The Department of Energy on Monday took an early step toward issuing a contract for storage of thousands of tons of elemental mercury in coming years.
The department’s Office of Environmental Management is seeking expressions of interest for contractors that could be willing to provide facilities, gear, workers, and other resources needed for receiving and storing elemental mercury. In a notice, the EM Consolidated Business Center cautioned that the notice is not a request for proposals and “does not constitute any commitment for future solicitation.”
The amended Mercury Export Ban Act requires DOE to begin operating a long-term storage facility for elementary mercury by Jan. 1 of next year. The inventory would increase to upward of 9,615 metric tons over 40 years, according to a DOE projection.
Responses from interested parties should include a description of the respondent’s capaicty to carry out the scope of work; suggestions on leasing and contract formats for the work, specifically possible employment of multiple-award indefinite-delivery/indefinite quantity contracts or basic ordering agreements; means for reducing risks in the scope of work; and other information.
Interested parties have until Aug. 6 to submit responses to the DOE notice, by email to contracting officer Carin Boyd at [email protected].
