U.S. DOE, National Energy Technology Laboratory-Morgantown, P.O. Box 880, Morgantown, WV 26507-0880

A -- REAL-TIME BERYLLIUM MONITOR FOR SURFACE AND AIRBORNE SAMPLES SOL DE-RP26-00NT40768 POC Mr. Dan Doyle, Contract Specialist, 304/285-4340; Ms. Denise Riggi, Contracting Officer, 304/285-4241 WEB: DOE/NETL Business Page, http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/. E-MAIL: Contract Specialist, ddoyle@netl.doe.gov. The U.S. Department of Energy's, National Energy Technology Laboratory (DOE-NETL) announces the availability of a Request For Proposals (RFP) No. DE-RP26-00NT40768 entitled "Real-Time Beryllium Monitor for Surface and Air Samples." These activities are being sponsored under the EM, Office of Science and Technology (OST), Characterization Monitoring and Sensor Technology Crosscut Program (CMST CP)in conjunction with the Decontamination and Decommissioning Focus Area (DDFA). Through DOE's characterization and decontamination and decommissioning (D&D) efforts at primarily the Rocky Flats Environmental Technology Site (RFETS), workers are coming into contact with property and equipment that is contaminated with beryllium (Be). RFETS is concerned about the safety of workers, potential exposures to beryllium (which has become re-suspended from surfaces), and the potential liability associated with property release. Epidemiologists associated with the Beryllium Health Effects Study have expressed the opinion that no safe exposure level exists for airborne concentrations of beryllium with respect to berylliosis. The epidemiologists have also indicated that skin exposures to beryllium may have resulted in sensitization, especially when the skin has been cut or abraded. The site's primary concern is the prevention of Chronic Beryllium Disease (CBD). DOE would benefit greatly from the implementation of a near instantaneous and continuous real-time monitor that could measure both surface and airborne beryllium contamination. In the case of airborne contamination, this monitor could be utilized to improve worker safety by providing workers with an alarm function capable of notifying workers when airborne beryllium is present within the work area. In the surface contamination case, this capability will allow for more effective free release of property, and it will aid the determination of beryllium-contaminated work areas prior to potential worker exposure. Real-time monitoring for beryllium could be utilized to increase efficiency and accelerate site closure. The objective of this RFP is to award a contract that will design, fabricate, calibrate, field test, and deliver a real-time monitor for detection and measurement of airborne and surface beryllium contamination. The monitor would be required to measure all types of beryllium inhalation hazards, including salts, oxides, and metal for both air and surface surveys. The monitor must also possess sufficient sensitivity, accuracy, and precision to verify meeting or exceeding the site action limit and other limits. DOE desires the monitor to have a lower detection limit of 0.1 micrograms beryllium per cubic meter (mg Be/m3) for airborne measurements and 0.2 micrograms beryllium per hundred square centimeters (mg Be/100 cm2) for surface measurements. The solicitation will be available on DOE/NETL's Internet site at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business. Prospective offerors who would like to be notified as soon as the solicitation is available should register at http://www.netl.doe.gov/business/index.html. Provide your e-mail address and click on the "Industry Programs" technology choice located under the heading "Environmental Management." Once you subscribe, you will receive an announcement by e-mail that the solicitation has been released to the public. Telephone requests, written requests, e-mail requests, or facsimile requests for a copy of the solicitation package will not be accepted and/or honored. The actual solicitation document will allow for requests for explanation and/or interpretation. Solicitations will not be distributed in paper form or on diskette. It is anticipated that the solicitation will be available on or about February 9, 2000. The exact date and time for the submission of proposals will be indicated in the solicitation; however, a forty-five (45) day response time is currently planned. Any amendments to the soliciation will also be posted on the NETL Internet site. Posted 01/10/00 (W-SN414620). (0010)

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