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99 -- TECHNOLOGY FOR POST TREATMENT OF NEUTRALENT FROM THE DESTRUCTION/TREATMENT OF CHEMICAL MATERIEL SOL n/a DUE 061499 POC Ms. Cassie Volpe, 410-569-6865, Sr. Contract Manager Stone & Webster Engineering Co. E-MAIL: click here to contact the contract manager, mary.volpe@stoneweb.com. The Office of Project Manager, Non-Stockpile Chemical Materiel (PM NSCM) is seeking technologies that can be implemented in the near-term for post-treating neutralent from the destruction/treatment of non-stockpile chemical materiel (NSCM). "Neutralent" refers to the matrix of compounds produced by the destruction of either chemical agents (those compounds listed on Schedule 1 or 2 of the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC)) or industrial chemicals (those compounds listed on Schedule 3 of the CWC). Neutralents are produced by the NSCM treatment systems the Munitions Management Device, Version 1 (MMD-1) and the Rapid Response System (RRS). The MMD-1 is designed to destroy NSCM munitions such as projectiles, mortars, and bombs as well as NSCM bulk items such as DOT bottles, drums, and glass containers and vials. The RRS is designed to destroy the glass bottles or glass ampules of neat agent, agent/chloroform solution and agent adsorbed on charcoal that are found in Chemical Agent Identification Sets (CAIS). Post-treatment technologies are needed to convert neutralents from MMD-1 and RRS into benign effluents that meet regulatory requirements and can be safely released to the environment onsite or shipped to commercial waste disposal facilities without further treatment. Approximately 2,000 items eligible for destruction in the MMD-1 and 5,000 CAIS and CAIS components scheduled for processing in the RRS had been recovered as of 1997, the year the CWC entered into force. NSCM recovery operations are ongoing, and may be necessary at over 100 sites nationwide. The CWC mandates the destruction of recovered NSCM items containing chemical agents (substances produced for chemical warfare and no other purpose) within 10 years of its entry into force (EIF) date of April 24, 1997. For items containing industrial chemicals (substances fabricated for other purposes in addition to chemical warfare), the CWC mandates destruction within 5 years of its EIF. Based on these time limits, PM NSCM requires that neutralent post-treatment technologies be fully operational by the end of the year 2002. A Request for Proposals (RFP) for near-term neutralent post-treatment technologies is available on the Internet at http://www.stoneweb.com/rfpneutralent.htm. The RFP outlines the information required in a submitted proposal, such as design information packages and testing plans for bringing proposed technologies to the level of field implementation. The RFP provides information on chemical agents, industrial chemicals and reagents for the destruction/treatment of NSCM in the MMD-1 and the RRS. It also summarizes the criteria and scoring factors for technology evaluations and provides the complete Evaluation Criteria and Questionnaire as an attachment. In response to the RFP, Offerors should submit proposals to: Ms. Cassie Volpe Sr. Contracts Administrator Stone & Webster Engineering Corp. Suite 103 2014 Tollgate Rd. Bel Air, MD 21015 on or before 14 June 1999. Based on the proposals submitted, the Office of PM NSCM will select post-treatment technologies for immediate implementation or for further development, and may negotiate contracts with the selected Offeror(s). Posted 05/13/99 (W-SN331262). (0133)

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