Representatives of more than 40 companies attended the June 24 industry pre-proposal conference for the upcoming contract for cleanup of the Luckey Site in Ohio under the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers’ Formerly Utilized Sites Remedial Action Program (FUSRAP).
The Army Corps on June 26 posted the attendance list, along with the first tranche of questions-and-answers for its newly released solicitation for the environmental remediation job.
Luckey Site incumbent North Wind Group was among the participants, along with other heavy-hitters in the nuclear cleanup and services industries: Amentum, APTIM, Atkins, EnergySolutions, Leidos, Navarro, and Perma-Fix Environmental Services. Smaller firms were also on hand, including Buckeye Elm Contracting, Cabrera, HydroGeoLogic, RSI EnTech, and STRATA-G.
The Army Corps on June 17 began taking bids for the small business set-aside contract with maximum funding of $30 million per year, a five-year base, and an option for another five years. Bids are due by Aug. 5. The primary job would be removal and disposal of contaminated soil, along with treating groundwater
The Army Corps expects to issue the contract in August 2021, according to one written answer to a question posed at the pre-proposal conference.
This is expected to be the last cleanup contract at the Luckey Site, a 40-acre property just over 20 miles outside of Toledo that from 1949 to 1961 housed beryllium processing for national defense. Remaining contaminants in the soil, groundwater, and additional materials encompass beryllium, lead, radium-226, thorium-230, uranum-234, and uranium-238. A warehouse, production building, rail spur, and other infrastructure also remain.
The majority of the first-round questions and answers address technical details of the application paperwork.
One unidentified company asked whether its facility could be listed among the potential options for disposal of waste from Luckey. The Army Corps responded in the negative.
The four approved facilities are EnergySolutions’ site at Clive, Utah; Waste Control Specialists in Andrews County, Texas; and facilities operated by US Ecology in Belleville, Mich., and Grand View, Idaho. The Michigan facility currently receives Luckey waste.
Editor’s Note: A previous version of the article cited the incorrect location for US Ecology’s Grand View facility.
