can demonstrate the long term viability of MSO compared to other treatment technologies for DOE wastes. In return for the MSO unit and technical assistance, the awardee contractor will transport and assemble the MSO unit, and process a negotiated amount of technicallyapplicable DOE waste using the MSO unit. DOE will transfer title of the equipment to the awardee contractor after the specified waste has been successfully processed through the MSO unit to meet all RCRA land disposal regulations. Following successful processing of the waste, DOE may exercise a fixed price one-year option for treatment of additional technically applicable waste in the MSO unit. DOE plans to negotiate terms of the option period prior to contract award. The awardee contractor must have both a valid RCRA permit and an NRC license in good standing that allows for the acceptance of mixed waste for treatment from off-site facilities prior to award of contract. If an interested party does not have the appropriate permits and license but can prove that award of such is imminent, the interested party will not be eliminated from competition. The University of California (UC), DOE's management and operating (M&O) contractor for LLNL, owns commercial rights to several MSO inventions. UC already has received patent rights for some of the inventions. Under the M&O contract, the Government retains a broad license for use of such inventions by or on behalf of the Government. Therefore, the awardee contractor will be performing the processing of waste and any additional Government contracted waste under this Government license. Any commercial use of the technology by the awardee contractor may require a license from UC (through LLNL). At present, non-exclusive commercial licenses to use the patented technology are available. Subject to any prior commitments that may exist at the time that a license is requested, LLNL is willing to negotiate a license with the awardee contractor for commercial rights to use the patented technology. The RFP is scheduled to be issued on or about April 15, 1999. Potential offerors interested in reviewing the RFP may download it on or after the issue date by accessing the OAK Homepage at the following internet address: http://www.oak.doe.gov. Hard copies of the solicitation will not be provided. A tour to view the MSO unit will be held at LLNL on April 23, 1999. Interested parties must contact Jan Wikkerink at (925) 423-4387 before April 20, 1999 to arrange for security access to LLNL. See Numbered Note 26. Posted 03/24/99 (W-SN312284). (0083)

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