A -- PURCHASE OF COAL FIRED STEAM GENERATION FACILITY

Notice Date

October 2, 2000

Contracting Office

Bechtel BWXT Idaho,LLC, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID 83415-3521

ZIP Code

83415-3521

Solicitation Number

Cbd014

Response Due

October 31, 2000

Point of Contact

Niles Hanson

E-Mail Address

Niles Hanson (nfh@inel.gov)

Description

Coal Fired Steam Generation Facility (CFSGF) Removal Project. Bechtel BWXT Idaho LLC (BBWI), the operating and management contractor for the Department of Energy (DOE) at the Idaho National Engineering and Environmental Laboratory (INEEL) is seeking industry sources interested in purchasing the CFSGF. The CFSGF was constructed to provide high pressure steam for heating and process steam demands. The CFSGF is located at the Idaho Nuclear Technical and Engineering Center (INTEC) facilities on the INEEL, a Department of Energy (DOE) site in Southeast Idaho. The CFSGF was designed to utilize two natural circulation, atmospheric fluidized bed steam generators, rated at 67,500 lbsmass/hour each, to produce steam by firing coal in the fluidized beds consisting of a mixture of limestone or other types of bed material, coal and coal ash. The operating temperature of the steam generators in 1550 degrees F. Each generator is supported by coal and limestone feed systems, a balanced draft combustion air supply, a spent bed material withdrawal system and an instrumentation and control system. Coal and limestone are stored in bins above the steam generators and are supplied to the fluidized beds by controlled variable speed feeders. Pressurized air is supplied by forced draft (FD) fans to the fluidized beds to suspend the coal and limestone in a fluidized state and provide combustion air to the coal. Coal burned in this fluidized state generates heat for the in-bed and above-bed steam and water circuits and the resultant steam is sent to the plant. The combustion gas, drawn from the steam generators by the induced (ID) fans, is cleaned by the mechanical dust collectors (cyclones) and bag-house filters and discharged to the atmosphere. The spent bed material is drawn through the bed drain, cooled in screw cooler and pneumatically transported to the ash storage system. The CFSGF consists of five (5) main buildings or structures; CPP-687 (approximately 39,092 square feet), a five story main boiler room; CPP-688 (approximately 10,625 square feet), the coal unloading building; CPP-793 (approximately 707 square feet), the limestone storage silo; CPP-776 (approximately 1,360 square feet). the coal unthawing building and CPP-792 (approximately 380 square feet), the ash storage silo. The CFSGF was placed in stand-by status in October of 1999 and has not operated since that time. The buyer will be responsible for performing disassembly, removal, clean-up and disposal activities in accordance with terms, conditions, and specifications being developed for the project This notice is issued for the purpose of identifying interested sources. Foreign parties should be aware that restrictions may apply which could preclude their participation. An Invitation for Sealed Bid for the purchase and removal of the CFSGF property is expected to be issued in the future. This Source Sought will be closed to responses 30 days after publication. Parties interested in receiving an Invitation to Bid should send e-mail to nfh@inel.gov (Niles Hanson, Property Reuse and Disposal Office, BBWI). If you do not have e-mail access, send regular mail to Niles Hanson, Property Reuse and Disposal Office, BBWI, P.O. Box 1625, Idaho Falls, ID. 83415-4100.

Web Link

Idaho National Engineering & Environmental Laboratory (http://www.inel.gov/procurement/litco/index.html)

Record

Loren Data Corp. 20001004/ASOL006.HTM (W-276 SN503141)